Culture

TSU smoothes transition for transfer students

Paul Diamond (senior) said he and Steven Garcia (senior), co-presidents of the Transfer Student Union (TSU), were roommates living in a transfer suite in Norris...

Friezer photography showcases NELA history

The Joe and Henk Friezer Photography Negatives came to Occidental’s Special Collections in 2015. “One Step Beyond,” an exhibit which opened Sept. 10 in the...

Collaboration fuels innovative Marketplace menu

Asuzena Bravo, Marketplace sous chef, supervises the cooks and develops the five-week menu rotation. Bravo said she has been working with Campus Dining at Occidental...

Falling ‘Head Over Heels’ in love with the spring musical

Occidental College’s theater department is bringing to the stage “Head Over Heels,” a musical comedy consisting of songs by the 1980s female rock band,...

From love stories to cosmic cataclysms: The Occidental Symphony Orchestra’s musical landscape

The Occidental Symphony Orchestra held its first concert of the year Nov. 11 in Thorne Hall, capturing the audience's attention and crafting a musical...

Campus Dining’s special meals are a taste of home

As the Marketplace filled with its usual lunchtime rush, something looked a little different. The Sauté station was serving chile rellenos, Homestyle had a line...

Oxyhedron fractalizes barriers in math

Waves of students and community members joined in constructing a towering, 17-foot-tall Sierpinski octahedron dubbed the “Oxyhedron” between Fowler Hall and Johnson Hall Nov....

Enriching conversations thrive at Oxy Live!

At Oxy Live!'s first installment of their speaker series last month, acclaimed interviewer Paul Holdengräber spoke with Alok Vaid-Menon on topics that ranged from the ways in which fiction...

Editorial: From pop to psychedelic rock, our editors list their albums of the year

"The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" by Chappell Roan Kawena Jacobs (Arts and Culture editor) When you think of a pop song, most envision...

New Language Tables program brings linguistic immersion to the Marketplace

The Language Tables program launched Oct. 4 to expand foreign language learning on campus, according to Luz Forero ‘98, the specialist for language education...

“A Dream Play” questions the meaning of life — and doesn’t provide an answer

Originally written in 1901 by August Strindberg and reimagined by Caryl Churchill in 2006, Occidental Theatre’s “A Dream Play” follows a young woman’s journey to discover...

Outside Occidental: Made in LA 2023: Acts of Living exhibit

The Hammer Museum’s sixth edition biennial “Made in LA” art exhibit highlights artists working throughout the greater LA area. The exhibit opened Oct. 1 and will...