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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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FOXY starts anti-fatness conversation on campus
For their final project in Critical Theory Social Justice's "Fatness" class, Meghan Dayton (senior), Jack Zeltzer (senior) and Amaryllis Argueta '23 designed an action...
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Jill Underwood ’93 remains committed to the art form of theater
Jill Underwood ‘93 said she went from acting in experimental theater productions in the basement of the Herrick Chapel to working in the largest and...
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Review: ‘John Waters: Pope of Trash’ exhibit
“The Prince of Puke,” “The Duke of Dirt,” “The Baron of Bad Taste” – filmmaker John Waters has built a career out of shock...
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Student-run, pirate-themed musical harkens back to Golden Age
Sarah Sturdevant (senior) was a first year when she started brainstorming her pirate-themed musical “The Seven Deadly Seas,” set to be performed Oct. 14 in...
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‘A remarkable and insightful microcosm of our world’: the 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows
The Media Arts & Culture (MAC) department presented a screening of the 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows Sept. 29 in Choi Auditorium. The Animation Show...
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‘Shared tradition’: Navigating Judaism on campus
On one of the holiest day in the Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur, which lasted from Sept. 24-25 this year, Ayva Sloo* (junior) was not attending...
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Occidental’s Foucault Pendulum: A unifying symbol of hard sciences
According to physics department chair Professor Daniel Snowden-Ifft, the idea to install a Foucault Pendulum in the Hameetman Science Center was the vision of late Professor George...
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Outside Occidental: Japan House’s Pokemon x Kogei Exhibit
Since July 25, Japan House, a cultural center on Hollywood Boulevard, has showcased a new exhibit that brings art lovers back to their childhood: "POKEMON...
