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Student band Barstool Deskjob is ‘bigger than a genre’
Since their first year at Occidental, students Ben Rashleigh Torres (junior), Liam Williams (junior), Cate Norton (junior) and Abby (junior) have been in a...
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“The Christians” recasts popular understandings of faith
Occidental's theater department will showcase its production of “The Christians” Nov. 5-8 in Keck Theater with free tickets for students. According to director Laural Meade, resident professor...
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Congo Week spotlights DRC, market interrupted by filming on campus
Throughout the week of Oct. 18-24, student organizations at Occidental collaborated to host events in recognition of Congo Week. The week culminated in a fundraising event:...
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Library mural will honor generations of Latinx activism
The Latina/o & Latin American Studies (LLAS) Department and the Mary Norton Clapp Library are collaborating on a mural project led by LA-based mixed-media artist Marlené...
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Outside Occidental: “Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy” exhibit
Multimedia artist André Heller’s 1987 “Luna Luna” exhibit in Hamburg, Germany Park, featuring a combination of artistic movements from Dadaism to Neo-expressionism, has been reborn in Los...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
