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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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Random Mammal Generator is everywhere—literally and figuratively
Random Mammal Generator, a band consisting of Henry Miller (junior), Nate Harris (sophomore), Ben Torres (junior) and Mt. San Antonio College's Cooper Wayne (junior),...
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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...
