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Book Club reads outside an ‘academic context’
According to Book Club president Sage Dezerin (senior), around 20 dedicated members attend the club each week and around 50 more students signed up...
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Anahid Yahjian tells a story of hybridity through MAC residency
Occidental’s Media Arts & Culture (MAC) department welcomed this year’s Artist-in-Residence, filmmaker Anahid Yahjian ‘11, Sept. 8-11. The residency included three events: a film screening...
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UEP course ‘demystifies the chicken’
Fostering chickens is essential coursework for "Urban Sustainability: Raising Animals as a Part of Regenerative Agriculture," an Urban & Environmental Policy (UEP) course. According...
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RAINS affirms Indigenous and Native identities on campus
For Indigenous students at Occidental, Resilient Alliance of Indigenous and Native Students (RAINS) is working to create a dedicated space to explore cultural identity and foster...
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Dance Production continues legacy of excellence and inclusivity remotely
Occidental College’s Dance Production will host its annual performances 6 p.m. PDT April 16 and noon PDT April 17 via the streaming platform Promotix,...
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Class of 2024 concludes an unconventional first year online
Citing LA county guidance, Occidental has been in a remote learning structure for the entirety of the 2020-2021 academic school year. As a result,...
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Letter from two homes I am about to leave
A 20-minute drive along California’s coast has become part of my regular Friday routine. My brother and I cruise along the empty Skyline Boulevard,...
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Hollywood’s way or the highway: navigating Hollywood’s diversity problem
Hollywood’s diversity problem is not only Hollywood’s problem –– it is everyone’s problem. Film and television visualize our society as what it should be....
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Bored to chef: Students cook their way through quarantine
As the world came to a halt last March, Occidental students were sent home. No longer able to rely on the Marketplace for daily meals...
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Letter from my bucket list
Feb. 3, 2015, my 15-year-old self listed 17 of her wildest dreams in her black “Live, Laugh Love” journal. The first item on my...
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I’m breaking up with ‘The Bachelor’ franchise
After tuning in with most of my family for years, I am finally ready to break up with “The Bachelor.” I finally have the...
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‘Locked Down’ fails both as a pandemic time capsule and as a compelling drama
It is no surprise that director Doug Liman would try to make a star-studded heist film at the height of a deadly pandemic. Known...
