Culture
Culture
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...
Culture
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...
Culture
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...
Culture
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...
Culture
ICC, Academic Commons and Special Collections collaborate in hosting events for Latinx Heritage Month
The Intercultural Community Center (ICC) partnered with the Academic Commons and Special Collections and Archives to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct....
Culture
‘Music is kind of like journaling for me’ — Musicians and their artistic process in quarantine
COVID-19 has presented Occidental's student musicians with both challenges and artistic breakthroughs. While some student musicians have enjoyed the process of creating music in...
Culture
Review: “Borat 2” is an indecent plea for basic decency
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that existential threats can wear the most clownish of costumes. No one knows this better than Sacha...
Culture
Occidental students design sustainable clothing in the age of fast fashion
With an abundance of free time during the initial months of the COVID-19 lockdown, students at Occidental started small businesses where they upcycle old...
Culture
Dani Leigh headlines Fall Fest, virtually
Occidental College’s Programming Board hosted Fall Fest virtually Oct. 23 featuring artist Dani Leigh. According to Programming Board manager Hannah Wakefield (senior), there were...
Culture
Darla Howell ’20 presents her debut film “Being Black at Oxy” and begins new Black Arts Fund
Darla Howell ‘20 celebrated her first film project, a documentary entitled “Being Black At Oxy,” Oct. 8 through a virtual screening at Oxy Arts....
Culture
No-fail scone recipe from a tired baker
I spent the limbo period between high school and college working at a small café in Mt. Vernon, Maine. What I remember of that...
Culture
Recent alum’s film, Shithouse, wins top SXSW award
In March 2018, as Occidental students were relaxing on campus, embarking on road trips or taking flights home, Cooper Raiff ‘19 had different plans...
