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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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Orchestra’s First Annual Young Person’s Concert makes music accessible and family friendly
The Occidental Symphony Orchestra hosted their First Annual Young Person’s Concert Feb. 29 in Thorne Hall. Prior to the concert, the orchestra featured an...
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Student playwrights put queerness and friendship center stage
Occidental College hosted its 22nd annual New Play Festival Feb. 22–23 in Keck Theater, featuring four student-written plays. This year, the plays were “This...
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New Moses Sumney album experiments with form
Indie singer-songwriter Moses Sumney is releasing his lengthy sophomore album with an unconventional rollout. Instead of the typical double disk format, Sumney’s latest record...
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Students find solace and smiles in baking
Periodic Baking president Jillian Kuo (junior) said the Samuelson Alumni Center kitchen was "a whirlwind." A line of students formed at the sink, rolling...
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Poet Yosimar Reyes shares stories of joy within the immigrant experience
Students and local residents packed the performance space in the Oxy Arts building on York Boulevard Feb. 20 to hear stories from the nationally-acclaimed...
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Local theatre brings Godard back to the big screen
While streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon make classic movies easily accessible, they simply cannot recreate the power of a proper theater. Cinema’s greatest...
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Food sales allow for fundraising and cultural exchange
On weekdays during lunchtime, students often find the quad abuzz with various student organizations selling food outside the Marketplace. While student clubs are partially...
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“The Traitor” is a different kind of Mafia movie
In Martin Scorsese’s gangster film “Goodfellas,” Robert De Niro famously delivers the line “You learned the two greatest things in life: never rat on...
