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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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Shopping local and giving back: an exploration of artists in Highland Park
York Boulevard is home to an array of charming boutiques, vintage shops and clothing stores, many of which display paintings, jewelry, garments and other...
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“This is for the queers” : Q&A with Are You The One Season Eight’s Jenna Brown ’16 on representation, romance and reality TV
Once upon a time, the pinnacle of reality dating television either featured women fighting other women for the pursuit of happiness with the “ultimate...
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Tarantino’s love letter to Old Hollywood
Painting a riveting tale of Hollywood in the late 1960s, Tarantino mixes fiction with reality in his latest masterpiece, "Once Upon a Time in...
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Oxy Arts kicks off “Breaking Bread in L.A.” with cultural exhibition
The Oxy Arts building on the corner of York Boulevard and Armadale Avenue bustled as approximately 400 visitors gathered Sept. 12 to experience a...
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Staying for the summer: Undergraduate Research Center provides students and faculty with summer research opportunities
While most of the student body leaves campus after finishing spring semester finals, a handful stay on or near campus as part of the...
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Coming and going: Occidental professors share their sabbatical stories
Now and then, a favorite professor will seemingly vanish for a semester (or two). Often unknown by students, the realization of disappearance will hit...
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Armenian Students Association hosts week for commemoration of Armenian genocide
Occidental’s Armenian Students Association (ASA) hosted a series of events throughout the week of April 22 commemorating the Armenian Genocide that began 104 years ago. The series...
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Travis Scott steals other artists’ content (again)
Three Six Mafia founder DJ Paul is taking a stand against Travis Scott, rap’s stickiest-fingered superstar. The Blast reported April 23 that the Memphis born rapper-producer recently...
