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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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Art finds a home in “Cold War”
In his new film, "Cold War," director Pawel Pawlikowski takes a major step forward from the emotionally blank film "Ida." The latter portrays Ida, a...
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Alum Kenturah Davis debuts “Blur in the Interest of Precision” at Hollywood art gallery
Kenturah Davis '02 displayed her solo collection “Blur in the Interest of Precision” at the opening of the Matthew Brown Gallery Los Angeles in Hollywood Jan....
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An interview with Phern
Sophia Brown (junior), also known by her stage name, Phern, is a singer, actress, comedian and theater major minoring in public health from Oakland,...
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Student art project “Ad(dressing) the Self” embellishes the academic commons
Sam Peck-Sanders (junior), Kendrick Shoji (junior) and Julian Strauss Biro (sophomore) collaborated through the Oxy Arts Initiate! program to create an exhibit titled “Ad(dressing)...
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Sandy Nguyen makes professional debut in East West Player’s “Man of God”
Sandy Nguyen (sophomore) made her professional debut starring in the East West Players production "Man of God" running Jan. 31–Feb. 24. “Man of God,”...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein speaks on physics, social justice
Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein from the University of New Hampshire gave a lecture on cosmology (the study of the cosmos and physics) from her perspective...
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Lunar New Year Gala connects Chinese community
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) and Chinese Culture Club (CCC) hosted a Lunar New Year Gala Feb. 9 in celebration of the Chinese...
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Examining intersectionality, advocacy and collective action: UN Week 2019
Occidental hosted its annual United Nations (UN) Week Feb. 4–8. The week included a total of eight events as part of Occidental's annual tradition...
