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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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What did they wear? Dance Pro Edition
“Surprise Yourself.” Costume(s): Dancers wore light, ruffled turquoise dresses or plain white t-shirts with brown pants. Choreographer: Esmé Brown (junior). Courtesy to Marc Campos “It’s a Musical.” Costume(s): With no uniform costume, dancers donned various black and white patterns accented with red lipstick. Choreographers: London Murray (senior) and Sarah Dalessi (senior). Courtesy to Cherry Zhixuan Han Carnival Szn!” Costume(s): Some dancers wore shirts with flags of Caribbean countries on
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How to make a trend: innovate, don’t appropriate
In any given time or place, there are trends –– fashion styles that take whole age-groups by storm, worn with high frequency and with...
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Prof. Aleem Hossain joins Media Arts and Culture Department
The Occidental College Media Arts and Culture (MAC) Department announced March 7 that professor Aleem Hossain will be joining the college in the fall as the...
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Rock ‘n’ roll relief: music benefits two local community members
Eagle Rock community members gathered at All Star Lanes, a local bowling alley, for a rock ‘n’ roll benefit show Saturday, March 10, from 7:30–11:30...
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Jazz Epistles memorialize Hugh Masekela
When historic acts wheel themselves on stage, it can sometimes be like watching a skeleton come to life. This was not the case when...
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Writer and producer Joan Rater reflects on televising trans narratives
Joan Rater, producer and writer from "Grey’s Anatomy," gave a talk in Choi Auditorium March 5 about having a transgender son* and her family’s journey to...
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“Black Panther” remixes Marvel movie
“Black Panther” is not the greatest film ever made, nor is it the abomination sent to usher in the end-times that some corners of the...
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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke on intersectionality and community healing
Students, faculty and community members filled Thorne Hall to capacity Feb. 26 to hear the founder of the Me Too movement, Tarana Burke, speak....
