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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...
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
Ezra Furman captures American paranoia on “Transangelic Exodus”
In late 2017, a video surfaced of a man discussing cat food with his wife only to have his Facebook app regurgitate that conversation in the...
Culture
A work in progress: The Untitled Narratives’s name change
Cast members of “The Untitled Narratives: A Space of Radical Creative Resistance” took center stage at Thorne Hall Feb. 9, performing original and adapted...
Campus News
Café de Leche roasts for the community
Café de Leche, a 9-year-old coffee shop in Highland Park, is now the first independent coffee roaster in the neighborhood. Owners Matt and Anya Schodorf,...
Culture
Eagle Rock’s newest bar, Walt’s, provides pints and pinball
Walt's, Eagle Rock's newest arcade bar — located on the corner of Westdale Avenue and Eagle Rock Boulevard — had its grand opening Feb. 16....
Culture
Armenian Student Association restarts with film screening
The Armenian Student Association (ASA) at Occidental is back after a semester off with new leadership and new events. The two co-presidents, Lara Minassians...
Culture
Women’s Eye shines new light on activism
Occidental students participated in an activist exchange titled "Rebuilding After Disaster: Women Activists from Japan" Wednesday, Feb. 7. The politics department co-hosted the event with 10...
Culture
Esperanza Spalding unites jazz and social justice
Musical and social empowerment reverberated through the rows of Thorne Hall Feb. 2 after Esperanza Spalding, jazz bassist, singer and the 2018 Hume Fellow in...
