Culture

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...

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...

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...

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...

Occidental students respond to Hollywood’s moral reckoning

Early this October, sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein made waves through the media. Survivors’ voices resonated across social networks as seen by the #MeToo movement,...

Occidental theater department debuts “Machinal” in Keck

Occidental's theater department ran their production of the feminist play "Machinal" Nov 9. through Nov. 11 in Keck Theater. Sarah Kozinn, assistant professor of theater, directed the...

King Krule lights up Teragram Ballroom in most recent L.A. show

British boy wonder Archy Marshall is a man of many talents. Nov. 8, he dazzled the Teragram Ballroom during his first solo show in...

New art history professor shares her passion for East Asian art in new spring course

Yurika Wakamatsu, the newest assistant professor of art history, will teach two new art history courses at Occidental next semester: Introduction to East Asian Art,...

John Green emphasizes importance of supportive community among those facing mental health challenges while promoting new book

Award-winning, best-selling author John Green released his first novel since "The Fault in Our Stars," titled "Turtles All the Way Down" Oct. 10. The...

Bengal Bus provides students with opportunity to attend fifth annual fall Corgi Beach Day

Los Angeles community members gathered at the Huntington Dog Beach in Huntington Beach, Calif Oct. 28 for the fifth annual fall So Cal Corgi Beach...

Dungeons and Dragons: out of the basement and into the common room

A crowd of students clustered around a small table top in the Haines common room, their chairs pushed as close as possible to the...

First Gen Club puts students first

In 2013, Rachel Martino '14 began Occidental's First Gen Club in order to support students who are the first in their family to attend college....