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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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Empty backpacks on quad confront students with realities of suicide count on college campuses
Content warning: Please note that this article contains potentially distressing material concerning depression and suicide that may upset some individuals. The Occidental College Active Minds (AM) and the Emmons...
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Fantastiprov produces third annual “X-Rated” show, donating proceeds to Planned Parenthood
Surprise entrances, wacky suggestions and energetic DJs could only mean one thing: Fantastiprov’s third-annual “X-Rated Show.” More than 200 students filled Choi Auditorium the night of...
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Occidental’s New Jewish Student Union combines culture and politics within Jewish identity
The Jewish Student Union (JSU), a new but not yet official club, merges Jewish identity with progressive politics to create a distinct space on...
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Nguyen spends an evening at Occidental
Viet Nguyen, author of Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," spoke at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 4 in Choi Auditorium. Nguyen broke the lecture into three parts,...
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“Blaxicans of LA” challenges racial binaries and unpacks the complexities of intersectional identity
Walter Thompson-Hernández, multimedia journalist and current doctoral student at UCLA, visited Occidental College Monday, March 27 to discuss his research, which aims to bridge the gap...
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“Po-lice” brutality examined from school desks in multimedia display
The widespread critique that state violence disproportionately targets people of color shapes LA-based artist Patrick Martinez's work. Inspired by the geographic and social landscape...
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Oxy Cinematheque explores “Gente-fied” Boyle Heights with comedic web series
Occidental’s Media Arts and Culture (MAC) department screened three episodes of “Gente-fied,” a seven-episode, comedic drama web series, as part of the Oxy Cinematheque annual series, at...
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Resident poet Lummis brings cinematic style to community workshops
Occidental's Institute for the Study of Los Angeles (ISLA) is sponsoring renowned poet, Suzanne Lummis, as its Scholar in Residence for 2017. Lummis describes her work as...
