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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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Multi attends fourth annual Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference
For the first time, Multi, Occidental’s cultural club for multiracial and multicultural students, sent a group of eight members and nonmembers to the 2017 Critical...
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Students explore Intersections of Racism and Islamophobia at “Being Black and Muslim”
The Muslim Students Association (MSA) organized “Being Black and Muslim,” a roundtable discussion in Lower Herrick Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. with social activists Margari Aziza...
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Poetry steals the show at Apollo Night
Future’s latest release, “Mask Off," blared through Thorne Hall’s speakers as the two emcees, Austin Wilson (sophomore) and Ashley Rivera (sophomore), kodak bopped in...
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Once Italian grocer now eclectic soda consortium “Galcos,” quenches Highland Park’s bubbly cravings
Situated across the street from a body shop and down the street from a McDonald's drive-through, Galco’s Old World Grocery may seem inconspicuous to passerby. However,...
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“Blackness and Nature” discusses intersection of black identity and the environment as part of the Literary Conference at Occidental
Local community members, students and faculty gathered Feb. 24, in Morrison Lounge to listen to a panel of speakers discuss the intersection of blackness,...
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New play festival gives life to student plays with professional collaboration
The Occidental community usually arrives at Keck Theater expecting to see a finished play. The New Play Festival, however, provides audiences the opportunity to attend...
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During United Nations Week, refugee art fuels dialogue over human rights
Feb. 13 to Feb. 18, Occidental hosted United Nations (UN) Week. During the six days, Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) Professor Sherry Simpson Dean and...
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“Defamation” sparks discussion on race, class and religion
Thorne Hall transformed into a 2012 Chicago courtroom Feb. 16 at 11:30 a.m. for the performance of the nationally-acclaimed play, “Defamation” by Todd Logan. For the past...
