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...

Highland Park Independent Film Festival has a successful third year

The old-fashioned decor of The Highland Theater brings my grandpa's stories to mind. I envision him paying 25 cents to go see a movie...

The Museum of Broken Relationships highlights the beauty in the break-up

Los Angeles is a city built on dreams. Big name actors, directors and musicians pose for photos at every corner. The streets of Hollywood...

New Emmons Psychodrama group combines performance art and healing

A man sat in a plastic chair holding an invisible daiquiri and dramatically repeating, “I laugh too much.” The man sipping an invisible Bombay...

Beauty Beyond Color is back, and it’s banging

Beauty Beyond Color (BBC), Occidental's club for self-identifying women of color, held their first meeting of the year last week. Unlike other cultural groups...

Planned Parenthood club ready for a successful second year

Enlarged images of the clitoris, snacks and discussion of reproductive health and justice — Occidental’s Planned Parenthood Club has it all. The group, a...

Yas Queen! Broad City fan art exhibit takes Los Angeles

Comedy Central's Broad City is more than a just television show. It is a lifestyle. So it is no wonder the opening night of...

Bon Iver’s winter comes to an end on “22, A Million”

Justin Vernon was a man lost in the world. It’s been nearly a decade since the singer famously isolated himself in a tiny cabin...

In conversation with Aleshea Harris

On Sept. 8, Aleshea Harris, playwright, actor, and spoken word poet, shared her performative art piece "What to Send Up When it Goes Down"...