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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
DJ DESOUZA finds connection through music
Surrounded by partying Occidental students, Anoop D'Souza (first year) — aka DJ DESOUZA — worked his turntable from an elevated platform in the backyard...
Community News
Independent music scene thrives at 'Pehr'
Nights at Occidental make it seem like all of Los Angeles is either sleeping, disappointed at a party or cramming in the library. Though...
Culture
Attack of the red and black onesies
I’m not sure why it is, but people sure love their goofy ultra-violent psychopaths in red and black onesies. Ok, this statement needs a...
Community News
Alumnus documents LA’s hidden gems
Tom Carroll '08 sees beauty in unusual places. Take his favorite memory of Occidental, for example: When he was a first year, a massive rain...
Culture
Apollo Night Shines: poetry, jump rope, Britney Spears take top three spots
The stump was back and ready to be rubbed Feb. 26 as Apollo Night returned triumphantly to a packed Thorne Hall. The Black Student...
Culture
La Luz and Death Valley Girls to play KOXY show
KOXY's fourth event of the 2015–16 school year on Feb. 27 will feature performances by Seattle-based band La Luz and Burger Records’ Death Valley...
Culture
The Hi Hat brings affordable shows to York Boulevard
Cheap but quality clubs are nearly impossible to find in LA, but eventually I found Hi Hat on York Boulevard. I enjoyed a Friday...
Culture
Kanye West's TLOP is a flop
When Kanye West released “Only One,” a sweet, crooning love song to his daughter North on New Year’s Day in 2015, I thought I...
