Culture
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...
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...
Community News
'Starchitect' speaks at Disney Concert Hall
An older man wearing thin glasses and a postboy cap admires a tall paper structure with billowing folds like sails in the wind. Los...
Community News
Floating Library drifts into Echo Park Lake
Renting a paddleboat at the Echo Park Boathouse seems to be something that everyone always means to do, but never quite gets around to....
Community News
Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena
Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed ramen...
2012
Brand new Tango Club an “Oasis” from school stress
Author: Danielle Christopher As one of Occidental's newest clubs, Oasis Tango hopes to acquaint students with the unique dancing style of Argentinian Tango. With over 80...
2012
Typographer invites unique perspective
Author: Sarah Corsa College students are constantly reading books, surrounded by books, and immersing themselves in the ideas these books impart. But rarely do students consider...
2012
Lamar drops smart, memorable album
Author: Joe Siegal "Good kid, M.A.A.D. City," the major label debut from 25-year-old rapper Kendrick Lamar, is deservedly one of this year's most talked about releases....
2013
“Cards” signals new era in television
Author: Sarah Corsa Netflix’s new original series “House of Cards” may be a dangerous revolution in television, especially for college students eager for an excuse to...
2013
Denimheads blindly devoted to cause of individuality, purity
Author: Ben Tuthill The time had come. It was winter break. I had five weeks of nothing to do in the Twin Cities, Minnesota,...
