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...
Arts & Entertainment
I got ‘2048’ problems but my phone ain’t one
Author: Will Westwater I recently downloaded the hit iPhone game "2048," which has consumed all of my free time. It's so addicting that I...
2014
Britten’s historic quartet revived in Thorne
Author: Macarena Blando Demarco Music has the ability to stir up nostalgia and emotion while overcoming barriers such as time and place. Pittance Chamber Music and...
2014
SAE revamps yearly haunted house philanthropy event
Author: Melina Devoney Like many college houses, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity house can be a scary sight of reeking sports gear, blasting music and...
Arts & Entertainment
‘Halo: TMCC’ dismays fans with bugs
Author: Will Westwater I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. "Halo: The Master Chief Collection (TMCC)" was one of the games I anticipated most this holiday season,...
2015
Wright’s architectural treasure reopened
Author: Taylor Majewski Easily overlooked at the busy intersection of Hollywood and Vermont in Los Feliz, architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House is a hidden gem...
Arts & Entertainment
ISIS continues spree of artifact destruction
Author: Taylor Majewski From 1933 until the end of World War II, the Nazi Party of Germany committed art theft on a massive scale, stealing over...
2015
Hyper Xpressions heats up the Cooler at showcase
Author: Lily Goldfarb Amid the usual traffic of students grabbing their nightly pizza slices, more than 100 students gathered around a stage in the Cooler on...
2015
Hip-Hop and Hollywood
Author: Benj Salkind Move over, Dre: the biggest hip-hop mogul of 2015 turned out to be Hollywood. The enormous success of the West Coast rap group N.W.A.’s...
