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A namesake illuminates California’s homelessness crisis
Meeting Jimbo Miller Two James Millers sat together on a curb outside of the Third Avenue Charitable Organization (TACO), a homeless services organization in downtown...
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‘A big point of pride’: Occidental’s research community
Occidental students are conducting research across fields ranging from organic chemistry to canine cognition, often working closely with faculty mentors in labs, fieldwork and...
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‘A sobering example’: Occidental’s 1920s KKK club reflects culture of Jim Crow era
Walking into the Ahmanson Reading room on the main floor of the Mary Norton Clapp Library, one of the first sights students come across...
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Reflections on First-Stage Writing Portfolios Amidst AI and Virtual Learning
Occidental students submitted their First-Stage Writing Portfolios March 1. The portfolio essays are part and parcel of the First-Year Seminar (FYS) curriculum and prime...
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Student singers, songwriters and producers: pursuing passion through art
In dorm room closets, Booth practice rooms and production studios, students aspiring for careers in the music industry are writing songs and mixing beats....
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Intersections of identity: the queer athlete experience as told by Occidental student-athletes
Michael Sam was the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League. According to Out Magazine, after coming out in an...
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First Obama Scholars start a tradition of service
Occidental established the Barack Obama Scholars Program September 2018 to honor President Barack Obama’s work and inspire young leaders to engage themselves in pressing social issues. Obama attended...
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Number of applicants increases as demographics remain consistent
From the Admissions team that dictates who the first years' fellow classmates will be, to the neighboring resident advisors (RAs) and murmured complaints of...
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The history of Northeast Los Angeles is hidden in its architecture
Los Angeles is a city that flips off history as it swaggers back into the future — at least in the popular imagination. Once railroads...
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Spring Fest 2018 leaves students disappointed
On the morning of April 14, Programming Board staff alongside Office of Student Life workers trudged out tents, tables and games to the Academic Quad for...
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MVP on a quest to improve diversity and inclusion
Conversations about classroom sizes and questions of campus culture filled the Academic Quad April 7, as hundreds of admitted students met and mingled for...
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DACAmented: Occidental’s DACA efforts on and off campus
Mass deportation of illegal immigrants, proposed by President Donald Trump, would leave many enclaves of immigrant neighborhoods in Los Angeles deserted. Pew Research Center...
