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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...

‘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...

‘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...

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...

On anonymity and dialogue: Oxy Confessions revealed

Author: Lauren Rewers|Chloe Woodruff In some ways, looking at old posts from the Oxy Confessions Facebook page is akin to opening a time capsule — a...

Music Department Sings a New Note

Author: Claire Diggins A world-famous music mecca, Los Angeles is a haven for musicians, composers and music scholars. Occidental's own music department is part of the...

Connecting Cultures Through Concertos

Author: MIrin Fader Thirty years ago, Austria established a number of councils within the United States to unite existing Austrian clubs and associations. Seventeen years ago,...

Saturday Night Deprived

Author: Rachel Stober With trays in hand, students spill out from the nightly Marketplace rush onto Branca Patio six days a week. On Saturday evenings, the...

Addressing the Elephant on Campus

Author: Lauren Taylor While Occidental might not show up in Newsweek’s recent top 10 most liberal colleges in America, Beyoncé would no doubt say that the political culture...

Taking L.A. by bus

Author: Lena Smith Only in the city of Angels can a trip on the bus make a rider feel both right at home and mildly out...

Getting back to our roots: Biodynamic agriculture impacts more than food

Author: Arielle Laub The I-5 North runs through hundreds of miles of flat farm land. The uniform green of monocrop farms dot a parched landscape that...

Technology Takeover: Two Days Without Tech

Author: Arielle Laub I was naked, standing in the middle of the Quad, surrounded by hundreds of my peers and brutally aware of my own vulnerability.All...