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After the reckoning: Occidental’s sexual assault reforms, a decade on
Caroline Heldman, chair and professor of Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies at Occidental, has been a leader in the college's reckoning with its handling...
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10 years of the computer science department: interdisciplinary studies, AI and ethics
The 2026 school year marks the 10-year anniversary of the computer science department at Occidental College. Established as a major in 2017, the interdisciplinary...
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O-team leaders ‘build that sense of family’ for a new class
Occidental College welcomed a new class of first year students Aug. 17. Behind the scenes of orientation, student leaders and the Student Leadership, Involvement,...
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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...
2012
Oxy alums teach for america
Author: Daphne Auza Only eight percent of kids growing up in low-income communities graduate college by age 24, according to Postsecondary Education. Teach For America has...
2012
Rat Lab: Students explore hands-on research in Psychology Department
Author: Elwyn Pratt Take the elevator to the third floor of Swan Hall and the doors will open to reveal the new home of the fourth...
2013
Occidental’s own year-long CicLAvia
Author: Alyssa Virker|Julia Armbrust The Bike Share program, which has been one of the Sustainability Fund's fastest-growing investments, installed a new repair unit this year...
2013
Staff Profiles: Campus Dining’s Michael “Meesh” Montygierd
Author: Emma Lodes|Donovan Dennis The Pacific glows an azure blue through a wall of windows 18 stories above the California shore. Chic and modern seats, petite...
2014
F.E.A.S.T. cultivates more than the land
Author: Malcolm MacLeod To the left of the Tree House classrooms, slightly down the hill from the Greek Bowl and next to the Urban and Environmental...
2015
Behind closed doors: inefficiencies, inconsistencies and the culture of silence inside ResEd
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Michelle Ito (sophomore) looked forward to becoming a Resident Advisor (RA) for first-year students when she applied for the position last spring. She...
2016
Fantastiprov: when life gives you lemons, improvise
Author: Cory Lomberg A performance by Fantastiprov, Occidental's improv comedy troupe, gives little indication of who the individual cast members actually are. Instead, the audience comes...
2012
When the Oxy Vaginas Speak, Audiences Come
Author: Jacob Surpin As soon as the lights dim in Thorne Hall, the packed auditorium begins to cheer. With the lights still down, the 12 women...
