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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...

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...

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,...

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...

Taking Back the Boulevard

Author: Anne Ewbank Crossing Colorado Boulevard can be alarmingly similar to playing Frogger. Pedestrians hurry across the street to avoid being flattened by cars racing above...

Tours Paint Unvarnished Portrait of Occidental

Author: Kaitlyn Reeser As the academic year comes to a close for current Occidental students, the future class of 2015 is still engrossed in the process...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...