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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...
Campus News
The adjunct dilemma: from policy to personal
Adjuncts seek job security, connections with campus
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More than just stress
Every minute, someone in the United States attempts suicide. On any given day, 12 people ages 15 to 24 will commit suicide. Out of every...
Community News
On the rails, in the fringes
Four skateboarders repeatedly hop off the stage in Sycamore Glen, guiding their boards into flips and controlled spins with the grace and nonchalance of...
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Technology Takeover: Two Days Without Tech
I was naked, standing in the middle of the Quad, surrounded by hundreds of my peers and brutally aware of my own vulnerability.All of...
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Technology Takeover: ITS Keeps Oxy Wired
At an unmarked, secure room on campus, Informational Technology Services (ITS) staff maintains the college's critical data center. The center holds 100 college servers and...
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After Office Hours: What Professors are Doing Outside the Classroom
One of the benefits of a small, liberal arts college is that students and professors have the opportunity to get to know each other...
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Hunting for Occidental's Past: A History of Architecture and Landscaping on Campus
http://vimeo.com/90074252 When visitors grace Occidental's campus, tour guides boast small classes, involved professors and a diversely passionate student body, but these facts often fall...
Endowment
Behind the Board
The board of trustees has a legacy as old as Occidental itself. When the college was founded in 1887, there were far fewer trustees,...
