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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Young Initiative takes Occidental Students Across the Globe
The Young Initiative on the Global Economy
// On a particularly unremarkable Tuesday afternoon, Johnson 302 is filled with the students of Diplomacy and World...
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Can Occidental Shake It?
It's a Wednesday. You're walking through the quad on the way to your second class of the day, and the ground starts to rumble....
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All the Bees: A Closer Look at Beekeeping Club
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The recent disappearance of bees worldwide has stung the Occidental community, stimulating the reactivation of the college's beekeeping club. While the club became inactive...
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All the Bulbs: A Closer Look at the Prison Beautification Club
Students and faculty coming together to plant seeds is not an unusual sight here at Occidental – figuratively and literally. One group of gardeners...
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Looking for Mr./Ms. [Swipe] Right
As Valentine's Day approaches, many Occidental students are looking to social media for potential dates. Whether students are looking for love this Friday, or...
