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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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‘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...
Community News
Occidental journalists find their start at public radio powerhouse KPCC 89.3 FM
While newspaper circulation across the country dwindles, airwaves from KPCC 89.3 FM keep traveling from Pasadena. As the flagship station for Southern California Public...
Campus News
Occidental reimagines campus plant life in light of drought
Amidst this semester's heat wave, Occidental students received an email from Director of Facilities David Caldwell regarding the college's plan for saving water in light of...
Campus News
Through new partnership, Occidental welcomes Davis New Mexico Scholars
Thanks to a new partnership between Occidental College and the Davis New Mexico Scholarship program, several first-generation students from New Mexico are attending Occidental at no cost....
Community News
Memories bridge the Elysian Valley section of the LA River
In June, Kathryn McDermott, a product developer for Alo Yoga, prepared to walk down a concrete slope in one-inch ankle strap heels to get...
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Beloved crossroads: Disciplines converge and diverge on the Academic Quad
Every weekday afternoon, a migration occurs. Students shuffle from where they have been congregating for lunch — the benches, the grass or the tables...
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Sam Orlin ’21: music photographer, rap enthusiast and walking pop culture encyclopedia
It’s clear that 23-year-old photographer, artist and Occidental alum Sam Orlin* '21 loves music, but if there was ever any doubt, his cat is...
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Dedicated benches on the quad honor loved ones: ‘Memory lives here’
Nancy Sams Palermo ‘61, daughter of two Occidental graduates, was able to find a man at Occidental. Or it may be more accurate that...
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The last reporter in the room: A profile of music writer Jeff Weiss ‘03
As the slow death of print media continues to consume local newspapers, less visible is the loss of alt weekly publications. The small independent newspapers once provided a...
