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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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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...
Campus News
New species, conservation studies, plenty of birds — the Moore Lab is a ‘cherished resource’ on campus
Though the Moore Laboratory of Zoology appears to be like any other building on campus dedicated to the sciences, upon entering the building, visitors are greeted...
Culture
FallFest feels like a ‘lucid dream’
For the first time in a year and a half, Remsen Bird Hillside Theater was transformed into a concert venue Oct. 23 for the...
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Making legends human with Mirin Fader ‘13
In 2018, Occidental alumna Mirin Fader '13 boarded a flight for Lithuania. She was bound for Prienai, a town of fewer than 10,000 residents...
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Light at the end of the subway tunnel: LA Metro adapts to pandemic and reopening
Spanning 1,433 square miles across LA County, the 140 bus lines and six rail lines of LA Metro form a vast network that connects...
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Professor Mary Jane Hewitt, Black Studies and Occidental’s slow road to racial progress
Between 8 and 9 a.m. May 5, 1978, all was quiet on Occidental's campus as students, faculty members and administrators eagerly read the newspaper,...
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Cross House’s last lap
For 15 years, a faded yellow building on Avenue 46 near Occidental’s campus has been known as “Cross House.” The three-unit lot has been...
