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Making room for creativity: Adult art classes at Oxy Arts
As part of the course Community Engagement in Education, Occidental students create relationships with community partners and participate in a service learning project. For their...
Culture
Drummer Lily Pesikoff keeps her own tempo with Enny Owl and the Backroom Rumors
At 18 years old, drummer and singer Lily Pesikoff (first year) is not even old enough to get into the clubs she plays at....
Campus News
Campus takes unprecedented actions to power through heat wave
Southern California faced a record-breaking heat wave at the beginning of the school year, with temperatures as high as 108. With six out of 13 dorms not having...
Community News
NELA filmmakers spotlighted at eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival
The eighth annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival took place Oct. 1–2 at the Highland Theatre. The festival featured 31 films by NELA filmmakers including “Brandi Finds...
2013
State immigration reforms set the standard
Author: Christian Morales According to a 2010 report by the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project, there are one million undocumented immigrants under the age of...
Campus News
Eagle Rock women’s club celebrates centennial
Author: Carmen Triola Exactly 100 years after a group of suffragette Progressives in Eagle Rock opened the doors of their own Corinthian-style clubhouse in 1915, nearly...
2013
Pat and Lorraine’s Diner a Local Landmark
Author: Arielle Laub The building, painted a nondescript beige, takes up an entire street corner. It is desolate, a monotonous façade which stealthily hides the wonders...
2013
Get Buzzed: the best of local coffee shops and study spots
Author: Ella Fornari Those who find the ambiance of cafes most conducive to studying are known as "cafe workers," and they exist on all college campuses....
Campus News
Violent crime rate increases in Northeast Los Angeles
Author: Flora Adamian A string of local robberies, thefts and assaults in the past few months have left some students at Occidental concerned about their safety.
According...
2013
Students, alumni hold press conference on federal complaints
Author: Emily Shugerman & Rachel Stober |Rachel Stober |Emily Shugerman Six Occidental students and alumni, along with Professor Caroline Heldman, held a press conference this morning...
2013
Safer sex porn laws must be upheld, regardless of profit loss
Author: Cordelia Kenney All it takes to bring the porn industry to its knees is a little bit of latex. Nearly a year after California passed...
2015
Block Party brings new, unusual brews to the boulevard
Author: Emma Lodes As of Aug. 28, students who frequent York Boulevard’s bar scene on Thursday nights have a new party to crash: Block Party. The...
