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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...
2014
Clue in: it was GameHäus Cafe, in Glendale, with the coffee
Author: Brenna Reid The unimpressive exterior of GameHäus Cafe in Glendale disguises a hidden gem: a warm and welcoming oasis stocked with a profusion of food...
2011
YCCA Strives To Live Up To Occidental’s Radical Rating
Author:Â Annie Wolfstone Occidental College is one of the nine most radical colleges in the country, according to a July 8 ranking in "The Huffington Post."...
2013
Plastic bag ban serves corporate, not human interests
Author:Â Manna Selassie The California State Senate fell three votes short to enact Plastic Bag Bill SB405 on Sept. 3. The "bag ban" would have banned...
Arts & Entertainment
Local music festival to host Blacc
Author:Â Jeremy Childs Aloe Blacc may not be a household name, but he certainly has a well-known voice. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter got his big break...
Local
Berry Bowl, Occidental complicit in gentrification
From York Boulevard to the Marketplace, Berry Bowl is surfing the health food movement and taking the suddenly trendy neighborhood of Highland Park by...
Arts & Entertainment
Eagle Rock Music Fest takes a beat to remember its local roots
Every October, autumn announces its presence in Eagle Rock not with falling leaves or jack-o'-lanterns, but with the arrival of the Eagle Rock Music...
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Local gym owners partner with Oxy Boxing Club
The Occidental website describes the Eagle Rock community as one filled with “critically acclaimed restaurants, cozy coffeehouses and vintage boutiques share the boulevards...
Arts & Entertainment
Block Party brings new, unusual brews to the boulevard
As of Aug. 28, students who frequent York Boulevard’s bar scene on Thursday nights have a new party to crash: Block Party. The new...
