Campus News

Oxy JVP and SJP stage encampment for divestment ahead of Board of Trustees meeting

Occidental’s Jewish Voices for Peace (Oxy JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) set up an encampment on the Academic Quad around...

Christopher Grant named new associate director of Campus Safety

Christopher Grant was selected for the position of associate director of Campus Safety, according to a school-wide email from Campus Safety sent March 20....

Off-campus housing policy poses challenges

Residential Education & Housing Services (REHS) sent an email Feb. 2 to the sophomore class sharing the Third-Year Live Off Application. The application, which...

SJP conducts 3 a.m. protest outside Board of Trustee member’s house

A group of over Occidental students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...

Alum establishes With Love Market and Cafe, fights for food justice

Andrew McDowell '05, founder of With Love Market and Cafe, spoke at Occidental College Oct. 6. His presentation was the first in a series...

No Lost Generation empowers Syrian refugee crisis victims

Sophomore Juliah Lee recently founded the No Lost Generation (NLG) club on Occidental's campus. NLG is an initiative founded by the United Nations High...

“Showing Up for Black Lives” attracts large student turnout, educates students on black liberation

Camille Cribbs (senior) welcomed a packed Choi Auditorium last Thursday to "Showing Up for Black Lives," an event designed to generate awareness of the...

UEP students demand junior seminar changes

Beginning in September, a group of five students in the Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) Community Internship and Community Organizing and Leadership classes (UEP...

Californians set to vote on Prop 64 to legalize marijuana

California voters will have the chance to weigh in on 17 state propositions in the Nov. 8 California General Election, including Proposition 64 —...

ASOC positions go uncontested as student participation drops

From daily voter registration campaigns outside the Marketplace to the crowd that filled up Choi Auditorium to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go...

FBI anti-drug campaign makes its way to Occidental’s campus

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) approached Occidental College — along with other educational institutions across the nation — this year regarding recommended preventative...

Occidental publicly screens first presidential debate of the 2016 election

On the evening of Monday, Sept. 26, Occidental’s World Talk Club — a student organization that engages in discussions about current events — hosted...