Campus News

Trustees again decide not to divest college endowment

Board of Trustees Chair Art Peck sent an email to students, faculty and staff Oct. 14 announcing that the Board decided not to adopt...

Oxy SJP and ASOC recognize three-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023

More than 70 people gathered around the Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain Oct. 7 for a candlelight vigil organized by Students for Justice in...

Booth Hall renovations remix music program

Booth Hall, the home of Occidental’s music department, is undergoing a renovation process that will transform the building into state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and performance...

Prof. Zachary honors great-grandfather’s founding of town turned state park

Anita Zachary, visiting assistant professor of the Occidental College Writing Program, was the keynote speaker at the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park’s 50th Rededication...

Club teaches English

Comparte, a new student organization at Occidental, will begin offering weekly courses in basic English for day laborers in partnership with the Instituto de...

Queer student survey reveals rifts in community

Center for Gender Equity (CGE) Graduate Assistant Kevin Franco organized a two-part initiative designed to evaluate the experience of queer students at Occidental. The...

Sexual misconduct policy implemented

President Jonathan Veitch announced in a Feb. 4 email to the Occidental community that the Campus Committee on Sexual Responsibility and Misconduct (CCSRM) had...

New policy allows student preferred name, gender changes

With Occidental’s adoption of a preferred name and gender policy, students can now change their names and genders on internal Occidental records such as...

Lab renovations planned with grant awards

Moore Lab of Zoology has received a combined total of $2.95 million for renovations and upgrades from the Fletcher Jones Foundation, the Keck Foundation...

Goldberg leaves legacy at Financial Aid Office

From keeping her door open through lunch every day, to opening the door to education for thousands of students in need of financial support,...

Geo Jocks: Gravitational Waves

Thank God for gravity. Without it, Matthew McConaughey would still be lost in the fabric of space-time, Matt Damon screaming expletives on Mars and...

Activists visit campus for BSA’s Black History Month

Students, faculty, staff and local community activists gathered in Choi Auditorium Thursday to discuss Black liberation as part of the Black Student Alliance's Black...