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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
2011
Disney, Ben Stiller Set to Depict Historic Loss to CalTech in Film
Author: Sam Van Buren Disney recently acquired the rights to produce a movie on the Caltech Men's Basketball team's triumph over its 26-year losing strike, the...
2011
Administration Mandates Campus-Wide Healthcare
Author: Ben DeLuca Occidental now requires that all students purchase full healthcare coverage through the college. Families were initially informed that the extra cost of the...
2011
Acceptance Rate Falls Five Percent
Author: Ben DeLuca Liberal arts colleges across the country are becoming more selective, and Occidental is no exception. This year, 38 percent of 6,107 applicants were...
2012
Turkey history course to include travel
Author: Rachel Silver "Turkey: Then & Now," a comprehensive course studying thousands of years of Turkish history, is set to return in the 2012 fall term....
2012
Core Program set for revamp
Author: Noel Hemphill The Core Program will soon be getting a makeover after Occidental received the $750,000 Andrew Mellon Foundation Grant. The grant will go towards...
2012
Lecture on race concludes Election Series speakers
Author: Emily Bell Occidental hosted Dr. Mark Sawyer, the final speaker for the college's 2012 election series, to serve as the last informational presentation before the election. The...
2013
College reopens discussion on renovation plans for Academic Commons
Author: Shilpa Bhongir Occidental has restarted conversations about integrating and adding more offices into the ground floor of the library as part of a vision to...
