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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...
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Psychology department axes Intergroup Dialogue program
Author: Margaret Su Spring 2015 is the last semester that Occidental's Intergroup Dialogue Program (IDP), in which students discuss controversial social issues in peer-led classes, will...
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Cultural clubs team up for first-ever Unity Week
Author: Demi Duenes Occidental's first Unity Week kicked off Monday with a cultural club mixer hosted by the Black Student Alliance (BSA). The weeklong event brings...
2014
Deans discuss students’ social media comments
Author: Wellesley Daniels The Dean's Advisory Committee met last week to discuss how the school should respond to anonymous social media comments by students, especially those...
2015
Title IX Office appoints Professor Spain to deputy coordinator position, plans campus climate survey
Author: Carmen Triola Chemistry professor Eileen Spain joined the Title IX Office as its third deputy title IX coordinator, according to an email sent Jan. 21...
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What in the World – Week of March 4th
Author: Ximena Santiago Jamaica. Jamaican Parliament voted to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana last Tuesday. The act made it legal for residents to...
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Unsolved Berkus House thefts cause resident tension
Author: Hoku Krueger Victims of four recent burglaries at Berkus House said the crimes have created a sense of distrust among the house’s community after investigations...
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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...
2015
What in the World 1.0
Author: Ximena Santiago United Kingdom. A historian found the possible first use of the word f*** in an English court case dated 1310. The discovery occurred...
