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...

Title IX releases new sexual assault policy

Author: Lucy Feickert The Title IX Office is currently collecting feedback on a sexual assault policy slated to replace the interim policy that has been in...

CDO search candidates visit campus, discuss plans for diversity

Author: Jessica Faroy The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Search Committee brought four finalist candidates to campus Nov. 18–23. Preceding their visits, student representatives from the committee...

Goldberg leaves legacy at Financial Aid Office

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

Students seek concrete change at QSA and CODE meetings

Author: Aria Bryan Expressing their desire for change on campus, students attended open meetings on gender-inclusive housing and the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB), held by...

BioBlitz to catalog biodiversity

Author: Margaret Su Occidental's first ever BioBlitz, an all-day event Saturday, will give community members the opportunity to record and identify various living species on campus....

Admission awards record number of acceptances

Author: Margaret Su A record all-time high of 6,409 prospective students applied for a spot in Occidental's class of 2020; of these, the Office of Admission...

Professors Take Part in Anti-Pollution Initiative

Author: Claire Diggins Urban and Environmental Policy (UEP) professor Martha Matsuoka and professor of Environmental Science James Sadd have joined forces with the "Clean Up Green...

Occidental’s Spoken Word Club Returns from Nationals

Author: Sam Byrne Four members of the Occidental Spoken Word Club traveled to the 2011 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI), a nation-wide poetry competition, last...