Campus News

Occidental faculty discuss AI usage in college setting

Occidental has a newly formed artificial intelligence (AI) council to address the impact that AI has on the college, Vice President of Information Technology...

Occidental and PCC sign first transfer agreement

Occidental and Pasadena City College (PCC) signed the first transfer agreement between the colleges, which is in effect as of Fall 2026. The agreement...

Accessibility Van drives accommodation

Elena Newton-Day (junior), president of the Disabled Student Union (DSU), said she was one of many students involved in Occidental’s newest accommodation for making...

New CWP professors carry on Bob Sipchen’s legacy

After 28 years of teaching in Occidental’s College Writing Program, professor Bob Sipchen has retired and turned over his classes to two new hires,...

Limitations of the Arabic program leave students without classes

Author: Lucy Feickert Arabic students at Occidental are expressing frustration with the lack of advanced Arabic classes the department offers, limited by low student enrollment and...

Oxypreneurship hosts day-long problem solving event

Author: Emily Shugerman Students took ten hours out of their weekend to tackle issues of communication and sustainability at Occidental at the Innovate Oxy problem solving...

60 juniors approved for off-campus housing

Author: Rachel Stober Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) approved 60 out of 87 third-year live-off applications for next year, offering upcoming juniors the chance to...

Faculty votes ‘no confidence’ in Dean Avery, Botterud

Author: Ryan Strong Occidental’s faculty body overwhelmingly passed two no confidence resolutions against Dean of Students Barbara Avery and General Counsel Carl Botterud on Monday in...

Students GLOW at first dance

Author: Sarah Corsa The second annual GLOW dance flashed and pulsed beneath black lights on the Johnson Student Center Quad on Saturday night. Students wore glow...

Water pipe break leads to water outages in residence halls

Author: Drew Jaffe As students flooded lower campus for Occidental's annual Toga dance, a ruptured pipe inundated upper campus with water. The flooding left multiple residence...

World News- Week of Nov. 13

Author: Lucy Feickert Venezuela. Miami Herald journalist Jim Wyss was released from the detention center where he was held in Caracas, Venezuela. He was in...

ASOC hosts discussion on ban of school dances

Author: Chloe Woodruff The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) invited students to discuss the indefinite suspension of school dances and alternative solutions with faculty members...