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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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Director of human resources resigns to pursue career in nonprofit industry
Author: Drew Jaffe Director of Human Resources (HR) Richard Ledwin will step down from his post next week after nearly 11 years at Occidental, according to...
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Administration plans overhaul of college’s marketing strategy
Author: Melina Devoney Occidental’s Communications, Marketing, & Community Relations department is in the preliminary phase of a conceptual and visual makeover of the college's image to...
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Economics department selects new tenure-track professor
Author: Charlotte Umanoff The economics department hired Jesse Mora as a tenure-track professor following a comprehensive search and selection process in late January. Mora, currently a...
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Eagle Rock women’s club celebrates centennial
Author: Carmen Triola Exactly 100 years after a group of suffragette Progressives in Eagle Rock opened the doors of their own Corinthian-style clubhouse in 1915, nearly...
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ResEd changes roommate questionnaire to address gender, sexuality
Author: Lily Goldfarb Residential Education (ResEd) recently added a question to the Roommate Questionnaire, sent to next year's incoming first-years, in order to accommodate roommate preferences...
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Student working group proposes new constitution
Author: Rachel Cohn Members of four branches of the Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) are in the process of reviewing a proposal for a new...
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ASOC senators propose senior week ball
Author: Charlotte Umanoff Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senior Senators Antoniqua Roberson and Mari Peña announced plans to organize a formal ball during senior week...
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World News 4.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Greece. An anonymous Greek collector recently spent $23,000 on a cracker that survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The 103-year-old English biscuit...
