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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FEAST members aim to make club student service

Author: Malcolm MacLeod Members of the Food, Energy and Sustainability Team (FEAST) are trying to transform the club into a student service in order to secure...

Student law review plans for spring publication

Author: Hoku Krueger In spearheading the creation of an Occidental undergraduate law review, Jamison Hayward (junior) hopes to give students interested in law an arena to...