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Trustees again decide not to divest college endowment
Board of Trustees Chair Art Peck sent an email to students, faculty and staff Oct. 14 announcing the Board decided not to adopt a...
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Oxy SJP and ASOC recognize three-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023
More than 70 people gathered around the Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain Oct. 7 for a candlelight vigil organized by Students for Justice in...
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Booth Hall renovations remix music program
Booth Hall, the home of Occidental’s music department, is undergoing a renovation process that will transform the building into state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and performance...
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Prof. Zachary honors great-grandfather’s founding of town turned state park
Anita Zachary, visiting assistant professor of the Occidental College Writing Program, was the keynote speaker at the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park’s 50th Rededication...
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Boba, fridges and ice cream: the Tiger Cooler gets a makeover
This fall, Occidental’s Tiger Cooler, one of the campus’s two dining facilities, underwent changes in their food and beverage options, as well as hours...
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Occidental Board says no to Oxy SJP and JVP divestment demands. “Stay tuned,” says Oxy SJP
The Board’s Announcement In a June 10 email from the Occidental Board of Trustees, Board Chair Lisa H. Link P’18 announced the rejection of a...
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The Anti-Defamation League and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law file complaint against Occidental, alleging antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (Brandeis Center) announced they filed a complaint with the...
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College, SJP and JVP protestors announce agreement to consider divestment, encampment will come down
May 7, Occidental president Harry J. Elam Jr. announced via email to the college community that the administration reached an agreement with Occidental Students...
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Occidental administration agrees to bring divestment proposal to Board of Trustees in June
According to a memo obtained by The Occidental titled "Investment Committee Response to SJP Proposal," Ronald Hahn, Chair of Occidental's Board of Trustees' Investment...
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Four Occidental students arrested at UCLA pro-Palestinian encampment
Four Occidental students were arrested at UCLA early May 2 when the Los Angeles Police Departmet cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment, according to Occidental Students...
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Oxy SJP and Oxy JVP stage encampment for Palestine, plan to stay ‘as long as possible’
April 29, 4 a.m., Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) and Occidental Jewish Voice for Peace (Oxy JVP) assembled an encampment of...
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Oxy SJP holds Tax Day walkout and demonstration, continues calls for administrative action
April 15, Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a walkout and march to protest against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and...
