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Alex Murillo and Robert De La Barcena pave the way for non-traditional students
In the 2026—2027 academic year, Occidental has welcomed a number of non-traditional students, according to Vanessa Gonzalez-Wright, director of the Intercultural Community Center (ICC)....
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Artemis II geologist talks historic lunar science mission
Megan Borel, a geologist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Artemis II lunar science team, delivered a talk titled “The Moon Joy...
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Campus braces for El Niño
California has begun experiencing the effects of El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern in which massive storm clouds cause heavy rain and severe...
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Steve Gibbs, ORSL coordinator, dies at 62
Stephen Edmund Gibbs, programs and services coordinator for the Office for Religious & Spiritual Life (ORSL), died on campus Oct. 7. A memorial service...
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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...
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Writing and Rhetoric Department becomes “College Writing Program”
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As students and faculty perused the Course Counts website during course registration, the attentive browser might have noticed a change: the disappearance of the...
