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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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Facilities plans Norris Chemistry renovations
The Occidental Facilities Management Department will implement plumbing, ventilation and other structural renovations to the Norris Chemistry laboratories as early as this spring, according...
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What in the World – Week of March 25
United States. Four California residents filed lawsuits Thursday against wine brands Franzia, Mogen David and Almaden at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Although U.S....
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Occidental featured in sexual assault documentary
"The Hunting Ground," a documentary released in Los Angeles theaters Feb. 27, explores the college sexual assault epidemic throughout the United States. Occidental is...
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Chemistry fraternity revitalizes membership
This semester, an unprecedented 40 students rushed Alpha Chi Sigma (AXE), the Occidental chapter of the national chemistry fraternity. Only about 11 students rushed...
Academic
Economics department selects new tenure-track professor
The economics department hired Jesse Mora as a tenure-track professor following a comprehensive search and selection process in late January. Mora, currently a doctoral...
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Students travel to Nicaragua, volunteer with safe house and elementary school
A team of 10 students spent their spring break in Managua, Nicaragua, doing construction work at a safe house for young girls and painting...
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What in the World – Week of March 18
India. A bride walked out before her wedding ceremony Friday after her fiancé was unable to correctly answer a basic math problem. She asked...
Academic
Faculty host teach-in, discussion to address NTT inequities
Students and faculty gathered in Mosher 1 Wednesday for a screening of the film "Con Job: Stories of Adjunct & Contingent Labor" and a...
