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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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L.A. Times fires reporter over perceived conflict of interest
The Los Angeles Times fired reporter Jason Felch on Friday following revelations of an inappropriate relationship he had with confidential source for a Dec....
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Recent hire of 10 tenure-track professors is largest in five years
Occidental hired 10 new tenure or tenure-track professors in eight different departments. These 10 hires mark the most tenure appointments in one year for...
Academic
CDLR adds equipment to expand role of digital media
The Center for Digital Learning and Research (CDLR) is opening a digital production studio for student use on March 10 as part of a...
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Conservation challenge reduces water usage by over 7.5 percent
Last week's water conservation challenge spread awareness for what may be California's worst recorded drought. Despite last weekend's storm, which produced the hardest rain...
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World News – Week of March 2nd
Ukraine. Russian troops have surrounded ports and cities in the Crimean peninsula. Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the Duma parliament for authority to deploy...
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Telefund cancels shifts in response to alumni unrest
College officials canceled Telefund on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 due to the backlash caused by Campus Safety Lt. Joe Cunje's firing. "Our students are...
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Faculty, students attend hearing, rally support for Esparza case
Nine Occidental students and politics professor and Department Chair Caroline Heldman attended Dr. Patricia Esparza’s probable cause hearing last Wednesday to express support for...
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Students call for more reading days
An Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) survey issued Feb. 1 to gauge student interest in additional reading days has revealed discontent with the...
