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...

Students new and old reflect on roommate pairing process

When Oliver Otake* (junior), Antonio Cabello-Sanchez (junior) and Colin Thom (sophomore) first moved into Pauley Hall in Fall 2021, they said they found themselves...

Campus takes unprecedented actions to power through heat wave

Southern California faced a record-breaking heat wave at the beginning of the school year, with temperatures as high as 108. With six out of 13 dorms not having...

Student organizations kick off the year with the Involvement Fair

Occidental hosted the Involvement Fair Sept. 8th, an event for the college's clubs and departments to share information and promote themselves to students on...

Following student calls to action, Project SAFE implements new training

Occidental College implemented new sexual assault prevention and awareness training for students this year, including a revised online component and a new in-person training that took...

Peeping Tom incident on campus raises student anxiety

Aug. 24, three days after first-year students moved into dormitories, a man was seen looking through the blinds of first-year rooms, according to a...

COVID-19 surge during week of March 27 tested Occidental’s isolation housing capacity

During the week of March 27, Occidental College reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 99 active cases under management...

Quietly bound for success: A profile on Kristina Kvien ’87

When Fresno, CA native Kristina Kvien ’87 arrived at Occidental College, Cold War tensions were at an all-time high. A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

No plans to install AC in dorms, college cites high costs

Occidental had contemplated installing air conditioning systems in the residence halls that lack them since at least 2009. In March 2018, the college decided to move forward with the...