Campus News

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 50 students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...

Mock Trial brings ‘luck’ and ‘grit’ to regionals, championships

Occidental’s Mock Trial team placed seventh out of 28 at the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) Regional Tournament Feb. 28-March 1. They advanced to...

Campus takes unprecedented actions to power through heat wave

Southern California faced a record-breaking heat wave at the beginning of the school year, withĀ temperaturesĀ as high as 108. WithĀ six out of 13 dormsĀ 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 CollegeĀ implementedĀ 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 CollegeĀ reportedĀ the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, withĀ 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 anĀ 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 sinceĀ at least 2009. In March 2018, the collegeĀ decidedĀ toĀ move forwardĀ with the...

Michele Elam on art, her cats and the meaning of education

When Stanford professor Michele ElamĀ and Occidental College President Harry J. Elam moved into the Annenberg House at Occidental in the summer of 2020, they...