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Trustees again decide not to divest college endowment
Board of Trustees Chair Art Peck sent an email to students, faculty and staff Oct. 14 announcing that the Board decided not to adopt...
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Oxy SJP and ASOC recognize three-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023
More than 70 people gathered around the Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain Oct. 7 for a candlelight vigil organized by Students for Justice in...
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Booth Hall renovations remix music program
Booth Hall, the home of Occidental’s music department, is undergoing a renovation process that will transform the building into state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and performance...
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Prof. Zachary honors great-grandfather’s founding of town turned state park
Anita Zachary, visiting assistant professor of the Occidental College Writing Program, was the keynote speaker at the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park’s 50th Rededication...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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No plans to install AC in dorms, college cites high costs
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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...
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Michele Elam on art, her cats and the meaning of education
When Stanford professor Michele Elam and Occidental College President Harry J. Elam moved into the Annenberg House at Occidental in the summer of 2020, they...
