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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 50 students arrived outside the house of Lisa H. Link, the former chair of the Board of Trustees, at 3...
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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...
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Tirzah Blanche, program manager at Project SAFE, hopeful in addressing sexual assault on campus
Tirzah Blanche, program manager of Occidental College’s Project for a Sexual Assault-Free Environment (SAFE), has a lot on their plate. In the basement of Stewart-Cleland...
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Exploring the Atlantic Ocean, the depth of Black Studies and more with Justin Dunnavant
Seventy years after the graduation of Occidental's first Black students, Dr. Janet Stafford '52, George F. Ellison '52 and Barbara Bowman Wright '52, the...
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Green Bean opens with a festive gathering after a two-year hiatus
Occidental's student-run coffee shop, the Green Bean, was decorated with fairy lights, colorful ribbons and balloons tied down to Yerba Mate bottles Feb. 5....
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Faculty perspectives on return to campus and in-person instruction
President Harry J. Elam announced Jan. 6 that classes would take place remotely for the first week of the spring semester and the start...
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Understanding the updated COVID-19 Residential Policy
Residential Education & Housing Services (REHS) sent an email Jan. 31 stating that common rooms would be reopened for students to use while masked....
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New species, conservation studies, plenty of birds — the Moore Lab is a ‘cherished resource’ on campus
Though the Moore Laboratory of Zoology appears to be like any other building on campus dedicated to the sciences, upon entering the building, visitors are greeted...
Anti-Asian Texts Coverage
Students’ anti-Asian texts create uproar on campus; students demand action
Content warning: This article discusses recently emerged texts between two Occidental students that included genocidal, racist speech toward Asian people. In December 2020, an Occidental...
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Current FEAST Garden staff plan resignation and hiring committee for Spring 2022
Amid accusations of discriminatory hiring practices in the Occidental Food, Energy and Sustainability Team (FEAST) Garden, current employees are planning to resign as a...


