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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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Students hoping to study abroad in spring await final decision
With travel guidelines changing constantly and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) implementing new COVID-19 policies, students planning on studying abroad in...
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Occidental’s new First-Gen Coalition seeks to institutionalize support for first-generation college students
The First-Generation Student Coalition, also known as the First-Gen Coalition, was created May 2020 to address the need for institutionalized support for first-generation college...
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College prepares for flu season during pandemic
The approaching flu season and the recent spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases have raised concerns about the interaction between the flu and COVID-19. In...
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‘Homecoming at Home,’ creating school spirit through a virtual world
Since LA County COVID-19 protocols restrict large gatherings, Occidental College adapted the yearly Homecoming to be virtual. According to Monika Moore, director of alumni...
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Bike Share reopens with new safety protocols
Bike Share, the campus bike rental student service, reopened this month with new COVID-19 related safety protocols in place. The rental service joins the...
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‘Empowering a community:’ Filipino American History Month events center art and celebrate culture
Filipino American History Month is celebrated throughout October, and this year, members of the Filipino American arts community in NELA and Historic Filipinotown have...
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Stories of hope, community and social justice from LA’s bookstores
Throughout the pandemic, LA's bookstores have closed, transitioned to curbside pickup and finally, partially reopened. Despite financial stress and other pandemic-related challenges, the bookstores...
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USC students’ ‘tent tile’ device helps protect unhoused neighbors from extreme temperatures
What started as a USC class project attempting to engineer solutions for a refugee camp in Greece is now protecting unhoused Angelenos from unsafe...
