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What union contract means for student workers
The Occidental and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 Collective Bargaining Agreement for Student Worker Units is a new union contract applying to...
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Moore Lab fights parrot poaching with wildlife forensics
Occidental’s Moore Lab of Zoology collaborated on a research study published June 14 2026, which located the specific geographic source of a frequently poached...
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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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Literary wine bar is literally fine
Review by Pablo Nukaya-Petralia Stuffed between shiny stacks of graphic novels and Cheshire Cat tchotchkes, The 1894 Wine Bar at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena invites customers to celebrate the...
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Young and old alike rock and roll at Moonlight
The intersection of San Fernando Road and Hawthorne Street is a safe haven for roller skaters. Constructed in the 1940s, this giant one-story warehouse was...
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For the love of Scoops
Since it opened in 2012, Scoops in Highland Park has served customers cones stacked with vanilla cardamom ginger snap, miso maple butterfinger, cilantro mint...
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New first-stage writing requirements give students new agency
This year, the Occidental College writing department and core program rolled out new first-stage writing requirements for first year and transfer students. According to...
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Kahane UN Week 2020 on Climate Change brings conversations and events on environmental justice and action
The Diplomacy & World Affairs (DWA) department hosted 11 events as part of the Kahane United Nations (UN) week Feb. 10–14. Throughout the week, the...
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Preview: Oxy Career Fair Spring 2020
The Hameetman Career Center (HCC) will host a career fair from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Johnson Student Center (JSC) Quad. According to...
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Harry J. Elam, Jr. named Occidental College’s 16th president
The Occidental board of trustees sent a campus-wide email Feb. 11 announcing Harry J. Elam, Jr. as Occidental College's 16th president. Elam is currently...
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Candace Kromer, librarian for 44 years, passes away at 87
Candace Kromer, an evening and weekend supervisor at Occidental's Mary Norton Clapp Library for 44 years, passed away in her Pasadena home Jan. 28 at...
