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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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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...
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Rumored erasure of Highland Park “Tenochtitlan” mural sparks community concern, building owner denies claim
On the corner of North Avenue 61 and North Figueroa Street stands "Tenochtitlan — The Wall That Talks," a 75-foot-long mural painted in 1996 by the Quetzalcoatl...
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Professor Robert Winter leaves his legacy and historic house to Occidental
It should come as no surprise that professor Robert Winter's legacy endures even a year after his February 2019 passing. In addition to teaching...
