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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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LAPD proposes foot patrols on Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Northeast Area Senior Lead Officer Fernando Ochoa proposed the implementation of foot patrols on Colorado Boulevard following a string of...
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Alexandra Fulcher named new Title IX Coordinator
Alexandra Fulcher was named Title IX Coordinator in a campus-wide email from President Jonathan Veitch Jan. 16. She began the position Jan. 27. This announcement concluded...
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Students resist Senator Jeff Flake’s lecture on future of conservatism
The same day the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump of impeachment charges, Feb. 5, former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona spoke at Thorne...
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‘What’s one plate?’: Missing dinnerware costs Marketplace thousands of dollars
Occidental students are taking more than their backpacks and laptops with them when they leave the Marketplace after each meal. In the Fall 2019...
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Our editors’ inside scoop on LA’s best hangouts
Between paper deadlines, club meetings and job applications, a semester flies by faster than Marine Biology classes fill up — before you know it,...
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Gilman fountain under renovation, expected to be completed Fall 2020
After the end of finals December 2019, Occidental College began construction on the Gilman Fountain Plaza Project, located between Herrick Chapel and Hinchliffe Hall. For several years,...
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De Mandel Aquatics Center construction delays cause frustration
The opening of the new De Mandel Aquatics Center continues to be pushed back due to delays in LA City inspections and unforeseen weather,...
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‘Magician: Black Bodies and Portraiture’ exhibit explores contemporary issues of race
Artist Kayla Salisbury said she created her abstract portrait “Void of Representation Face Study” as an act of rebellion. When she was a student at ArtCenter...
