Campus News

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...

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...

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...

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....

With the help of college students and coloring books, elementary students rediscover the joys of learning

On the main floor of Occidental College's Academic Commons, a sign that reads “Community Literacy Center” marks an area filled with children’s books, board games and...

Oxy-at-the-UN shapes college experiences for current students and graduates

With a month remaining in the fall semester, students participating in the Kahane United Nations Program (Oxy-at-the-U.N.) discussed their experiences spending a semester in New York City....

Homelessness Awareness and Action Week features advocates and an emphasis on action

The student-led committee organizing Occidental’s first Homelessness Awareness and Action Week hosted a speaker panel titled "Homelessness in Los Angeles: A Discussion" Nov. 4....

Occidental leads the way to 100 percent renewable by 2022

At the northeast end of campus, a solar array of 4,971 panels covers part of Mount Fiji. Physics professor Daniel Snowden-Ifft spearheaded a movement...

Presidential search committee gathers student feedback

Dafna Erana (junior) and Alejo Maggini (sophomore), the student representatives on the Presidential Search Committee, hosted a town hall Nov. 1 to provide the first...

Galco’s is Highland Park’s one stop shop for soda pop

On the side of York Boulevard lies the modest-looking Galco's Soda Pop Stop. Unassuming brown tiles, gray cement pillars and red bricks make up the...

Eagle Rock residents rooted in simple pleasures by their fruit trees

Walking through the residential streets of Eagle Rock, you might notice the occasional fruit-bearing tree reaching over a fence or a half-eaten piece of...

Occidental transitions to a digital subscription to the New York Times

The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) voted Oct. 15 to convert Occidental’s subscription of The New York Times (NYT) from paper copies to...