Campus News

Trustees again decide not to divest college endowment

Board of Trustees Chair Art Peck sent an email to students, faculty and staff Oct. 14 announcing that the Board decided not to adopt...

Oxy SJP and ASOC recognize three-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023

More than 70 people gathered around the Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain Oct. 7 for a candlelight vigil organized by Students for Justice in...

Booth Hall renovations remix music program

Booth Hall, the home of Occidental’s music department, is undergoing a renovation process that will transform the building into state-of-the-art classroom, rehearsal and performance...

Prof. Zachary honors great-grandfather’s founding of town turned state park

Anita Zachary, visiting assistant professor of the Occidental College Writing Program, was the keynote speaker at the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park’s 50th Rededication...

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...

Committee searches for permanent Title IX director

A search committee comprised of students, faculty and staff is in the process of finding a new Title IX coordinator after the previous coordinator,...

Project SAFE hosts Empowerment Week

Project SAFE hosted Empowerment Week Oct. 21–25, organizing community gardening events in the Food, Energy and Sustainability Team (FEAST) garden, tie-dying shirts on the...

LGBTQIAP+ History Month brings authors to Occidental

The Intercultural Community Center (ICC), in collaboration with the Mary Norton Clapp Academic Commons and the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), hosted two author...