Campus News

Occidental faculty discuss AI usage in college setting

Occidental has a newly formed artificial intelligence (AI) council to address the impact that AI has on the college, Vice President of Information Technology...

Occidental and PCC sign first transfer agreement

Occidental and Pasadena City College (PCC) signed the first transfer agreement between the colleges, which is in effect as of Fall 2026. The agreement...

Accessibility Van drives accommodation

Elena Newton-Day (junior), president of the Disabled Student Union (DSU), said she was one of many students involved in Occidental’s newest accommodation for making...

New CWP professors carry on Bob Sipchen’s legacy

After 28 years of teaching in Occidental’s College Writing Program, professor Bob Sipchen has retired and turned over his classes to two new hires,...

ASOC reconsiders Student Wellness Liaison position

Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) created and developed the role of Student Wellness Liaison for the first time during the 2016–17 senate term...

Students map water usage and irrigation

In a culmination of over a semester’s worth of investigation, research and planning, a team of five students plan to release the results of...

Students demand end to outsourcing, understaffing at SLA-led rally

Students gathered on Dumke Patio at 11:30 a.m. April 23 outside of a board of trustees meeting to participate in a rally organized by...

Leah Park Fierro: Eagle Rock’s dairy queen

Milkfarm, Eagle Rock's only artisan cheese shop, is a dangerous place. From the Bandaged Bismark to the Brie de Meaux, one can imagine even...

Belle’s Bagels vies for permanent spot on York Boulevard

James Dean (J.D.) Rocchio and Nick Schreiber co-own Belle's Bagels on York Boulevard, a bagel business named after Schreiber's great-grandmother, Belle. Rocchio and Schreiber have...

Small-lot developments shake up Los Angeles architecture

At the corner of Bridewell Street and Pollard Street in Highland Park, three miles east of Occidental, the construction of nine small-lot, single-family residences led...

Haiku Guys and Gals host Highland Park duel

At the York Manor Were the Haiku Guys and Gals April 26. The Haiku Guys and Gals hosted their first Los Angeles Haiku Duel in The York...

Tal Becker speaks as Jack Kemp Distinguished Lecturer, students protest

Tal Becker, peace negotiator for Israel and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, spoke at Occidental College in Choi Auditorium at 2:30 p.m....