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...

OSAC works to prevent sexual assault in Greek life ...

Since the Occidental Sexual Assault Coalition (OSAC)'s re-emergence November 2017, the coalition has begun a letter-writing campaign to Occidental Greek life organizations. The letters included OSAC's concerns...

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...