Campus News

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....

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...

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...

Tiger Cooler hours extended with ASOC push

A Feb. 21 email announced the Tiger Cooler’s closing time would shift from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. five days a week. The email...

Vivian Garay Santiago named Dean of Students

A campus-wide email sent Feb. 19 announced that Interim Dean of Students Vivian Garay Santiago accepted President Stritikus’ offer to become dean of students....

AC to be installed in remaining dorms without it over the summer

During Summer 2025, the remaining dorms at Occidental College without air conditioning — Chilcott Hall, Haines Hall, Stearns Hall and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon...

Pro-Palestine protesters block cars and picket amidst admitted students event

As admitted Early Decision students returned from their tours for a reception at Collins House March 21, roughly 100 protesters led by Occidental’s Students...

Academic Planning Committee rejects education major proposal

The most recent education major proposal, which was first proposed in October 2024 and has been under review since then, was rejected by the Faculty...

College expands immigration trainings, students petition for nearby ICE presence notifications through OxyAlert

Occidental offered employee training in Jan. on protocol for immigration enforcement action on campus in the wake of a barrage of immigration policies espoused in President...

UCI Professor Michael Méndez speaks on environmental justice for undocumented migrants amid California wildfires

Dr. Michael Méndez, assistant professor of environmental policy and planning at the University of California, Irvine and former Pinchot Faculty Fellow at the Yale...

ROSE organizes march as union negations continue

Around 50 students marched from the AGC steps to JSC Studenmund in support of the student workers' union demands at 11:30 a.m. March 6....