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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Search for new Child Development Center director raises concerns among faculty
A contentious nine-month search for the new director of the Child Development Center (CDC) on campus officially came to a close April 17, when...
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Religious studies and philosophy departments discuss the importance of a humanities degree
The religious studies (RELS) and philosophy departments hosted a joint talk at 1 p.m. April 19 in the Salisbury Room to discuss the usefulness...
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Silver Lake residents discuss future of reservoir in 3rd LA event
More than 100 Silver Lake residents gathered in Occidental College’s Choi auditorium April 19 to discuss the future of their town’s water reservoir. The final...
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Occidental’s Moore Lab receives $800,000 research grant
This month, Occidental’s Moore Lab of Zoology received an $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research on the effect of human disturbance on bird...
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Occidental alum awarded Anti-Defamation League award
Occidental Alum Anh Truong '95 was awarded the Anti-Defamation League's Sherwood Prize in downtown Los Angeles March 14. Truong, the deputy city attorney of...
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Title IX Town Hall Reveals Results of Sexual Assault Climate Survey
Title IX Coordinator Ruth Jones and Director of Institutional Research Teresa Kaldor hosted a Town Hall April 14 in Choi Auditorium that addressed the...
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CTSJ Department hires five adjunct professors for next year
Next fall, the Critical Theory and Social Justice (CTSJ) department will offer courses from four new adjunct and visiting faculty: Joseph Hankins, Andrea Rodriguez-Minkoff, Viviana MacManus...
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Law Society provides resources for pre-law students
Law Society is a new club on campus this semester, founded by Ashley Leon (sophomore), Maria Salter (first year),* Hemy Yue (first year) and Felix Holmes...
