Off campus
Culture
Outside Occidental: “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure” exhibit
The bright colors of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings harmonize with the lingering melodies of Nat King Cole and Jay Z in The Grand LA’s new...
Arts & Entertainment
Making room for creativity: Adult art classes at Oxy Arts
As part of the course Community Engagement in Education, Occidental students create relationships with community partners and participate in a service learning project. For their...
Abroad: A Storytelling Series
Faraway families: how international students stay connected to home
Students at Occidental come from 56 different countries outside of the United States, making up about 7 percent of the student body. Adam Elshamy (sophomore) lived in...
Culture
Drummer Lily Pesikoff keeps her own tempo with Enny Owl and the Backroom Rumors
At 18 years old, drummer and singer Lily Pesikoff (first year) is not even old enough to get into the clubs she plays at....
2011
Occidental’s Spoken Word Club Returns from Nationals
Author: Sam Byrne Four members of the Occidental Spoken Word Club traveled to the 2011 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI), a nation-wide poetry competition, last...
2012
College monitors crime uptick in Eagle Rock area
Author: Emily Bell Violent crimes in Eagle Rock have risen significantly during the month of November, according to the LA Times. There were four violent crimes and...
2013
Glendale schools must define limits of surveillance
Author: Malcolm MacLeod The question of online surveillance has been fresh in American minds since May when the Edward Snowden whistle-blowing scandal forced many to consider...
2013
World News- Nov 3
Author: Lucy Feickert Haiti. The United States Embassy in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince,reported that the rate of those affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Haiti has...
2014
L.A. Times fires reporter over perceived conflict of interest
Author: Juliet Suess The Los Angeles Times fired reporter Jason Felch on Friday following revelations of an inappropriate relationship he had with confidential source for a...
Arts & Entertainment
Local drive-in provides kitschy way to spend a Saturday night
Author: Olivia Landon As the sky went to black Saturday evening, hipsters, popcorn, burgers, a classic hearse and an FM radio station channeling "Harold and Maude"...
2014
College safety report shows rise in number of reported sexual offenses
Author: Noel Hemphill The number of reported sex offenses increased between 2011 and 2013 while drug violations fell over the same period, according to this year's...
Baseball
Giants ride a ‘bum’ arm to title
Author: Joe Siegal We live in an era of baseball in which pitchers are coddled, shut down after a set number of innings and rarely...
