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....
Campus News
Active Minds wins award
Author: Charlotte Umanoff Representatives from Active Minds at Oxy received the Uniting Voices Award from the national Active Minds organization at the Active Minds National Mental...
2016
Proyecto Jardín occupied after hospital eviction threat
Author: Margaret Su Proyecto Jardín, a community garden and organization in Boyle Heights, serves as a cultural hotspot for the surrounding working-class neighborhood, providing nearby residents...
2016
Boesches recount travels, memories in Keck
Author: Michael Tonetti The college celebrated the life, legacy and travels of Politics Professor Roger Boesche and his wife, Mandy Boesche, in front of an intimate...
2016
Third Los Angeles discussion series returns
Author: Fiona Eustace The Third Los Angeles Project, anticipated by the Occidental community to be one of the most attended events ever hosted at the institution,...
2011
Students Arrested in Occupy Raid
Author: Faryn Borella Four Occidental students and one alumni (‘11) were arrested for "failure to disperse from an unlawful assembly" early Wednesday morning while acting as...
2013
Pope Francis has bona fides to restore Church integrity
Author: Clark Scally The 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church is Francis I, formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires prior to his Mar....
2013
Government shutdown affects student research, creates debt
Author: Christian Kendall The 17-day government shutdown that ended Oct. 17 could cause the student and faculty research budget at Occidental to be more than $300,000...
2014
New California minimum wage raises questions for student workers
Author: Cordelia Kenney California’s new minimum wage law, passed last September, will go into effect on July 1 of this year, making the new minimum in...
