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....
2014
Spicy or smelly, Sriracha rules Irwindale
Author: Malcolm MacLeod As the group approached Irwindale, we rolled down our windows, inhaling deeply. The air smelled sour, with a hint of spiciness. We thought...
Arts & Entertainment
‘The Drop’ entertains, refreshes tired storylines
Author: Gregory Feiner Director Michaël R. Roskam's latest film, "The Drop," featuring James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy, may seem like the stereotypical Brooklyn mob crime thriller,...
2014
Joey Bada$$ show combines reverence, energy
Author: Michael Tonetti|Keegan McChesney Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, better known by his alias Joey Bada$$, had sweat dripping from the Echoplex walls last Friday night. Bada$$, along...
2014
#SaveATO: Football house unfairly scrutinized
Author: Taylor-Anne Esparza To many students, living off campus implies freedom from the rules and regulations of living at Occidental. But this is not the case...
Arts & Entertainment
Wourms helps bring hip-hop collective to LA
Author: Malcolm MacLeod Kelly Wourms (senior) is putting his classroom education in Media Arts and Culture to work in the real world under his stage name,...
2015
What in the World 1.0
Author: Ximena Santiago United Kingdom. A historian found the possible first use of the word f*** in an English court case dated 1310. The discovery occurred...
Campus News
Geo Jocks 3: Hadean Life on Earth
Author: Emma Lodes The Hadean eon is an era akin to Hades — a time of fiery volcanoes, crashing meteors and a hot atmosphere thick with...
2016
Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena
Author: Frida Gurewitz Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed...
