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
Pasadena gets swinging, Lindy Groove jazzes up Thursdays
Author: Lena Smith On a stage at the front of the room, the DJ plays the first jazzy tune and the lights dim to a glow....
2014
The ever-changing faces of York Boulevard
Author: Michael Tonetti|Keegan McChesney On a sun-drenched road in northeast Los Angeles, a discount store, a bike shop and an art gallery mingle side by side....
Arts & Entertainment
A Los Angeles Halloween
Author: Noel Hemphill|Earl Park|Melina Devoney|Yuca Kosugi While Occidental students may be too old to trick-or-treat this Halloween, amusement parks and hayrides are an age-appropriate alternative only...
Football
NFL continues downward sprial
Author: Joe Siegal The NFL regular season is winding down with a second round of scrutiny and an ultimate resolution to the Ray Rice domestic violence...
Arts & Entertainment
Photographers portray climate change’s effects
Author: Donovan Dennis The photographs are haunting both in what they depict and what they predict: Low-lying slums inundated by water, the destruction of New Orleans’...
Football
NFL still has much to prove
Author: Ryan Whalen Last year, when former Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked his then-fiancée (now wife) Janay Palmer unconscious in an elevator, the National Football...
2015
World News 4.0
Author: Ximena Santiago Greece. An anonymous Greek collector recently spent $23,000 on a cracker that survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The 103-year-old English biscuit...
2016
‘Starchitect’ speaks at Disney Concert Hall
Author: Malcolm MacLeod An older man wearing thin glasses and a postboy cap admires a tall paper structure with billowing folds like sails in the wind....
