On Campus

Tiger Town brings back school spirit

As the school year starts back up this fall, with it comes a new organization: Tigertown. Tigertown is an Occidental student group led by...

Three students face conduct charges following inauguration protest

Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) held a press conference July 29 in front of the entrance to the college to publicize...

New Faculty Connections Dining Program offers a ‘neutral space’ for building community

The Marketplace and Tiger Cooler teem with students, whether in line for pasta made to order or hovering over the conveyor belt of bagels...

ASOC reconsiders budget in wake of minimum wage hike

Author: Michael Tonetti Students will soon feel the impacts of the recent increase in California's minimum wage. To account for this state-wide wage increase, the Associated...

Veitch announces plans for next six years

Author: Michael Tonetti President Jonathan Veitch addressed a near-capacity Choi Auditorium on Wednesday in his first public meeting of the year. He outlined his goals for...

Heat wave reignites AC debate

Author: Stephen Nemeth Occidental's perennial debate over air conditioning (AC) in residence halls reemerged last month when a week-long heat wave and malfunction at the school's...

Unity Week to include first dance since Fall 2013

Author: Olivia Landon Occidental’s Black Student Alliance (BSA) will host the first dance of the year Nov. 1 as part of the college’s first annual Unity...

L.A. authors kick off writing minor

Author: Michael Tonetti Professors invited journalist Chris Goffard, poet and author Sarah Manguso and screenwriter Hilly Hicks, Jr. to campus last Tuesday to celebrate the launch...

Climate Action Week puts spotlight on divestment

Author: Olivia Landon Members of the Climate Action Coalition marched through the Marketplace and met with members of the board of trustees last week as part...

Title IX Office appoints Professor Spain to deputy coordinator position, plans campus climate survey

Author: Carmen Triola Chemistry professor Eileen Spain joined the Title IX Office as its third deputy title IX coordinator, according to an email sent Jan. 21...

Professors stage NTT teach-in

Author: Henry Dickmeyer The Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Faculty Committee launched a two-day educational program on the inequalities between NTT and tenured/tenure-track faculty (T3) today. The program is...