On Campus

Oxy SJP protest and confrontation with security at Stritikus’s inauguration expose strong divides across campus communities

A crowd of roughly 30 Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) protesters attempted to force their way through Campus Safety and Code Four private...

Break-in at Telefund prompts ongoing investigation by LAPD

According to an email from Campus Safety, a break-in occurred at Telefund, Occidental’s student fundraising program, at 3:20 a.m. April 23. CCTV footage shared with...

Occidental students hold hunger strike demanding college divestment, student and immigrant protections

April 21, 10 Occidental students began a hunger strike for immigrant justice, student protections and college divestment from genocide, according to Occidental’s Jewish Voices...

Kemp Lecturer Tom Nichols outlines the death of expertise and how to fix it

Tom Nichols, author of "The Death of Expertise," gave a talk in Choi Auditorium April 8 as the 2025 Jack Kemp '57 Distinguished Lecturer, where...

Students demand end to outsourcing, understaffing at SLA-led rally

Students gathered on Dumke Patio at 11:30 a.m. April 23 outside of a board of trustees meeting to participate in a rally organized by...

Tal Becker speaks as Jack Kemp Distinguished Lecturer, students protest

Tal Becker, peace negotiator for Israel and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, spoke at Occidental College in Choi Auditorium at 2:30 p.m....

Town hall reveals sexual assault climate survey results

Title IX Coordinator Jennifer Broomfield and Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning Teresa Kaldor hosted the annual Sexual Assault Climate Survey...

OSAC and Greek Council work together on new sexual assault prevention bylaws

For the past two semesters, the Occidental Sexual Assault Coalition (OSAC) has been campaigning to fulfill the third goal outlined in its members' statement...

Lesure elected ASOC president, positions left uncontested and unfilled

The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) election ballot for leadership positions opened April 16. Poppy Thekdi (junior), ASOC elections director, posted election results April...

Students seek answers during #AskRhonda

In response to the recent calls for Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Rhonda Brown’s resignation, an unaffiliated group of students organized a week-long campaign to highlight traditionally...

Occidental students protest arms post-Parkland

A student gunman murdered 17 students and teachers and injured an additional 14 people in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...

Town hall addresses Norris chemistry building renovations

Michael Hill, chemistry department chair and professor, and Eileen Spain, associate dean of the college for research and Carl F. Braun professor of chemistry,...