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...

Occidental attracts investors with impressive bond rating

Occidental College maintained its outstanding credit rating and refinanced its $34 million value bonds in 2015, resulting in an estimated savings of $3.6 million...

OCR resolution agreement reached

Since 2013, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has been investigating Occidental College concerning its handling of sexual assault cases....

New faces, events coming to Project SAFE

A yoga class designed to empower survivors of sexual assault, a new survivor advocate and educational workshops for student clubs are just a few...

Glow replaces Fall Fest; Programming Board plans for large-scale Spring Fest

This semester, Glow — an up-tempo, high production dance — is at the forefront of Programming Board (PB)'s fall agenda. They have scheduled the...

9/11 flag removal makes international headlines

On Sept. 10, 2016, members of the Occidental Conservative Club (previously the Occidental Republican Club) placed 2,997 American flags along the academic quad in...

‘MEGAFAUNA’ exhibit highlights African biodiversity

A stoic paper cheetah with gleaming eyes stares out from the Weingart marble fireplace as a neighboring hyena looks on, its usual smile replaced...

On anonymity and dialogue: Oxy Confessions revealed

In some ways, looking at old posts from the Oxy Confessions Facebook page is akin to opening a time capsule — a slice of...

Commencement speaker draws criticism

Director of Communications Jim Tranquada announced via a campuswide email April 14 that Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law at Harvard...