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Tom Stritikus named Occidental’s 17th president

After a five-month search process, the Occidental College Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Tom Stritikus as Occidental's 17th president, the Board announced in a...

‘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...

Let’s talk big, not small and recognize others’ suffering

Trigger warning: suicide, mental illness I hate small talk. Instead, tell me about the way you walked into the Marketplace and panicked because the girl you...

Alumna brings history to life at the Petterson Museum

Author: Shawn Cremer Rachel Wilson's peers would be unsurprised to learn that less than a year after graduating from Occidental in 2015, the charismatic, nearly six-foot...

Let’s talk big, not small and recognize others’ suffering

Author: Brianna Zimmerman Trigger warning: suicide, mental illness I hate small talk. Instead, tell me about the way you walked into the Marketplace and panicked because the girl...

Edwards finds a home with Tiger football

Author: Alex Nieves|Alex Nieves|Alex Nieves|Alex Nieves After a long journey, the signal caller takes the helm of the offense The football program at The Citadel, a public,...

Tough binaats: a journey through the center of Cairo

Author: Haley Gray Living in a new cultural context forces you to reexamine societal norms you might not otherwise have noticed. Having spent two months in...

Musicians at Occidental sing their stories

Author: Taylor-Anne Esparza From open mic nights to performing at parties to Apollo Night, Occidental musicians have taken the spotlight. Students are starting to take advantage...

Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez to take on Occidental’s sexual assault policy

Author: Arielle Laub Occidental hired sexual assault policy consultants Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez for outside review of college policies in light of the recent misconduct...

ResEd packs first-years into Stewie

Author: Jeremy Childs Forty-seven new triples in Stewart-Cleland (Stewie) Hall and 26 last-minute junior housing exemption offers are a few of the changes resulting from the...

Tiger Athletics goes all out for homecoming weekend

Author: Ryan Graff|Alex Nieves Homecoming 2013 // !function(a){var b="embedly-platform",c="script";if(!a.getElementById(b)){var d=a.createElement(c);d.id=b,d.src=("https:"===document.location.protocol?"https":"http")+"://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js";var e=document.getElementsByTagName(c);e.parentNode.insertBefore(d,e)}}(document); // From Friday night’s Athletics parade and Hall of Fame induction ceremony to the highly anticipated Tigers football...