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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...
Arts & Entertainment
‘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...
Features
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...
Opinions
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...
2016
Hillary Clinton: the most honest candidate in the race
Author: Rachel Cohn I cannot pretend to have read each of the thousands of online articles devoted to criticizing Hillary Clinton, but I can tell you...
2016
CDO updates community on Oxy United demands in public meeting
Author: Sarah Corsa Rhonda Brown, Occidental’s first chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice president for equity and inclusion, formally introduced herself to the community in a...
2012
Occidental students arrested
Author: Clark Scally|Lucy Feickert Two Occidental students and two alumni were arrested during a sit-in at the Bank of America skyscraper in downtown L.A. on Friday,...
2012
Programming Board Pounds the Pavement with Charity 5K Run
Author: Noel Hemphill Fresh off the successful event Pandemic, the Occidental Programming Board kept the momentum going with a 5K run this past Sunday. The 5K is...
2013
Administration and OSAC clash over campus-wide alert system
Author: Emily Shugerman|Rachel Stober Reports in the media of an alleged sexual assault involving two Occidental students has renewed outrage about the college's handling of sexual...
2013
Politics and ECLS departments hope for replacement professors after loss of Caldwell and Near
Author: Claudia Chow Both English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) Chair Michael Near and Politics Professor Larry Caldwell are retiring after this semester, taking with them...
2013
Veitch discusses verbal consent, zero tolerance at faculty meeting
Author: Lucy Feickert The topic of Occidental’s interim sexual assault policy dominated Thursday’s faculty meeting. Following faculty questions concerning the current policy and plans for a...
2013
Water pipe break leads to water outages in residence halls
Author: Drew Jaffe As students flooded lower campus for Occidental's annual Toga dance, a ruptured pipe inundated upper campus with water. The flooding left multiple residence...
