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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...
2015
Behind closed doors: inefficiencies, inconsistencies and the culture of silence inside ResEd
Author: Henry Dickmeyer Michelle Ito (sophomore) looked forward to becoming a Resident Advisor (RA) for first-year students when she applied for the position last spring. She...
2015
Student group proposes constitutional amendment to have students vote on changes in student body fees
Author: Marina Dart A proposed constitutional amendment requiring a campus-wide vote to approve student body fee changes will appear on Friday's Associated Students of Occidental College...
2015
Lack of alternatives to Think About It is a detriment to students, particularly survivors of sexual assault
Author: Claire Cancilla Sexual assault on college campuses has dominated national and local news for years, and Occidental has been in the center of this maelstrom....
2015
Freedom of Speech (or lack thereof) on Campus
Author: Dylan Bordonaro What is Free Speech? Free speech has long been professed to be an indispensable right in any free society. The United Nations, among others,...
2015
Weingart exhibit confronts sexual assault on campuses
Author: Rachel Cohn Books of feminist theory are strewn around a round table and evocative photographs of two women wearing nothing but blankets and boots hang...
2016
Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena
Author: Frida Gurewitz Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed...
2016
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...
2016
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...
