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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...
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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...
2014
Baseball hosts inaugural SCIAC Home Run Derby, supports City of Hope
Author: Lauren Rewers When John Rizzo (junior) of Claremont-Mudd-Scripts (CMS) visited Occidental’s Anderson Field over the weekend, he discovered that the tension and rivalry normally found...
2014
Writer and biographer, professor Deborah Martinson remembered
Author: Ryan Graff Deborah Stewart Martinson lost her battle with cancer on Saturday, passing away peacefully while surrounded by family and friends at her Burbank home....
Campus News
Veitch answers questions from Occidental community at public meeting
Students, faculty and staff convened in Choi Auditorium Thursday at noon to ask President Jonathan Veitch and other administrators questions about diversity and racism...
Campus News
CDO search candidates visit campus, discuss plans for diversity
The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Search Committee brought four finalist candidates to campus Nov. 18–23. Preceding their visits, student representatives from the committee held...
Sports
Lizzie Kosin just keeps swimming
Waking up at 5:30 every morning and walking down to the pool in 42 degree morning chill isn't most people's idea of fun. Actually,...
Arts & Entertainment
Tiny Studio Concerts debut on livestream
Four musicians, their instruments, amplifiers and a veritable jungle of monitoring, lighting and recording equipment are crammed into a repurposed office in the Academic...
Features
Recycling great ideas: best practices for reducing waste
Sustainability can mean many things to many people, but limiting waste product and fostering reuse are at the core of sustainable best practices. Should...
Opinions
Plastic water bottles have no place on eco-friendly campus
Washington University in St. Louis eliminated the sale of disposable plastic water bottles from its campus in January 2009. In 2013, Western Washington University...
