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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...
Campus News
Student group proposes constitutional amendment to have students vote on changes in student body fees
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 (ASOC)...
Lacrosse
Lacrosse defeats Poets, earns first round bye
The Occidental Tigers (10-5, 6-4) dominated the Whittier Poets (2-13, 0-10) from start to finish in the women's lacrosse matchup last Saturday, winning 16-2...
Features
Going green: sustainable, fair and local eating on campus
Was the food you got at the Marketplace earlier today real? This question will now be much easier to answer thanks to the new...
Arts & Entertainment
DarkMatter confronts privilege, identity through spoken word
Outside Thorne Hall, Occidental students and LA community members formed a line that nearly extended to the Tiger Cooler an hour before the highly-anticipated...
Opinions
Why tech needs the liberal arts and the liberal arts needs tech
In March 2011, after famously introducing the second generation of the iPad, Steve Jobs praised the liberal arts, claiming that brilliant technology develops from...
Campus News
Honor Board vetoes DEB funding proposal for third and final time
Honor Board vetoed a proposal to raise student body fees to fund the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) on Wednesday. Six jurors voted against...
Campus News
New, non-traditional housing options planned for fall semester
Residential Education (ResEd) will offer several additions to Occidental's non-traditional housing options next fall by creating Queer House, the Social Justice Institute in Pauley...
Community News
From the classroom to the conference room: guidelines for finding (and keeping) internships
Wedged between a daunting college admission process and the post-grad job search, current students find themselves faced with the task of hunting for internships....
