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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...
Basketball
Noonball tradition continues on the courts
It is high noon on a Thursday. The sun beats down as heat rises from the black asphalt of Occidental College’s outdoor basketball court....
Campus News
Faculty debate merit pay
The proposal of a merit pay scheme for Occidental professors sparked debate at the annual faculty retreat Jan. 15 and inspired the creation of...
Community News
The battle at home: housing LA veterans
Under a freeway overpass on Alvarado Street, just 15 minutes away from Occidental, the sidewalks are not lined with oak trees and rose bushes,...
Arts & Entertainment
Students revive iconic "Vagina Monologues"
Alongside 11 other women onstage and with a near-packed Thorne Hall watching, Frankie Radogna (senior) prepared herself for her big scene in the "Vagina...
Campus News
Honor Board strikes down second DEBI funding request, offers alternative solution
Honor Board voted 3-2 Tuesday against a proposal to increase student body fees by $7 to fund the proposed Diversity and Equity Board (DEB)....
Campus News
Title IX Office appoints Professor Spain to deputy coordinator position, plans campus climate survey
Chemistry professor Eileen Spain joined the Title IX Office as its third deputy title IX coordinator, according to an email sent Jan. 21 from...
Arts & Entertainment
Unicycling, juggling provide creative outlets for Convy
Many on Occidental's campus may have witnessed one particular student juggling to his heart's content and unicycling through the Quad. Ian Convy, a first-year...
Sports
Swim and dive teams victorious against Whittier Poets
Despite chilly temperatures and sporadic rain showers, the Occidental men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took to the pool Saturday, overtaking Whittier in...
