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MAC department partners with Vidiots to screen ‘Nightcrawlers’
Occidental College's Media Arts & Culture (MAC) professor John Trafton and the video store and movie theater Vidiots partnered to give a screening of the...
Campus News
California SB 98 requires notification of immigration enforcement presence on college campuses
Senate Bill 98 (SB 98) also known as the Sending Alerts to Families in Education (SAFE) Act, was signed into law Sept. 20. The law...
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Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council votes to redraft letter opposing development of Eagle Rock Plaza Home Depot
The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) voted to redraft a letter expressing opposition to building a Home Depot in the Eagle Rock Plaza, during a meeting Oct....
Community News
‘They want to win’: Franklin High Rocket League advances to nationals
The Rocket League esports team at Benjamin Franklin High School has advanced to nationals at the Scholastic Esports Tournament. The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) is one of the sponsors of the event....
Campus News
Following unionization, non-tenure track faculty negotiates contract with college administration
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Non-tenure track (NTT) faculty at Occidental voted to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 May 14, 2019. According to past coverage in The...
Features
Lunar New Year celebrations bring a bit of joy, home to Oxy
Kathy Ou -
The buildup of festivity begins weeks before the official holidays start. Every January to February, hundreds of millions of people travel back to their hometowns in China. Shops close...
Culture
Professor Frank’s last trip to Italy marks the end of an era
Students from professor Eric Frank’s art history class “Michelangelo: Art and Biography" (ARTH 373) finished their semester-long coursework with a trip to Italy, according...
Sports
MLB should improve domestic violence policy
The longest season in American sports has come to an end, but that doesn't mean the headlines have. Some are speculative: one, for example,...
Players Of The Week
Adrian Paredes and Karla Alas-Lopez soar as The Occidental’s Athletes of the Week
Karla Alas-Lopez Karla Alas-Lopez (senior), a leader of Occidental women's soccer's defensive line, was named SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 30 after the team allowed only one...
Opinions
Armenian women show that feminism is more than a t-shirt
Feminism is more than raising a poster with a feminist slogan and more than a t-shirt that says “feminist." Feminism is about women breaking...
Softball
Bailey Stevens breaks home run record
For Bailey Stevens (senior), hitting home runs is a skill that has taken a lifetime of practice. Starting her softball career in the Elk...
Opinions
Oxy should take more measures against mental illness
Our generation is experiencing a record-breaking mental health epidemic. 48.2 percent of college students experience anxiety and 34.5 percent experience depression, according to the Association for...
