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What do the words “global pandemic” mean? I define it this way: Zoom calls, neighborhood walks and anxiety. For some, the words sound like painted cars and drive-by graduation ceremonies. Others think of police brutality and protests. Still others miss loved ones. COVID-19 gave those words a literal meaning. Where before they were science fiction, the words “global pandemic” now refer to something...

NEWS

College investigates policy violations following April 10 SJP demonstration

April 10, about 50 protesters led by Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP) demonstrated in close proximity to both an “Experience Occidental”...

Rosalind Wiseman ’91 named 2025 commencement speaker, ‘an enormous honor’

Right before Rosalind Wiseman '91 was about to go home for Thanksgiving her first year of college, a group of her friends pulled her...

COMMUNITY

‘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....

Occidental Car Club’s first car show connects campus with LA car culture

The Occidental Car Club hosted its first car show on the Academic Quad April 5. The event featured 12 cars, shown by automotive enthusiasts...

Stories over coffee: Fondry brings creative pastries to Highland Park

Wednesdays to Sundays just before 9:00 a.m., a line of customers winds through a small strip mall on York Boulevard. Nestled between a seafood...

Eagle Rock Night Market raises money for veterans, brings local vendors together

Before the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Eagle Rock Boulevard, in a small tan building with a black-tiled roof, The American Legion, a national...

OPINIONS

Opinion: First, they came for the green card holders

Within a couple weeks of my first piece on the brazen authoritarian shift we’re witnessing in our government, the disappearance and detention of green card and...

Lessons Learned: How to find yourself in the spaces left behind

When you first arrive at college, there’s a sense that it’s someone else’s college. It’s uncomfortable, being let into someone else’s space, the lives...

Lessons Learned: A love letter to lacrosse

Sophomore year, Feb. 24, 2023, 3:37 a.m., I laid in my bed in Berkus Hall and wrote in my journal: "I love lacrosse…I still feel...

Lessons Learned: What it means to be en route to the film credits

I’ve always loved watching film credits, especially in the movie theater. I am unbothered by their plainness and length, composed of ambiguous titles and...

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COVID-19 destabilized Occidental. Five years later, have we moved on?

What do the words “global pandemic” mean? I define it this way: Zoom calls, neighborhood walks and anxiety. For some, the words sound like...

CULTURE

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