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The Occidental wins 2021 Online Pacemaker Award
The Occidental was selected by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) as a 2021 Online Pacemaker Award winner, the preeminent distinction recognizing excellence in collegiate...
Opinion: Deliberate kindness is the only answer, ‘There is no room for cruelty’
Content warning: This article contains discussions of death, suicide, grief and domestic violence. It has been two years since I walked on a college campus...
Highland Park community members raise concerns about soil contamination in York Park
Today the corner of York Boulevard and N Avenue 50 is a playground, but in the 1980s, it was a Shell-owned gas station, according...
Making legends human with Mirin Fader ‘13
In 2018, Occidental alumna Mirin Fader '13 boarded a flight for Lithuania. She was bound for Prienai, a town of fewer than 10,000 residents...
Occidental students may qualify for free Family PACT healthcare services, including birth control
Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment (PACT), a state healthcare program, provides free family planning services to people who fall under its eligibility requirements,...
Finding catharsis with Mannequin Pussy, live at the Teragram Ballroom
How does one work through the complicated pain of the last year and a half? A year and a half defined by the pandemic...
Taking ‘one step’ with Highland Park Runners
Since the summer of 2015, Highland Park residents have gathered in front of York Park at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday, ready to walk, jog...
Cultural newspapers in LA deliver news that matters most to their communities
Besides widely circulated daily newspapers like the LA Times, LA is also home to numerous cultural newspapers that tailor their language and content to...
Glendale Planning Commission rejects Glendale Water and Power’s biogas plant proposal for Scholl Canyon
In a 5-0 vote, the Glendale Planning Commission rejected the proposal from Glendale Water and Power (GWP) to establish a biogas power plant at...