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As the academic year nears its end, Rising Occidental Student Employees (ROSE) is working to unionize student workers on campus. As of March 25, ROSE has held a launch event and a separate rally that led students to the upper level of the Arthur G. Coons (AGC) Administration building where ROSE called for President Harry J. Elam to voluntarily...
It is hard to imagine a day when President Harry J. Elam could walk around Occidental’s campus anonymously — on any given day, students can expect to snag his fist bump or catch a passing glimpse of his generous smile on the Academic Quad. But in 2019, when he was getting vetted for his presidential role, that is exactly what...
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 campus-wide email March 26. Stritikus is currently the president of Fort Lewis College (FLC), a public liberal arts college located in Durango, Colorado. He will begin his term at Occidental July 1, taking over Harry...
When you think of Occidental College, chances are you probably don’t think about our sports programs. We’d like to dispel that narrative. The March Madness college basketball tournament is in full swing. For bettors and casual fans alike, it's a chance for fans of all schools involved to have something worth rooting for (and something to drink to). Coming off a historic...
Two students who own classic cars seek to bring together students who appreciate automotive ingenuity and save people money in the process. Max Manzare (senior) said that one of the reasons he and Malachi Curtis (senior) founded the Occidental Car Club was to assist fellow students with car maintenance. “We noticed a trend of our friends getting ripped off by...
The Regional Connector Project was completed June 16, 2023, bringing together the L (Gold), A (Blue), E (Expo), B (Red) and D (Purple) lines at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station. The project connected the L and A lines to the 7th Street/Metro Center Station, adding 1.9 miles of track and creating three new stations in Downtown LA: the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station,...
As classes took a pause for spring break, two film production teams made their way to Occidental's campus for the first time since the SAG-AFTRA strikes ended in November. In a March 7 email addressed to Occidental students, staff and faculty, Assistant Vice President for Hospitality and Auxiliary Services Erik Russell said that the college has been chosen as a...
Currently standing at fourth place in the SCIAC Conference with a 4-3 record, the Occidental lacrosse team is hoping to move up the ranks in the second half of the season, according to goalie Andie Angelacci (junior). Despite opening the season with a loss to Pomona-Pitzer, over spring break and the week leading up to it, the team has experienced consistent wins, according...
The Oz is Occidental’s student-run art and literary magazine. The publication receives submissions from the student body and provides an outlet for writing outside of class curriculum, according to the two editor-in-chiefs Hanna Lou Rathouz (sophomore) and Eran Karmon (sophomore). “We really wanted a space on campus student creative writing,” Rathouz said. The Oz publishes a fall and spring issue, each...
Tensions spiked between the NATO alliance and Russia Feb. 26 when NATO member Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico claimed multiple NATO members were considering deploying troops to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron has consistently said this idea is not off the table, drawing Putin’s ire in the form of renewed nuclear saber-rattling. Despite some members mulling over this prospect, NATO as a collective has attempted to disavow this idea. However, a...