Tag: culture
Occidental’s century of silver-screen cameos constructs a fantasy campus
Since the first filming on campus in 1920 for the silent drama film “Cup of Fury,” Occidental’s beloved tree-lined quad and columned buildings continue to...
Inherited style: family heirlooms as fashion
In a world full of fast fashion, family heirlooms inspire one to look beyond the next season and to the next century, redefining what...
Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Duolingo
Thursday, April 22, 2021, I completed a Duolingo lesson in Mandarin Chinese. I didn’t think much of the lesson or the app at the...
Opinion: What the rise of the mocktail means for America’s drinking...
In a country where your 21st birthday opens the gates to adulthood, drinking alcohol is a rite of passage. Despite a plethora of research...
Paul Holdengräber makes people say something they’ve never said before
Paul Holdengräber was born in Texas, the son of Austrian immigrants who left their home country for Haiti in 1938. Though he is not a...
Opinion: Seeing myself on the NYFW catwalk
"Batik" is a traditional Indonesian style of clothing that is made using hot wax to make patterns of swirls, dots and lines on fabric...
Campus Dining’s special meals are a taste of home
As the Marketplace filled with its usual lunchtime rush, something looked a little different. The Sauté station was serving chile rellenos, Homestyle had a line...
‘Shared tradition’: Navigating Judaism on campus
On one of the holiest day in the Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur, which lasted from Sept. 24-25 this year, Ayva Sloo* (junior) was not attending...
Opinion: This ‘Chinese Cowgirl’ finds her place in the third culture
I like to refer to myself as "The Chinese Cowgirl," joking about the weird mishmash of cultures I grew up in. I was born...
Murales en LA exhiben legado a Kobe Bryant: ‘Como un superhéroe’
Traducido por Jessica Borovoy '24 Read in English here Hace más de dos años, el 26 de enero de 2020, un accidente de helicóptero tomó la...