Tag: pandemic
Letter from the Newcomb Media Suite
My second-grade teacher used to quote Milton Berle, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door." In the throes of a global pandemic, crafting opportunities from...
‘Unifier’ President Harry Elam reflects on his four-year tenure, from a...
It is hard to imagine a day when President Harry J. Elam could walk around Occidental’s campus anonymously — on any given day, students...
Lessons Learned: How to engage again, after all this time
Last year, during the very beginning of the plague, The Occidental published a series called “Letters From,” in which dispersed Occidental students wrote about...
Athletes of the Week Ari Solomon and Amirah Al-Sagr are back...
Ari Solomon For first baseman Ari Solomon (junior), Saturdays during baseball season begin at Anderson Field at 7:40 a.m., where he gets in some extra...
Letter to the Editor: The racism of the pandemic, on and...
Content warning: This letter discusses racial discrimination and violence toward Asian people. I got my first COVID-19 vaccination March 3, 2021. I felt such relief...
Highly infectious omicron brought more challenges to winter and spring sports,...
Winter and spring sports teams returned to campus almost immediately after Christmas to resume training and competition. According to Kyle Dosa (senior), a player...
Julika Lackner’s Language of Color
“Evening Mile: The Paintings of Julika Lackner” was born out of the pandemic and offers a new vision of familiar views from around Eagle...
Opinion: Rediscovering community and mourning losses at my first pandemic concert
Clad in her signature sparkling skeleton dress, singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers directed her gaze toward the audience. “Thank you for coming out tonight,” she said into the...
Puppets of Bob Baker Marionette Theater continue to spread joy amid...
In 2019, Bob Baker Marionette Theater moved to York Boulevard after 55 years at its iconic location near Downtown LA. A few months after...
Three new restaurants bring tastes of home to NELA
Pocha LA, a modern Mexican restaurant on York Boulevard, opened its white and pink doors for takeout and delivery April 2020, in the midst...