Tag: pandemic
USC students’ ‘tent tile’ device helps protect unhoused neighbors from extreme...
What started as a USC class project attempting to engineer solutions for a refugee camp in Greece is now protecting unhoused Angelenos from unsafe...
‘It’s chaos’: Parents, schools scramble to keep 2020-21 from turning into...
Monica Campos is studying to be a teacher. Sequestered at home in Eagle Rock, she’s taking anthropology, art and Spanish courses in hopes of...
Pandemic grants keep NELA arts organizations afloat
The California Community Foundation (CCF) alongside the Getty Foundation launched the Relief Fund for Los Angeles County Visual Artists in May 2020. This fund...
Six new NELA businesses brave the pandemic economy
While small businesses nationwide experience closures and loss in sales, a handful of new local businesses have chosen to open in Eagle Rock and...
“It’s not traditional college life”: On-campus students share their experiences
Siddhant Jain (senior) has maxed out his to-do list during his extended stay at Occidental. He watched the whole Star Wars series for the...
Pandemic president: Meet President Elam as he talks about Oxy’s future
Harry J. Elam Jr. became Occidental’s 16th president July 1. The Occidental’s Editor-in-Chief Jackie Dall (senior), Managing Editor Charlie Finnerty (junior), Community News Editor...
Returning home and returning habits
The months after being sent home from Oxy haven't been just a return to a place, but also a return to a mentality. Not...
ASOC shares remote academic programs for first years ahead of college...
This fall Occidental College will offer first-year students access to Oxy Immersive, a completely remote 8–14 unit program combining coursework and community-based internships, according...
We should still celebrate Earth Month in the time of COVID-19
As spring in Minnesota has slowly arrived, I have noticed more of my neighbors walking through the local parks and playing outside with their...
Why we should hope to never return to normal
It should be clear that "normal" is what got us here. And yet — as this disease kills scores each day, as cities slump into...