Former graduate hall coordinator Joel Gutierrez was hired Nov. 25 to replace Dominic Alleto as the new assistant director for Intercultural Affairs (ICA). Gutierrez is the first permanent ICA professional staff member to be hired following the exit of Alleto, Assistant Dean Paula Crisostomo and Program Coordinator Sean Ford. He will begin working Dec. 15. According to his official job...

Switzerland. An animal rights group officially petitioned to ban cats and dogs from Swiss cuisine. The petition was submitted to the Swiss government in retaliation to the uncommon tradition of eating cats and dogs. Old-age rituals involve serving cats for Christmas dinner or making dog sausages. According to the animal rights group SOS CHATS Noiraigue, three percent of Switzerland’s population...

Over 20 cleaning and grounds employees from Facilities Management (Facilities) met with Vice President of Finance and Planning Amos Himmelstein on Thursday to discuss the termination of the cleaning services supervisor position, currently held by eight-year employee Ruben Campos. Facilities Director Tom Polanski met with Campos personally on Tuesday to inform him that his position would be discontinued at the...

Chair of the Board of Trustees Chris Calkins ’67 joined President Jonathan Veitch in a campus meeting Wednesday to answers students' questions and dispel potentially misleading notions about the board of trustees. In an open meeting titled “How Oxy Works,” Calkins spoke to students about the role of a trustee, the basic makeup of the board and issues currently facing...

Director of Human Resources (HR) Richard Ledwin will step down from his post next week after nearly 11 years at Occidental, according to a Nov. 13 email to faculty, staff and administrators. He is leaving the school to take up a similar position at the Children’s Bureau, a non-profit organization that offers foster care and adoption services for at-risk children....

Eight members of the Occidental football team have been put on extended probation until May for complaints stemming from parties at their house, commonly known as ATO. According to ATO resident Nick McHugh (senior), neighbor Mo Oxford filed a noise complaint with Campus Safety over the house's most recent theme party, "Safari." Officers documented the residents for breaking several of...

Members of the Climate Action Coalition marched through the Marketplace and met with members of the board of trustees last week as part of their Fossil Free Oxy campaign. The activities of the coalition's "Climate Action Week" were intended to spur dialogue on divestment from fossil fuel companies and the need to mitigate climate change."Our school's endowment is invested in...

The Associated Students of Occidental College (ASOC) Senate, in a packed Studenmund Room in the Johnson Student Center late Monday night, voted unanimously for the creation of a diversity and equity branch of ASOC. ASOC is also in the process of finalizing the Campus Safety Committee, which Chief of Campus Safety Victor Clay requested to improve communication between his department...

New Director of Student Wellness Services Sara Semal has only been at Occidental for three months, but she already has big plans for Emmons Student Wellness Center (Emmons). And that includes getting rid of the periodic table of vegetables hanging in the waiting room."I came in the first day and I was like, really? We’re that kind of health center?...

Australia. Co-host of Sydney's "Today" morning talk show Karl Stefanovic revealed Nov. 15 that he wore the same suit every day for a year as a social experiment to gauge sexism in the workplace. He found that, while he received nearly no comments about his blue suit the whole year, people regularly criticized co-host Lisa Wilkinson’s outfit choices. Stefanovic said...