This school year, Occidental welcomed many new faculty members to campus, but two stand out from the rest for their particularly fascinating life stories. Born into immigrant families, Diplomacy and World Affairs (DWA) professor professor Sophal Ear and History professor Jane Hong both bring unique perspectives to the classroom and their students. Sophal EarProfessor Sophal Ear was born into the...

Every department at Occidental has a heart, a corps of diligent staff pumping a paper bloodstream through its body. The atria and ventricles of this heart are support staff—executive assistants, administrative assistants and lab assistants. Without them, every department would be a heart attack waiting to happen."[Support staff] play a central role in the life of the college," Dean of...

On a sun-drenched road in northeast Los Angeles, a discount store, a bike shop and an art gallery mingle side by side. A stroller-touting hipster wearing ripped jeans strides past an olive-skinned man with oil-stained overalls. Neither party acknowledges the other. The road is York Boulevard in the neighborhood of Highland Park, and the stores are Junior’s Discount, The Bicycle...

In 1887, members of the Presbyterian Church with a desire to establish a community of learners took a risk in founding Occidental College. 127 years later, the ethos of entrepreneurship upon which the college was founded is still strong — dozens of young Occidental alumni and current students are pursuing entrepreneurship with creativity and confidence. Several professors are helping to...

To the left of the Tree House classrooms, slightly down the hill from the Greek Bowl and next to the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI) building, lies an inconspicuous pathway marked only by a small set of stairs tucked between thick green foliage. The path leads down into an area of campus unfamiliar to most: the FEAST garden. Upon...

Incoming students choose Occidental College for a wide array of reasons: challenging academics; small size; the liberal arts philosophy; proximity to Los Angeles. Then there are those who took into account the greater Southern California landscape when they chose this school: the dynamic, dusty brown San Gabriel mountain chain, the verdant Malibu Hills, the crashing Pacific surf, or the mystifying...

Find out what you missed on campus last year — check out the year's top ten stories in Tweets: 1. April 29: Tensions over sexual assault cases flared in a confrontation between students and a board member outside a Board of Trustees dinner. 2. April 25: The memory of Occidental's favorite couple, a pair of ducks living in the iconic...

Have you stalked your classmates on the Occidental Class of 2018 Facebook page in the past few weeks? Watched every video on Occidental's Youtube channel? Have you discovered Oxy Confessions and wondered if the anonymous declarations of love are true? As part of the millennial generation, it is difficult to ignore Occidental's digital presence, especially as a newcomer to the...

Dear Editor, On Sunday evening there was a candlelight vigil for survivors of sexual assault on campus outside of the board of trustees dinner. I was one of the students in attendance: standing in solidarity with survivors, as well as seeking change. We were, and remained, a peaceful group — standing holding our posters and candles at the exit of...

After four long, yet simultaneously ephemeral years at Occidental, I will reap the fruits of my laborious days spent here, along with about 500 other seniors, in a little over two weeks. The two research papers standing between my Bachelor of Arts degree and me make it highly unlikely that I will cross off from an impossibly long list many...