In some ways, looking at old posts from the Oxy Confessions Facebook page is akin to opening a time capsule — a slice of what campus life was actually like at any given moment in time. There are the light-hearted flirtations and complaints about the lack of salt shakers and Sriracha bottles in the Marketplace, but there are also more...

Tom Carroll '08 sees beauty in unusual places. Take his favorite memory of Occidental, for example: When he was a first year, a massive rain storm flooded the campus and knocked out the power lines for three days, leaving the entire campus without power, internet and even access to the Marketplace. Yet when some students may have despaired over the...

When people talk about the future of journalism — especially print — it's usually in somber, hushed whispers. After all, in a digital world where content on a seemingly infinite number of topics is available instantaneously (and often for free), the odds of survival for a poor weekly newspaper appear dubious at best. And yet — though Google may list...

Students, faculty and staff convened in Choi Auditorium Thursday at noon to ask President Jonathan Veitch and other administrators questions about diversity and racism at Occidental, as well as actions the administration will take to address the demands made by student activist group Oxy United for Black Liberation. Questions primarily centered on Veitch’s assessment of diversity at the college, mechanisms...

Faculty voted 83–45 against calling for the immediate resignation of President Jonathan Veitch in a meeting Tuesday, Director of Communications Jim Tranquada said. The vote was a direct response to a recent movement for diversity and equity at Occidental organized by the student activist group Oxy United for Black Liberation, according to Diplomacy and World Affairs Professor Sanjeev Khagram and...

Writing and Rhetoric Professor Paul Casey was a tall person. And not only in height, according to Julie Prebel, a fellow professor in the department. “When he was there, you knew he was there,” Prebel said. “He wasn’t shy about his views or keeping them from some people. Maybe that is why he touched a lot of students, too.” So...

Orientation has a little-known secret. Tucked away in a lounge in Fowler Hall and sprinkled throughout the upperclassmen dorms is a special population of new students: transfer, visiting and exchange students, or TEV students for short. Many TEV students already come to Occidental with college or work experience, bringing nuanced perspectives to their education and often becoming leaders within the...

The preliminary results of the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) Campus Climate Sexual Assault Survey revealed that most sexual assaults at Occidental occurred in residence halls, were perpetrated by someone the survivor knew and involved alcohol use. The results also suggested a lack of trust from students in the administration’s ability to handle formal reports of sexual assault. Title...

Honor Board vetoed a proposal to raise student body fees to fund the Diversity and Equity Board (DEB) on Wednesday. Six jurors voted against the proposal, two voted for it and one abstained. This marks the third and final time that the funding request was struck down, but the DEB committee plans to move forward with the student-body-approved board without...

Graffiti appeared Saturday next to the chalk memorial constructed by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) March 16 in the quad. Beside the names of the over 2,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza last summer, an unknown individual wrote "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but most terrorists are Muslim today." Another unknown person then crossed out the message and wrote...