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Occidental CollegeFacilities Facts & Statistics

Location
Los Angeles, CA
Undergrads
1,954
Tuition
$38,935
Admission Difficulty
Hard
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Facts & Statistics

Service & Maintenance Staff
143
Campus Size
123 acres
Student Centers
Johnson Student Center
Campus Library?
Yes
Main Libraries
Mary Norton Clapp Library
Popular Places to Chill
  • Academic Quad
  • The Student Quad, the Tiger Cooler, and Student Center are popular spots around lunch time. Picnic tables outside the Bookstore and beside the Samuelson Pavilion are always crowded, as is the current periodicals section in Clapp Library.
Bar on Campus
None
Bowling on Campus
None
Coffeehouse on Campus
The Tiger Cooler, which is located in the Samuelson Pavilion in the Academic Quad
Movie Theater on Campus
None
School Slang
  • The Cooler: Another name for the Tiger Cooler, the coffeehouse/hangout located in Samuelson Pavilion.
  • The Fountain/Star Trek Fountain: Refers to the famous fountain at the entrance to the College.
  • Hell mornings: Any morning where you have to wake up for the dreaded 8:30 a.m. class.
  • The Marketplace: The main eating establishment at Oxy, located in the Johnson Student Center.
  • Oxy: The most important campus slang. Never call it Occidental, everyone will think you know nothing about the school.
  • Oxy Grapevine: The famous Oxy gossip network that everyone is a part of.
  • RA: Resident advisors, students who monitor and take care of the other students in their dorm.
  • Stewie Beach: Popular place on the upper side of campus where people hang out, tan, and play volleyball, Frisbee, or other games.
  • TT Time: The time after 9 p.m. when every place to eat is closed but the famous Taco Trucks.
Traditions
  • : Oxy has a long-standing tradition of throwing someone into the fountain for their birthday. Many people get together and plan the kidnapping and transportation of the victim, and it's considered a large compliment to the person being thrown in when there are a lot of people there to do it. When they do find the person on his or her birthday, they capture them, drive or walk them down to the fountain, and throw them into two feet of water.
  • : At the end of every semester, freshmen congregate to burn their papers from their core classes.
  • : Sex on the Beach is a long-standing tradition. For over 20 years, the Residence Life staff of Stewart Cleland Hall puts on the party, usually with help from others on the upper side of campus. Sex on the Beach was named one of the 10 best college parties by Playboy magazine and continues to this day.
Urban Legends
There are supposedly ghosts in both the library and Newcomb Hall. The ones in the library are said to have scared one student who was trapped in the library after it closed so badly that his hair went white and he lost his vision.
Favorite Things To Do
Club Oxy is a dance put on by the Programming Board and KOXY, the campus radio station; Wednesday Night Movie showcases a recently released movie shown in one of the school's auditoriums every Wednesday night; Sex on the Beach is a yearly campus party hosted by the staff of the Stewart-Cleland Residence Hall that was once rated as one of the 10 best college parties by Playboy magazine. It is popular to check out friends acting in school plays and productions in Keck Theater. Local bands play in the quad during lunch or at Samuelson Pavilion. The Office of Student Life has a department called the Programming Board that is specifically responsible for putting on events across campus including weekly movie showings, dances, theme parties, political debate series, and even video game tournaments.
Student Organizations Web Site
departments.oxy.edu/studentlife/clubs
Student Activities Offered
  • Choral groups
  • Concert band
  • Dance
  • Drama/theater
  • Jazz band
  • Literary magazine
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theater
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Student-run film society
  • Symphony orchestra
  • Yearbook
ROTC
Air Force ROTC: No
Navy ROTC: No
Army ROTC: No

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