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Occidental College - Health & SafetyCollege Prowler3.85
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Quick StatsNumber of Public Safety Officers
11 full-time, uniformed, unarmed officers patrol the campus on foot, on bicycles and in vehicles. They are certified in CPR and first aid to ensure student safety.
Safety Services
- Assisting with lockouts
- Building and floor monitors
- Car jump-starts
- Disaster preparedness, search and resuce
- Earthquake drills scheduled regularly
- Emergency generators
- Emergency phones
- Incident report form
- Investigation of crime incidents
- Late-night escort service
- Lost and found
- Residence Life staff emergeny-response training
- Transport of sick students 24 hours a day
- Vehicle accident reports
- Water, food and gasoline emergency supplies
Health Services
- Clinical laboratory services
- Confidential STD and HIV testing
- Depression and eating disorder screenings
- Outpatient diagnosis and treatment of minor illnesses
- Over-the-counter and some prescription medications
- Participation in groups (women, eating and body issues, relationships, drugs and alcohol, depression)
- Psychiatric referral
- Referrals to community services for alcohol, drug, and other addictions, as well as a variety of mental health or personal problems
- Short-term individual, couple, or family counseling (five free visits per school year, $30 fee for additional visits)
- Sports physicals
- Student Health Insurance Plans, provided through United Healthcare, are offered to all full-time students
- The Health Center provides taxi vouchers to "pay" Yellow Cab drivers to take you to off-campus medical or counseling appointments. You pay nothing out-of-pocket, and your student account is charged for the cost of the taxi after the voucher is used.
- Ulifeline.org, an online, confidential and anonymous resource center for mental illness and suicide prevention.
- Women's health (gynecological care, pregnancy tests, birth control)
College Prowler Take
While no campus is 100 percent crime-free, Occidental certainly feels safe and has no major problems with crime or safety. The only complaints that arise come from students who wish that their calls could be responded to sooner. Because of the small size of the school, Campus Safety is able to field fewer officers, which allows for a greater personal relationship and a greater feeling of community on campus, which in turn leads most students to feel even safer amongst one another. This feeling of community is extremely positive, although quite a few expressed that it made it harder to get away with policy violations as well. Students have to remember that safety also starts with them. Make intelligent decisions, and always be aware of your surroundings. When you are out and about, travel with a friend—this is not only for girls, but for guys, too. It must be emphasized that crime still happens at Occidental. There are occasions of break-ins, and items such as backpacks and laptops get stolen, so always keep an eye on your valuables and never let anyone into the residence halls that you don’t know. While Oxy does have a relatively low number of rape cases, even one is too many, and the school has recently enacted a more stringent rape policy and has put into place many programs such as Project SAFE (Sexual Assault Free Environment) to combat the issue. Many students had complaints about the health services staff, but they felt that the services offered were satisfactory. Usual complaints were listed as long waiting times, problems with getting the desired care for illnesses, or issues that were anything beyond the common college health issues. Students Speak Out
Love your school more than free food? Hate your school more than term papers?
Somewhere in between? Show the world what YOU think of YOUR school:
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The Health Center definitely needs...
The Health Center definitely needs to be bigger, but what they do offer is great. I especially appreciate the counseling services that are there for the students. |
Anonymous says: |
I wish I knew a little more about...
I wish I knew a little more about the contraceptives that they gave us. I asked some questions about the birth control patch from things I had read, and they had no idea what I was talking about. |
Anonymous says: |
I’m still alive, and I’ve gotten...
I’m still alive, and I’ve gotten pretty sick, so I guess I can’t complain. They even helped me out when I got the chicken pox. |
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I’ve never had a problem with the...
I’ve never had a problem with the Health Center, but I do hear a lot of people complain about it all the time. They are incredibly limited in what they can do, but when I’ve been sick with the flu and stuff, they’ve hooked me up pretty well. |
Anonymous says: |
I only go to the Health Center if...
I only go to the Health Center if I absolutely have to. They can’t do very much, and they don’t seem very responsive to what I have to say at all. |
Interested in
Occidental College?
Security Office
Facilities Management Building
1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 259-2511 (emergencies) (323) 259-2599 (non-emergencies) (323) 259-2598 (director of campus safety)
www.oxy.edu/CampusSafety.xml
Health Center
Emmons Health Center
1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 259-2657 for appointments
www.oxy.edu/x7042.xml
Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., but closed for a one-hour lunch break from noon until 1 p.m.
Did You Know?Oxy has a partnership with the nearby Huntington Memorial Hospital to provide after-hours and emergency care for students.
Students at Occidental have worked to create and implement a much stricter rape policy for the campus.
The Emmons Health Center has the PASS (Promoting Awareness of Substances and Sexuality) program that educates and provides counseling and referral in the areas of sexuality, STD/HIV, family planning, and alcohol and drug use to Occidental students. PASS activities take place in a variety of settings including the residence halls, Greek houses, on the quad, and other places across campus.
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