Occidental College believes, in the context of a multicultural community, that we can develop a climate of mutual respect and that we can honor and uphold individual dignity and the spiritual and moral tenets held by the members of this community as we work for the common good. We embrace diversity and pluralism and search for ways in which their presence can enrich and strengthen our community. We share the values of trust, integrity, discipline, selflessness and hard work as we pursue truth and knowledge through education. We endeavor to create a learning community and a sense of loyalty to that community by providing arenas of discourse for the purposes of achieving understanding and goodwill without demanding consensus or conformity. We believe in maximizing the potential for fulfillment of all members of our community in an environment that fosters intellectual rigor, academic integrity and constructive, well-informed critical thinking. We seek to instill a lifelong love of learning.