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… mustache-growing contest on campus. The bewhiskered winner was Leonard Janofsky ’31, later a prominent attorney and … likely the combination of all three—I got a C-plus.” The modern era of senior comps can be traced to the 1969-70 … ’70 suggesting that a seminar required of all seniors to be set up for the spring term. “If learning is the goal, we …
… Angeles, will be joined by LA Times columnist Frank Shyong, Wajenda Chambeshi, the program manager for the Great Streets … artists and others with the goal of articulating a set of policy recommendations to Mayor Eric Garcetti to …
… The Codex Rodriguez-Mondragon is a set of bioregional maps and paintings produced with similar … their producers’ cultural and critical perspective in the wake of Spanish colonization after 1521. Rodriguez’s … Los Angeles Press Club’s “Radio Journalist of the Year” award and other journalism honors. Sponsored by Latino/a …
… as they pass over a low saddle in the mountains on their way north. With thousands of migrants funneling through a … April 17 + April 18, 7:30-10:00AM How to Get There Set "Bear Divide Vista Picnic Site" (in the vicinity of … nature. Although we will largely stay in one place: bring water, athletic shoes, a sweatshirt, and a snack. We will …
… of Fulbright Scholars. (Occidental's previous record was set last year, with a dozen Fulbright honorees.) Seven of those were awarded Fulbright study/research grants, the largest number … Occidental has broken its record with the most Fulbright award winners ever, with 13 recent graduates and other alumni …
… and study abroad, breaking Oxy’s single-year record of 10 set five years ago. The 11 are among 61 Occidental students … Chronicle rankings , ahead of such colleges as Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Macalester, and Claremont McKenna. The record number of Fulbright winners was a highlight of one of Oxy’s most successful years in …
… Guide to the Colleges , Forbes’ "America’s Best Colleges," Washington Monthly , Kiplinger’s , and "SmartMoney." Oxy ranked 35th in the Wall Street Journal’s "SmartMoney" college rankings, which … countless opportunities for work and play at Oxy really set it apart from other colleges of its size." The …
… leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis with the example set by one of his Eagle Rock friends and neighbors to urge … only earn a living but work for change. "John Lewis would always say to us, as we were getting ready to go into battle on an important issue, ‘If you want to make a difference, you got to get in the way. You …
… Nell Irvin Painter, the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton, … 2015 Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17. Johnson was sworn in Dec. 23, 2013, as the fourth secretary of … and study abroad, breaking Oxy's single-year record of 12 set the previous year. The 13 are among the 74 Occidental …
… Zander Granath has always been into playing sports, whether soccer, swimming or skiing. He was even captain of his high school swim team. But he wasn’t necessarily set on being a student-athlete at Occidental. “When I walked …