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… Few institutions can claim that kind of longevity. Who, after all, remembers Maclay College of Theology, Freeman … Dumb luck? Stubborn persistence? Sheer refusal to go away? If you had asked me in 1887 to judge the chances of … afraid I might have bet against it. Soon after Occidental was founded, the real estate boom of the 1880s collapsed. …
… When George Stevens Jr. ’53 was a junior at Oxy, he accompanied his parents to the 24th Academy Awards, where his father was nominated as best director. They … father’s acceptance speech lasted all of 19 seconds, and after the ceremony, riding home with his Oscar resting …
… This article was written for and originally published in The Occidental , … [as part of a relay team], it can be special in different ways,” Grant said. “Obviously, you feel very proud of the … of her main events, the 200 IM, but swam it in a time trial after the meet, a moment that she said she would take with …
… he finds unexpected mentors, friends, and purpose in the wake of chaos. With both humor and tenderness, Just Remember … grow up—and what it takes to reclaim your own story. Burns was adviser to The Occidental Weekly from 2011 to 2016. He … anxiety and flaming red hair make blending in impossible. After a string of embarrassing accidents—including tripping …
… it in collaboration with one of my favorite Oxy professors was truly an honor.” Cova-Bernal is talking about Associate … came up,” Puerto recalls, “and Andrea said that she was really interested in working on storytelling projects in … so that they could hone their questions a little bit more after that preliminary interview—and we reviewed every …
… any/all When Jaymes first discovered Occidental, he was a high school student in Louisville wondering if a … Tiger Access Program made things clear. “I saw how much Oxy was willing to invest in me, and how many opportunities were … “We are creating a problem I'm not okay with, and I always knew I wanted to be part of the solution.” Oxy’s …
… Occidental was far from being Peter’s first choice for college. The … applied to several Ivy League schools and eventually got waitlisted. “That plan didn’t work out, thankfully,” Peter … under the Chair of the General Assembly’s First Committee). After beginning coursework in the Diplomacy and World …
… We asked Charlie to share details and takeaways from his CLS experience in Japan, and here's what he … or touristy city. When I told my friends from Tokyo that I was going there beforehand, they all asked me why I would … barely hold a conversation, and everything I said came only after what felt like minutes of thinking. By the time I …
… at Oxy or in their intellectual and professional pursuits after college. …
… and received the Carey McWilliams Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Studies Association in 2015. He is … with nearly 100 titles in the series published since 1997 after he transitioned from UCLA to Occidental. You can see … this 2015 video about his work at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWDKRpt94o . A long time environmental and social …