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… After a four-year hiatus, Occidental inducted four new members—three individual icons and a tandem of basketball … of victory over AIAW powerhouse Long Beach. “Whether she was skying for a kill in volleyball or leaping up for a … who introduced Guest at the ceremony. “More than that, she was a wonderful teammate and leader. She made us all …
… We live in a world where the opposite extremes of critique have been reduced to “awesome” and “sad,” … oldest friends, fiction editor and writer Alexandra McNear ’84. “He’s incredibly articulate and intelligent and … and thoughtful. I never met anyone who could talk the way he can. I don’t really know anyone else quite like …
… teaching career, only once did a first-year, first-semester student show up in his office with a research proposal that they wanted to begin immediately. As a religion major at Oxy, … that runs from the El Cerrito and Richmond flats up to near Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in the hills above. “After …
… in 1980, the friends gathered at Oxy's Lucille Y. Gilman Memorial Fountain to carpool to their destination. With arms crossed over his buttoned-down Hawaiian shirt, Barry Obama '83 stood against the fountain's … at the College from Punahou School in Honolulu to be near his girlfriend. "I had graduated without mishap, was …
… As the magazine was going to press, professor emeritus of theater arts and rhetoric Omar Paxson '48 died. … all—his friend for more than 50 years. His special talent was his interest in others. It caused each one of us to … Joanna Hall Gleason '72 pay tribute to their friend and mentor, Omar Paxson '48 …
… job in your current industry? I had been working as a management trainee at a well-known FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer … in Vietnam. During my time there, I felt like something was missing, a part of me was hoping to work for a company with an international …
… alumna hired to teach at Oxy—Rae McCormick ’62 [professor emerita of education] paved the way, so I'm enormously grateful to her. While the College … us are saying that it helps us in our work. I was on campus nearly 20 years ago. That’s a long time to have that type of …
… 31 years at Occidental. We caught up with him at his home in Healdsburg, about 75 miles north of San Francisco. … “Having both graduated from and taught courses at Pitzer, I was eager to continue being part of a small liberal arts … after John Brooks Slaughter became president and looked forward to participating in the type of diversity initiatives I …
… August 7 10:50 a.m.: Mexico, 3; Japan, 1: Mexico moves on to the gold medal game! … 8 The last 24 hours have been remarkable. I knew that if I wanted to go to London to watch Mexico play for the gold … we left Trafalgar Square and had dinner at a pub nearby. There was lots of cheering in there as well. Any …
… He comes to Oxy from USC, where he recently completed a yearlong … attracted me to Occidental, specifically the art department was the willingness to provide space for criticality. The application for this position was listed as critical studies in studio art: painting and …