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… a difference is so important. "You're graduating at a time when history is on the move in a once-in-a-lifetime kind of way," said Power, who has helped shape the U.S. response to … something about something. "A great scientist put it this way: ‘Chance favors only the prepared mind,'" Power said. …
… said the Globe . "By the end of his sophomore year, he was on his way to becoming a self-assured, purpose-driven scholar … spent at Occidental before transferring to Columbia has become a theme in much of the reporting about Obama. "What seems … Obama ’83 became the Democratic presidential nominee, it was the latest step in a historic career of public service …
… When something needs fixing at home, my years of academic training … the Quad in the late 1930s, the first concrete steam tunnel was installed underneath it. Today, there is almost one mile … together with more than three miles of steam and chilled water pipes and similar quantities of water, sewer, and …
… Poland. Despite initially regarding higher education as something more naturally found on the East Coast (“I had the … view in mind”), the New Mexico-raised Armstrong found his way to Occidental thanks to a high school friend who insisted they venture to the nearby coast. “It was such a warm, welcoming environment,” …
… For the 60-some members of O-Team— Oxy's supergroup of undergrads who … is not a priority. "Today I got up at 4:30 in the morning, walked to campus, got here by 5, and have been going … makes it all worth it." What makes O-Team tick, and stay awake through it all? In addition to Sophie, a three-year …
… Campaign Semester: Five States, 11 Interns, and a Bundle of Nerves As a … world's roughly 7,500 oil and gas platforms, leaving underwater portions intact to provide habitat to supplement … to Bloomberg. "His understanding of value and risk-reward is the best I have ever seen," former PIMCO managing …
… decades ago at the corner of Crown Valley and Alicia parkways, in what was then unincorporated Laguna Niguel in south Orange County. The former social worker had just moved to the community from Long …
… for LGBT rights. Historic preservation and economic development are his passions. But back in February—barely two weeks … entered the House for debate, "I just did what I thought was the right thing to do," he says. "I was born in Arizona, and I have lived here for 33 …
… transfer my allegiance to San Francisco. “Like most American boys growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, I wanted to be a major-league player, but I wasn’t good enough … much for the pages of Baseball Rebels . So, he wrote a nearly 10,000-word bio on Nahem for SABR, the Society of …
… By Paul Robert Walker '75 "Occidental College has entered its fiftieth year and, as is customary and fitting, numerous gifts and aids may be expected. "Because of its good … By commencement weekend in early June 1938, the hall was near enough to completion that an exhibit of paintings by …