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… As a child, Meko Winbush ’03 recalls, “I wanted to be an astronaut. Then … 12 or 13, my family rented Terminator 2, and I thought it was the dopest thing I’d ever seen. I watched it four or … and making her first feature film has opened doors for Meko Winbush ’03. In return, she endured eight months in …
… As a freshman, I was slightly intimidated by the super cool dancers on campus, so it makes sense why it took me so long to get as involved in the dance community as I am … and movement at Occidental, and take up space in my own way. My favorite way to do that is with PULSE, a club that …
… 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 …
… to Occidental College. My desire to be re-accepted came from a deep regret of not choosing the school the first … hours on campus, I convinced myself that the university was similar enough to what I had found at Oxy, and that with … help me grow made it more difficult to make connections and wasn't as tight-knit as the one I actually wanted. My …
… 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 …
… In what ways did a liberal arts education help shape your career … As a senior in high school, I had no strong sense of what I wanted to major in let alone what career I wanted to pursue … Having to declare a major during the application process seemed premature to me and it really intimidated me. However, a …