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… What was your favorite class? “I’ve had many classes (such as … In light of the pandemic and the efforts of the department to reconceive our curriculum, I revised the course so … Baz Luhrmann’s 1995 film); an episode of Westworld set in Shogun World (with guest speaker Laura Wong ’08, our costume …
… Affairs, Theater What I love about Oxy is its people! Some of the most interesting and best people I've met are on this campus: from my friends and inspiring … helping other students with their career goals the way the HCC staff has helped me. I also love that this …
… Professorship, one of the oldest, most prestigious named professorships at the College, was established by Board of Trustees in honor of Dr. Robert … nominated Dr. Fett for the professorship. The nomination was reviewed by the Faculty Advisory Council and given final …
… guesses, and 41 wrongs on your quiz (“Trivial Pursuits,” Summer). I did get all of the answers on question 37, though, because I was able to see three of the acts listed (Roto, Ravi, and … a doubt, though, the best band I ever saw at the Quad was Danny Elfman’s Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Even …
… “I visited Oxy and I just had this moment when I was sitting alone on the quad and it hit me—‘oh, this is where I want to be,’” says the rising junior from Cupertino, CA. … When Radha Arora began her college search, she knew she wanted to stay in California and study economics at a …
… Stierwalt comes to Oxy from Caltech, where she has been a staff … the cosmological assembly history of galaxies. She uses nearby, interacting galaxies to understand how stars formed … Do those ancestry DNA kits really work? What does the scientific evidence have to say about the latest health …
… hall the next day, he described an otherwise everyday mealtime rush as something newly surreal: Wherever he … bent over their iPhones, scrolling through our article. I walked into my morning class with heavy eyes and a painful … a double-take, pausing to consider the possibility that I was dreaming and had failed to wake up in time for my class. …
… Garcia is one first-year student who already knows her way around the Oxy campus. “I grew up on the border of Eagle … Rock and Highland Park,” she says. “My neighbor would take me on hikes around the campus, then we would sit down on the … of my life.” As her graduation from Eagle Rock High School neared, Leslie hadn’t seriously considered Oxy as her top …
… by Max S. Gerber One hundred and twenty nine years ago, 27 men and 13 women ponied up $50 each to become Occidental’s … students who apply and eventually choose Oxy, so that always makes it difficult to characterize a class,” says Vince … native. “That makes them unique, and they’re used a lot for scientific research.” Diana learned this as part of the …
… everything has trade-offs. It’s a place for students to come together for civil, democratic discussion about difficult … the Oxy team has been truly extraordinary this year. “I was particularly impressed by their treatment of the case of … an issue which matters to all of us here in Los Angeles. It was one of those semesters when I felt like the students …