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… to Oxy after a mostly-virtual senior year of high school, I was excited to make new friends and find a new community at … particularly competitive, I knew that joining a sports team was not the way I was going to find a tight-knit group of … is a local sorority, there is no national organization that sets rules and standards for us to follow. As members, we …
… of career development, pre-health advising, and national awards together. "The new Career Development Center will be a … for preparing Oxy students for the opportunities that await them after graduation," says CDC director Valerie … success. And from that we mined these nuggets for anyone setting out on a new career. 1. Stay true to yourself. As a …
… happy, Oxy roommate Mike Stoddard ’82 recalls. “Sammy was never self-reflective. He really just enjoyed life.” … of Rubin’s dating back to their student days at Oxy. “He was incredibly funny and self-deprecating, and he endeared … birthday, Rubin presented his friend with a foil-wrapped russet potato jabbed with a candle—a nod to Stoddard’s …
… trained with Fernando Schaffenburg, Gyula Pandi and Jerry Bywaters Cochran. In New York City he trained with Alwin … Dance Labs, Yuriko Kumura, Peter Sparling and Takako Asakawa at the Martha Graham Dance School and with David Howard … and the same award for Outstanding Achievement in Set Design in 2008. Perhaps one of his biggest achievements …
… in Literature and Culture Funding: Arnston Memorial Essay Award Abstract: This project sets out to analyze the thinking of Richard Rorty throughout … account of knowledge that Rorty intends to do away with, he suggests the edifying practice of Hermeneutical …
… inspired his own first foray into political action. When he was a sophomore at Occidental, the future president gave a … I ever did that involved an issue or a policy or politics, was a protest against apartheid. I studied his words and his … up to my responsibilities to others and to myself, and it set me on an improbable journey that finds me here today." …
… outdoor speakers, and the crowd grew quickly as the next set of classes let out and heard. JKF shot? Badly? Now what? For many of us, JFK wasn’t just the president. He was the president who carried the torch to a new generation … In Los Angeles, JFK’s assassination was a mid-morning event. I was a senior at Occidental, …
… "Finals is a particularly stressful time for students. So we wanted to offer activities that are soothing to the body, … are invited to wear their pajamas to the cafeteria to eat waffles, pancakes, breakfast burritos (from a … they deal with their academic pressures." The ORSL has also set up a labyrinth in Upper Herrick that will be available …
… the Fulbright program for the U.S. Department of State. (It was an Oxy grad, Kenneth Holland ’29, who helped set up the Fulbright program while serving with the State Department in the wake of World War II.) The nine scholars – who are now …
… have won their first conference championship since 1980 and set new single-season records for wins in conference and overall play. "It was just two years ago that Stacie Roshon and I were … had to work hard Saturday against Whittier, as the score was knotted four times and there was never more than a …