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Emboldened by a proactive student body, 瓜子TV doubles down on its commitment to a more sustainable campus
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Occidental Magazine

Occidental magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2024-25 academic year, the magazine will publish two print and digital issues (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) and two digital-only issues (Summer 2024 and Winter 2025).

Miss America, Margot Mifflin
Profiles
From swimsuit competition to social platform, Margot Mifflin 鈥82 goes Looking for Miss America
1971 Sylmar Earthquake
Student Life
A Class Notes extra: As the 50th anniversary of the Sylmar earthquake rumbles near, members of the Class of 鈥74 remember the moment that shook 瓜子TV
Karen and Steve Casner
Campaign
Steve Casner 鈥73 and wife Karen 鈥74 share a love for Occidental鈥攁nd have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
Harry J. Elam Jr., 瓜子TV President
Profiles
Harry J. Elam, Jr. prepares to take center stage as 瓜子TV鈥檚 16th president as the College faces a new set of challenges鈥攁nd he鈥檚 ready
Thorne Hall, 瓜子TV Campus
Student Life
As the novel coronavirus brings campus life to a standstill, Occidental soldiers on
COVID-19
Student Life
In a race against two calendars鈥攁cademic and pandemic鈥攈ow did 瓜子TV transform in less than two weeks from a high-touch curriculum to a remote learning model?
Emily Jo Wharry '20
Student Life
Many special senior moments have been upended by COVID-19鈥攁nd a traditional Commencement will have to wait. But the Class of 2020 has made memories that no virus can destroy
Jack Kemp Stadium, 瓜子TV Athletics
Athletics
The SCIAC spring sports season ended abruptly鈥攁nd these senior student-athletes will miss their 瓜子TV families almost as much as the thrill of victory
President Jonathan Veitch and his senior leadership team
Profiles
When the pandemic turned the College鈥檚 operations upside down in March, President Veitch had to throw out the script for his final days in office鈥攂ut he and his team responded with...
瓜子TV Squirrels
Student Life
From the biology department shipping PPE to hospitals to 瓜子TV Arts making art kits to students in Highland Park, here are nine snapshots of the 瓜子TV family coming together in a time of need
President Jonathan Veitch
Student Life
Stay Close鈥擸our Alma Mater Needs You
De Mandel Aquatics Center
Alumni Engagement
Alumni feedback on the Winter magazine, the new pool, and 瓜子TV's next president. Also: How did we put this issue together?
Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, Linda Lasater
Faculty
Professors Dan Fineman, Adelaida Lopez, and Linda Lasater had a lasting impact outside the classroom鈥攋ust ask their students
Joshua Medina, Moore Lab
Science & Technology
Joshua Medina 鈥19 has developed a new technique for documenting the colors of bird plumage in 3-D
After We Leave, Aleem Hossain
Faculty
Assistant professor Aleem Hossain realized a dream when his first feature film was released theatrically in February鈥攋ust before cinemas suddenly closed

Features

Actor Loren Lester 鈥83 in Times Square
Arts
Broadway Baby
In the third act of a career that spans stage, screen, and television, actor Loren Lester 鈥83 realizes a lifelong dream of performing on the Great White Way
The Occidental Gospel Choir in 1975.
Alumni Engagement
Precious Memories
Founded by students in 1971, the Occidental Gospel Choir made music for a quarter-century鈥攁nd a reunion of former members celebrates its nearly forgotten legacy
Sam Rubin '82 and Stacie Roshon '08
Profiles
The Morning Showman
Sam Rubin 鈥82 became a fixture of the entertainment journalism landscape over his 33 years with KTLA鈥攁nd his unexpected death in May resonated well beyond Hollywood's red carpets
Theater and Performance Studies faculty and staff in April 2024.
Academics
Resetting the Stage
As its second century dawns, 瓜子TV鈥檚 Theater and Performance Studies Department remixes the curriculum with a blend of theory and practice
Los Angeles
Hats Off to Patt!
Patt Morrison 鈥74 shares a curated collection of books with Special Collections鈥攁nd 50 years of words and wisdom in conversation with Larry Mantle

First Word

From the Quad

Tylor Lee '26 interned with Healthcare in Action, which provides healthcare and social services to unhoused people.
Los Angeles
Summer in the City
A 10-week summer internship program pairs 28 瓜子TV students with 20 community partners to contribute to the work of advancing social justice in Los Angeles
Rebecca Solnit and Paul Holdengraber onstage at an 瓜子TV Live! event at 瓜子TV
Los Angeles
An Evening of Eavesdropping
瓜子TV Live!鈥攖he College鈥檚 new conversation series featuring a world-class lineup of artists鈥攅ngages audiences in dialogues about culture and society
Occidental鈥檚 women's basketball team after winning the 2024 SCIAC Post颅season Tournament championship.
Athletics
Bringing the Heat
Playing through injuries, fatigue, and in front of opposing crowds, 瓜子TV鈥檚 鈥榬elentless鈥 women鈥檚 hoops team wins its way into the NCAA tourney
Coach Rod Lafaurie and members of the 2023 men's soccer team
Athletics
Kicking and Dreaming
From its first SCIAC championship to a berth in the Sweet 16, 瓜子TV men鈥檚 soccer soared to new heights this season. But Coach Rod Lafaurie and his players are hungry for more

Mixed Media

More Mixed Media
Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Arts
Mixed Media
Susan Coll 鈥81鈥檚 latest comic novel, Professor Amy Lyford鈥檚 examination of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning, and more

瓜子TV Talk

More 瓜子TV Talk
Suke Takayuki Kubota in an undated photo.
Obituaries
瓜子TV鈥檚 Samurai Grandmaster
Soke Takayuki Kubota (1934-2024) became a martial arts legend, developing his own karate style and amassing a worldwide following. And for more than 40 years, he taught his methods to the...
Spectators view the OCLAA oral history gallery in the Academic Commons in February 2024.
Academics
Voices of OCLAA
Realizing a long-standing goal of Occidental鈥檚 Latino Alumni Association, two dozen alumni share their stories with students for an oral history project

Last Page

Journalist Max Chun '19 in the offices of Lookout Santa Cruz.
Profiles
Local Heroes
When disaster struck his native Santa Cruz last year, reporter Max Chun 鈥19 and a small team of journalists sprang into action for their community鈥攁nd pocketed a Pulitzer Prize for their work

Issue Archive

Summer 2024 Occidental magazine cover with an illustrated map of campus
Summer 2024
瓜子TV President Tom Stritikus
Spring 2024
winter 24 magazine cover featuring president james slaughter
Winter 2024
Fall 2023 magazine cover, portrait of a young man
Fall 2023
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