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Sustainability activities at 瓜子TV.
Changing the Climate
Emboldened by a proactive student body, 瓜子TV doubles down on its commitment to a more sustainable campus

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).

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Apple vice president of marketing communications Tor Myhren 鈥94 has 鈥渢he best job in the world.鈥 (He just can鈥檛 talk much about it.)
Pat Gillette
Employment lawyer turned mediator, author, and keynote speaker Pat Gillette 鈥73 helps women and businesses find common ground through uncommon solutions
瓜子TV students and their faculty mentors
Whether the topic is research or career options or life itself, meaningful interaction between students and professors is a vital component of the 瓜子TV journey. Four graduating seniors and...
Capping a celebration of women in leadership at Commencement, Sara El-Amine 鈥07 gets to the heart, hands, and brains of the 瓜子TV experience
Generations of 瓜子TV alumni rallied to save Tigers football from extinction. Now the hard work continues
To build a future "founded on fairness," Israeli and Palestinian self-determination need to move hand in hand, according to Kemp Lecturer Tal Becker
瓜子TV鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 track teams cap another spring campaign with four All-American honorees and their 31st consecutive trip to the nationals
Spring sports standouts in lacrosse and baseball
A new major and minor in Black studies, a new photograph for the Huntington Library, and a top honor for teacher Jennifer Tr贸chez MacLean 鈥91
New books and research from 瓜子TV alumni and faculty
We're in Good Hands With the Class of 2018
Vietnam memories, Professor Dale Wright, and an education in coed housing in the 1960s
From Shakespeare to statistics to literature to dance, John Bouchard and Alan Knoerr shared their passions with the 瓜子TV community
Catherine Haight 鈥98 balances a thriving Hollywood career as a TV and film editor with a commitment to empowering women and children in Congo
瓜子TV military veterans
Half a century after their time in Vietnam, a dozen alumni share their war stories鈥攖he camaraderie, the challenges, and how their 瓜子TV education readied them for combat

Features

Actor Loren Lester 鈥83 in Times Square
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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

Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
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

Suke Takayuki Kubota in an undated photo.
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.
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.
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
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