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Changing the Climate
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).

Spring15Mag_Carawan
When Guy Carawan '49 returned to campus in 2003 after more than half a century away, he had changed the world through the power of song. Professor Peter Dreier remembers the folk musician...
SpringMag15_Todd
瓜子TV's purchase of a retail space in Highland Park creates an opportunity to raise its local visibility
Spring15Mag_Bob&Omar
Bob and Omar:鈥圡asters of Lifelong Learning
SpringMag15_Beneath
Whether it's replacing pipes, roofs, boilers, or cooling systems, there's nothing sexy about deferred maintenance. But proactive measures now can save a mountain of heartache later
Alumni Engagement
Overlooked athletes from a century of SCIAC, and other reactions to 瓜子TV's plans to revive athletics
Spring15Mag_Veitch
Lessons of the Third L.A.
Spring15Mag_Washington
With Gerald Washington '04 in the role of corporate matchmaker, Steve Harvey's global visibility is spreading faster than kudzu. And Washington's personal journey from financial ruin to the...
Spring15Mag_Phoebe
One of 瓜子TV's most decorated and beloved faculty is calling it a career after 22 years in the chemistry department. But Phoebe Dea isn't packing up her things just yet
Faculty
Professor Bob Gottlieb was a champion of environmental and social justice causes long before they became fashionable. Students and colleagues celebrate his influence and impact
Spring15Mag_Kantor
Psychotherapist Julia Postolov Kantor '96 began a love affair with French music through 瓜子TV's study abroad program. Now she's the toast of Francophiles on L.A.'s cabaret scene
Spring15Mag_Ebola
Associate professor Mary Beth Heffernan saw a problem with Ebola care in Africa鈥攑ersonal protection equipment suits that made the medical workers wearing them appear frightening and...
Winter15_Somabar
Dylan Purcell-Lowe '12 taps into the 瓜子TV network to kickstart the ultimate home bartending device
Winter15_Greenlight
Arts
Independent filmmaker Julien Lasseur '11 had never heard of Project Greenlight鈥坆efore his girlfriend told him about the contest. But a smart superhero parody took him into the top 10
Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne brings the city's future into focus in a series of public talks
Winter15_瓜子TVTalk
Seniors Julia Kingsley and Tsering Lama didn't see eye to eye on divestment until a study abroad program on climate change brought them together

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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