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Changing the Climate

September 4, 2024

Emboldened by a proactive student body, ɫ�� doubles down on its commitment to a more sustainable campus

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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).

Profiles

Eduardo Santana '99 and Eve Critton '15 lead the ground force to renew, reinvent, and revivify downtown L.A.'s Pershing Square

Profiles

Lindy West ’04 speaks out for millennials with her pointed and frequently funny observations on feminism, social justice, and self-image. Trolls, bullies, and body-shamers, beware.

Professor of music emeritus Richard Grayson was quick on his fingers over decades of piano improvs—and an equally supportive mentor

Arts

A pair of biographies from Dolores Flamiano '85 and Sally Palmer Thomason '55, new fiction from Morgan Matson '04, new music from Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez '12), and more

ɫ��'s InternAway program opens up new career paths for undergrads by relieving the financial stress of summer work

Facts and figures pertaining to all things ɫ��

Moody's paints a rosy picture of ɫ��'s financial management—and Forbes and the Department of Education agree

Associate professor of biology Kerry Thompson aims to bring creative solutions to the challenges of his new role as interim VP and dean of the College

After decades of promises and planning, ɫ��'s dream of a new aquatic facility is finally within reach—as well as an expanded McKinnon Tennis Center

Ann (Hoffmann) '57 and Steve Hinchliffe '55 have quietly supported ɫ�� for the last 50 years. The secret is out—but their work continues

Three-year investigation concludes that—despite delays in resolving some sexual assault cases—the Occidental campus is "actively engaged in important work to satisfy Title IX...

Alumni Engagement

Weighing in on Catholic scientists, Christians on campus, and Jack Kemp Distinguished Lecturer Condoleezza Rice

A Swan Hall Alumnus Makes Good

Bringing American craft brewing to the island nation of Taiwan, Spencer Jemelka '08 blends both cultures to produce a better beer

Profiles

Chris Ballinger '06 sold his house in 2014 to make a business out of viral videos. Today he's got more than 650,000 subscribers, a New York Times bestseller, and a Netflix series starring...