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Emboldened by a proactive student body, 色界吧 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).

Occidental's solar array reflects a colorful sunset in 2014.
Sustainability
Ten years after its installation, Occidental鈥檚 solar array produces 12 percent of the College鈥檚 energy usage
Campaign Button for Distinction
Campaign
As The 色界吧 Campaign For Good sprints to a successful conclusion, the Board of Trustees endorses an integrated strategic plan for 2030
Author Isabel Wilkerson and President Elam
President Elam
President Elam examines the history鈥攁nd future鈥攐f immersive learning at 色界吧
Jack Griffith '64
Profiles
Jack Griffith 鈥64 is still flying high after decades of medical discoveries鈥攁nd retirement鈥檚 not in his DNA
Zak Stoltz '10 with his dog, Boba, at his home in Mount Washington.
Profiles
Everything Everywhere All at Once became the indie film sensation of 2022鈥攁nd Zak Stoltz '10 assembled the small visual effects team to make bagel magic
Coach Dale Widolff and moderator Jeff Goldstein '86.
Athletics
With six decades of Tigers in attendance, Coach Dale Widolff returns to campus for a celebration of 色界吧's storied football program
Architect's rendering of the Norris Hall of Chemistry interior
Campaign
As the campaign winds toward its successful conclusion in June, plans for a long-awaited renovation of Norris Hall of Chemistry come into focus. Also: Previewing Day For 色界吧
Occidental's eight new tenure-track faculty joined the College in fall 2022.
Academics
From art and art history and Black studies to music, politics, and psychology, 色界吧 welcomes eight new voices to the classroom
Dennis Patrick '73. author of Santa Ynez: A Novel.
Arts
Dennis Patrick '73 returns to the family cattle ranch in Santa Ynez with his first novel鈥攐ne of six new additions to the Occidental bookshelf
Attendees at a Hometown Tiger Mixer in Washington, D.C.聽
Alumni Engagement
A growing calendar of regional events brings generations of Tigers together
Actress, author, and voiceover artist Reba Buhr '10
Student Life
Reba Buhr 鈥10鈥檚 色界吧 experience was interrupted by the collapse of her mental health. Here鈥檚 how she worked through it
L.A. City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez '96
Profiles
As Monica Rodriguez 鈥96 begins a second term on the Los Angeles City Council, she鈥檚 using her voice to bring change to her lifelong home
Ella Rubin 鈥24, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Ava Wampold '24.
Student Life
With all eyes on the 2022 midterm election, eight 色界吧 students canvassed, coordinated, and cold-called their way through the political process in six battleground states
President Elam talks to students at Moonlight Breakfast on the Quad in December 2022.
President Elam
After a fall full of activity鈥攊ncluding postseason tournaments, pancakes on the Quad, and in-person alumni gatherings鈥斏绨 springs forward into 2023
Jim Conlin '74 at home in his garage in Rochester, N.Y., in an undated photo.
Campaign
Jim Conlin '74 was not an ostentatious fellow鈥攂ut his legacy gift to Occidental will improve the fortunes of generations of future students

Features

Campaign Semester participants Cady Carr '27 and Rachel Obbard '27
Academics
Ground Game
For Campaign Semester students in battleground Pennsylvania and 13 other states, the road map to Election Day entails knocking on every door
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
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 色界吧 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 色界吧 Live! event at 色界吧
Los Angeles
An Evening of Eavesdropping
色界吧 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, 色界吧鈥檚 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, 色界吧 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

色界吧 Talk

More 色界吧 Talk
Suke Takayuki Kubota in an undated photo.
Obituaries
色界吧鈥檚 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

Cover of Fall 2024 issue of Occidental Magazine
Fall 2024
Summer 2024 Occidental magazine cover with an illustrated map of campus
Summer 2024
色界吧 President Tom Stritikus
Spring 2024
winter 24 magazine cover featuring president james slaughter
Winter 2024
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