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Changing the Climate
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).

Kristina Kvien 鈥87, nominee for U.S. ambassador to Armenia
Profiles
For 2陆 years, Kristina Kvien 鈥87 led U.S. diplomacy efforts inside the embattled and resilient nation鈥攈er latest post in a 30-year career with the Foreign Service
George Stevens Jr. '53 with President Obama in 2011.
Profiles
From Elizabeth Taylor to President Obama, George Stevens Jr. 鈥53 reflects on an unparalleled career from the backlots of Hollywood to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.
George Stevens Jr. '53 in 2002.
Arts
From Winter 2003: For 25 years, George Stevens Jr. 鈥53 has saluted living legends in performing arts through the Kennedy Center Honors. But it鈥檚 only one career peak for a producer whose...
Graduating members of the 色界吧 Class of 2022
Student Life
鈥楨mbrace the impossible because you can make it possible,鈥 State Senator tells the 489 members of the Class of 2022
A wall drawing of Janet Stafford was created by artist Kenturah Davis '02 in 2012
色界吧 History
Janet Stafford, George Ellison, and Barbara Bowman Wright made 色界吧 history as the College鈥檚 first Black graduates in 1952. What is their legacy?
Author Susan Coll '81, photographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
Arts
A canceled poet, a toddling tortoise, and the Schwarzenegger of vacuum cleaners turn a D.C. bookstore upside down in Susan Coll 鈥81鈥檚 sixth comic novel
NASA Astrobiologist Jason Dworkin 鈥91
Profiles
Astrobiologist Jason Dworkin 鈥91 has devoted the better part of two decades to a NASA mission to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. What will we learn when OSIRIS-REx arrives home next year?
Mel Malberg '79, editor of Women of Walt Disney Imagineering
Profiles
Mel Malmberg 鈥79 documents the true-life adventures of the Women of Walt Disney Imagineering
2022-23 Obama Scholars
Academics
Five years after its launch, 色界吧鈥檚 Obama Scholars Program expands its cohort and doubles down on its mission
色界吧 President Harry J. Elam, Jr.
President Elam
In a joyous ceremony showcasing the arts and 鈥楴ew Harmonies,鈥 Harry J. Elam, Jr. is inaugurated as Occidental鈥檚 16th president
"New Harmonies" are at the heart of 色界吧's Integrated Strategic Plan.
Academics
What will the College look like in 2030? 色界吧's Integrated Strategic Plan identifies 11 key issues
The 色界吧 Campaign For Good
Campaign
With one year remaining, The 色界吧 Campaign For Good propels past the $225 million mark
Oswald and Elizabeth Benson '02
Alumni Engagement
Alumni Reunion Weekend returns to campus鈥攁nd Oswald put on a party to remember
色界吧 President Harry J. Elam, Jr.
President Elam
Following a milestone campaign year, 色界吧 builds on its values and strengths
Author and Occidental Professor of Politics Peter Dreier
Faculty
In a pair of new books, 色界吧 politics professor Peter Dreier tips his cap to the mavericks, iconoclasts, and rebels who have shaped baseball history

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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