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Changing the Climate
Emboldened by a proactive student body, Â鶹ƵµÀdoubles 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).

Roger Guenveur Smith '77 reflects on the characters that have stayed with him the most
Whether it's Christopher Columbus, Frederick Douglass, Huey Newton, or Rodney King, writer-performer Roger Guenveur Smith '77 brings his subjects to life with reams of research and a touch...
Fall15_Veitch
After more than 2,300 days into the job, President Jonathan Veitch shares some of the lessons he's learned
Fall15_Presidency
There's no one path to becoming a college or university president, but a handful of Â鶹ƵµÀalumni have found the way. It's a job with infinite challenges—and innumerable rewards
Data from Oxy's first-ever Sexual Assault Campus Climate Survey, conducted last spring in conjunction with the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, show that:
Fall15_ProjectSAFE
By getting out the message early and often, turning bystanders into Upstanders, and facilitating conversations across various constituencies, Â鶹ƵµÀtakes a proactive approach to preventing...
Fall15_GreenerOxy2
From beehives and hybrids to shower heads and deep-fryers, sustainability is a buzzword on campus
Fall15_Seeds
From gardens and galleries to glaciers and green funds, "sustainability" means change across the Â鶹ƵµÀlandscape
Summer15_Morrisons
Brothers Willie and Truman Morrison '07 started making music at Â鶹ƵµÀand took their act to the Roxy. Now they're knocking on Nashville's door
Summer15_OxyTalk
Ming Cho Lee '53 didn't turn into the "dean of American set designers" overnight. But as biographer Arnold Aronson explains, it was Omar Paxson '48 who turned Lee into a designer
Summer15_Bookshelf
New additions to the Â鶹ƵµÀbookshelf
Fueled by a resurgent track team, a strong women's lacrosse squad, and standouts in tennis and baseball, Â鶹ƵµÀgoes out on a high
Two decades after Alicia Silverstone and crew stormed into shopping malls and cinemas, a new book and a popular blog document the timelessness of Clueless—and Oxy's role in its making
Summer15_HOF
A Wimbledon champion, an NFL veteran, a pair of Olympians, a beloved baseball coach, and a track and field legend will receive Â鶹ƵµÀathletics' highest honor on October 16
Summer15_Commencement
Delivering messages of optimism in difficult times, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Professor Woody Studenmund make Commencement 2015 a ceremony to remember

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