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He has provided the necessary platform for our guys to grow and improve, Knight said of Hawkins, a former assistant at the University of Redlands who will become the head coach at Occidental College in Los Angeles after the season. He is a great communicator, clear and candid. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
A lasting inspiration Aug 4, 2008
From the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester to the University of Virginia to Occidental College in Los Angeles, scholars delivered lectures as if they would never give another, seizing the opportunity to share their thoughts on what makes a life well lived. "There aren't many opportunities in our culture to ask the bigger questions, and this is one of them," said Alice Laffey, a religious studies profes sor at Holy Cross who in a last lecture in February urged students to know themselves and... (Boston Globe)
Racial Reconciliation Begins with an Apology Aug 3, 2008
She received her BA in English Literature from Occidental College and her D. Min. from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. A former reporter, Rev. Smith worked for newspapers in Baltimore and Texas before entering seminary. (Washington Post)
University Of Florida Named Top Party School Jul 29, 2008
Most Liberal Students - Occidental College (Los Angeles). Most Politically Active Students - American University (DC). (News4Jax.com, FL)
Hawkins cut for the diamond Jul 26, 2008
Over the next month, while helping the Knights attempt to clinch the West Division, Hawkins will be preparing to leave his native Corvallis and move to Northern California, where he has recently accepted the head coaching position at Occidental College, near Santa Rosa. It s just a matter of getting an opportunity and making the most it, said Hawkins during a Wednesday night warm-up session before a game with WCCBL affiliate Gresham at Goss Stadium. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Milking it (3) Jul 7, 2008
Casey, who will study political science and biology and play water polo for Los Angeles' Occidental College this fall, has ultimately received numerous scholarships, including the Italian Catholic and Elk Lodge scholarships. But she already knows none of them will compare to meeting Mia Hamm and wearing a milk mustache for the entire nation to see. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
The unbearable lightness (and meaning) of 'Ulysses' Jun 22, 2008
Shimmy studied philosophy at Columbia in New York City; Vulin engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and I earned my degree in religious studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles. For our class, Vulin provided the tea, cookies and a quiet house for meetings. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Last but not least: Tokay graduates two weeks late Jun 13, 2008
Occidental College Leadership Scholarship 132,000. Corinne Casey. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Will Big Media Look at Obama and His Leftwing Influences? Jun 10, 2008
A: It really begins even before Obama gets to Chicago because according to his book, when he goes to college -- first Occidental College and later Columbia University -- he picks among his friends Marxist professors. Obama himself admits this. (Townhall.com)
Lodi High's college and career counselor wins statewide award Jun 5, 2008
Marmaduke graduated from Hollywood High School, after which he joined the Navy during World War II. He went on to do his undergraduate work at Occidental College before receiving a master's degree from the University of Michigan. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the Pacific. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Obama: Finding bonds in different worlds Jun 4, 2008
After high school, Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. He later transferred to Columbia University, graduated and held a few jobs, including writing for a business newsletter. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Dry cleaner stakes green claim Jun 4, 2008
"Any dry cleaning business can claim to be organic, while using processes that aren't necessarily great for the environment," said Peter Sinsheimer, director of the Pollution Prevention Center at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He's researched commercial cleaning methods for more than a decade. (Albany Times Union)
He trusts kids to 'rise to the circumstances' Jun 2, 2008
His theatrical path continued through L.A.'s Occidental College and then to his first professional role, as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at Hillside Rep in Los Angeles. It was kind of a big deal for me, because it's not what you'd call typecasting, he says. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Barack Obama, student poet May 29, 2008
Steve Heilig forwards two poems written by Barack Obama in 1981 for an Occidental College student literary journal. Herein, an excerpt from "Underground": "Under water grottos, caverns/ Filled with apes/ That eat figs./ Stepping on the figs/ That the apes/ Eat, they crunch./ The apes howl, bare/ Their fangs, dance,/ Tumble in the/ Rushing water,/ Musty, wet pelts/ Glistening in the blue.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nine Recruits Welcomed to Bucknell Women's Water Polo Program May 23, 2008
" Ariel Frankeny (Fountain Valley, Calif./Fountain Valley) - Three-year water polo letterwinner at Fountain Valley High School ... team co-captain in 2007-08 ... two-time Second Team All-Sunset League selection ... All-Tournament Team at the Bishop High School Invitational ... earned Mike Eich Team Superstar Award in 2005-06 ... Honorable Mention All-Sunset League (JV) in 2004-05 ... February 2008 Fountain Valley High School Athlete of the Month ... one of five siblings ... has a twin brother,... (Bucknellbison.com)
A Double Life May 18, 2008
After dividing his time as an undergraduate between engineering at Caltech and the music program at Occidental College, he came to UC Berkeley for graduate work. He continued to lead a bifurcated existence, earning a doctorate in electrical engineering while studying composition with the late Andrew Imbrie. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Recalling Obama's Younger Days May 16, 2008
Obama spent the six years between 1979 and 1985 at Occidental College in Los Angeles and then in New York at Columbia University and in the workplace. His memoir, Dreams from My Father, talks about this time, but not in great detail; Siddiqi, for example, is identified only as Sadik - a short, well-built Pakistani who smoked marijuana, snorted cocaine and liked to party. (CBS News)
Broncos Close Out 2008 Track Season May 12, 2008
The team was once again split into two teams for the weekend, with the long distance runners competing at the Oxy Invitational at Occidental College and the rest of the team competing at the Aggie Twilight at UC Davis. At UC Davis, Santa Clara gave put forth their best effort to some mixed results. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Aztecs Add Oxy Invitational to Schedule May 9, 2008
The Aztecs will send a group of 10 athletes to Bill Henry Olympic Track on the campus of Occidental College. That group will consist of freshmen (throws) and (pole vault), sophomores (throws) and (distance), juniors (hurdles), (throws), (throws) and (throws) and seniors (pole vault) and (distance). (Goaztecs.com)
Bethany Nickless Named Big West Athlete of the Week, Decathlon and Heptathlon Championships This Weekend May 8, 2008 New Trustees Elected to Aspen Institute Board Apr 17, 2008 Heidi VanDerveer Named Head Women's Basketball Coach At Occidental Apr 11, 2008 Goal oriented Mar 31, 2008 Aggies Announce Football Staff Changes Mar 28, 2008 Conjuring an image Mar 28, 2008 Serbians state their case in the finals at Indian Wells Mar 25, 2008 How Barry Became Barack Obama Mar 25, 2008 Newsweek: When Barry became Barack Mar 24, 2008 Women's Water Polo's Stamler Named CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week Mar 18, 2008 Barack Obama organizers work Greenville Mar 7, 2008 Our View: Cutting close to the bone Mar 6, 2008 Best shape for President? Feb 18, 2008 More of this story Feb 16, 2008 Cambridge duo ready to dazzle the fashion world Feb 11, 2008 The young Obama: A time of alienation and discovery Feb 9, 2008 The race for California (140) Feb 7, 2008 At our best (Feb. 4) Feb 4, 2008 Sex, Race and Presidential Politics Feb 4, 2008 2008 VOTERS GUIDE / The road to the presidency Key facts about the... Jan 27, 2008 Local Architect, Michael Burch, Honored by Inclusion in Diane Keaton's New Book, CALIFORNIA ROMANTICA Jan 19, 2008 Obama must prove himself to voters Jan 13, 2008 Gridley's King wraps up collegiate football career Jan 3, 2008 Grace Edith (Culling) Cheesewright Dec 27, 2007 Kids Eat More Fruits, Vegetables When Schools Offer Salad Bar Dec 8, 2007 In Hawaii, 'pothead' Obama could 'goof off' Nov 23, 2007 Obama tells N.H. class not to mimic him Nov 21, 2007 Pirates win but say they need to improve Nov 18, 2007 USD Toreros Host UNLV Running Rebels Saturday at 6 pm Nov 16, 2007 Obama on verge of breakthrough by carving path along racial divide Nov 14, 2007 Peter Berle, 69; as its president, guided NationalAudubon Society into new era Nov 11, 2007 These war memorials are more than skin-deep Nov 10, 2007 USD set for start of Grier Era Nov 9, 2007 Presidential Candidate John Edwards Calls on TESCO's Fresh & Easy to Negotiate Community Benefits Agreement as Food Giant Opens First U.S. Stores Nov 9, 2007 Tesco enters US to take on Trader Joe Nov 9, 2007 Business: Tesco markets open in region, eye S.D. Nov 8, 2007 Governor, mayor lack roles in writers strike Nov 8, 2007 ACC Women's Basketball: Previewing Florida State Nov 7, 2007 Pomare leads USD to exhibition victory Nov 5, 2007 Women composers get their due at the URI Nov 3, 2007 USD evacuee, family slept in locker room Nov 1, 2007 Idea for failing schools fails to please educators Nov 1, 2007 No. 4 Stanford Begins Four-Game Homestand This Weekend Oct 26, 2007 Prestige Versus Education Oct 24, 2007 US varsities offer TV show courses Oct 5, 2007 Glee club sings in Big Bear Oct 4, 2007 S.F. mayor's finance office aide named interim replacement for Ed Jew Sep 27, 2007 Newsom Suspends Ed Jew Sep 26, 2007 20 years of oblivion Sep 14, 2007 Los Angeles eyes moratorium on fast-food outlets Sep 13, 2007 Oprah's Great Black Hope Sep 13, 2007 L.A. official proposes fast-food ban Sep 12, 2007 South L.A. Fast Food Moratorium Proposed Sep 12, 2007 Slowing down fast food Sep 10, 2007 A new title for library: Mary Stephens honored for career spanning six decades Aug 25, 2007 Tesco wants to be friendly neighbor, going 'green' Aug 24, 2007 Grrrls Fight Club Aug 5, 2007 Environmental group questions Tesco's record Aug 3, 2007 Study: Tesco must be responsible Aug 3, 2007 'Shakespeare in the Vines' opens second season Aug 2, 2007 Howard Judd, top researcher in older women's health issues Jul 30, 2007 Feminism's legacy: YouTube catfights Jul 30, 2007 Community connection: Traveling performers bring their unique talents to Fort Missoula Jul 28, 2007 More of this story Jun 23, 2007 Larry Mosley Named to Employment Department Position Jun 20, 2007
Instead, the team will be heading to the Oxy Invitational, hosted by Occidental College ... The Oxy Invitational will be run at Bill Henry Olympic Track at Occidental College, with the field events beginning at 10:00 a.m. and the track events beginning at 2:45 p.m. Entries will be posted on oxyathletics. (Ucsbgauchos.com)
Outdoor Track Hosts First Successful Track Meet May 5, 2008
Half of the team will be heading to Davis and the rest of the team will be driving down to Occidental College to compete in the Oxy Invitational. SantaClaraBroncos. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Smith is an alumna of Beaver College (now Arcadia University), from which she graduated in 1971, and has received honorary degrees from Arcadia University, Bates College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Skidmore College, Macalester College, Occidental College, Pratt Institute, Holy Cross College, Wesleyan University, School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University, Colgate University, California State University Sacramento, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wheelock College, and the... (PR Newswire)
Heidi VanDerveer was named head women's basketball coach at Occidental College ... VanDerveer, who joined the Aztecs for the 2007-08 season, was named the head women's basketball coach at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif. (Goaztecs.com)
He decided on Occidental College in Pasadena after receiving $40,000 a year in financial aid. I couldn't see myself not playing after high school, said Spaulding, a freshman. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
His experience covers several colleges and universities across the country, including serving on the staffs at the Minnesota, Virginia, USC, the University of San Diego, and Occidental College. Gelber also has experience at the junior college and high school levels. (Ucdavisaggies.com)
Mortimer stumbled into art while at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, Calif. and has made a career of painting murals. (Daily Triplicate)
Nash Petrovic, a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, brought the confiscated banner, which was returned after the match. He said he was disappointed. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Obama befriended Eric Moore, an African-American from Colorado, when the two attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, and their friendship was strengthened after Moore visited Kenya in the summer of 1980. He told Obama the trip to Africa was a powerful event that helped him find my own identity. (Newsmax)
A few of his friends at Occidental College had already begun to call him Barack (his formal name), and he'd come to prefer that. The way his half sister, Maya, remembers it, Obama returned home at Christmas in 1980, and there he told his mother and grandparents: no more Barry. (MSNBC -- Politics)
She had one goal in a 6-5 loss to Whittier College before tallying three more in an 8-7 win over Occidental College and four in an 18-6 triumph versus Macalester College. She netted a goal in GW's league loss against Maryland Wednesday to finish with 14 goals in five games and now leads the Colonials with 22 goals. (Gwsports.com)
n Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles, then transferred to Columbia University in New York. n Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Ted Mitchell, former president of Occidental College and current member of the California Board of Education, has a few ideas on how to rescue education -- chiefly that public schools need to be given more local autonomy, much like charter schools, and that the state needs to reform the way it evaluates what works, and what doesn't. In other words, restoring the 4. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Contrary to numerous Internet reports that spread through sports blogs, Obama was not the leading scorer of Occidental College's Division 3 basketball team as a freshman in 1979. In fact, he didn't even play basketball at Occidental College during his two years there before he transferred to Columbia - except possibly in pickup games, where he honed the elbows. (AZCentral -- Sports)
He has also established links with Downtown's Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, USC and Occidental College in Eagle Rock, as well as high schools in the area. "We will be collaborating very closely with L.A. to bring a number of educational programs to the L.A. Live campus," said Santelli, a former professor at Rutgers University. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
While they parted ways after high school, Wendel studied fashion design at MassArt, and Pierce studied art at Occidental College in Los Angeles, the two found themselves back home in Cambridge. Together, they ve worked as assistant designers at companies like Susan Bristol, Sigrid Olsen and TJX.. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Nearly three decades ago, Barack Obama stood out on the small campus of Occidental College in Los Angeles for his eloquence, intellect and activism against apartheid in South Africa. But Obama, then known as Barry, also joined in the party scene. (International Herald Tribune)
Your editorializing reached the absurd when you interjected into a quotation from one of his supporters (who mentioned his stint at Occidental College) that he, in fact, actually graduated from 'Ivy League Columbia,' as if to diminish his life at the small minority Occidental in Los Angeles. Salon readers are well aware Columbia is an Ivy League school. (Salon)
Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif. Jordan Miles, a sophomore from Corvallis was named to the dean s list for the fall semester. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
I asked my colleague at Occidental College, professor Caroline Heldman -- editor of the study "Rethinking Madame President" -- whether it is more of a risk for the Democrats to nominate a woman or a black candidate. Heldman believes that it is probably a wash. (Huffington Post)
2008 VOTERS GUIDE / The road to the presidency / Key facts about the backgrounds of the top contenders from the two major parties (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Yale University, Master of Architecture, 1982 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (Architecture), 1975 Occidental College, Undergraduate Studies, 1971 thru 1972. Diane Wilk, Registered Architect, California, Colorado & NCARB. (Primezone Releases)
After graduation from Punahou School, he entered Occidental College in Los Angeles, where "Barry" became "Barack" and the party boy and playground jock became a social activist. After two years, he transferred to Columbia University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1983. (The Palm Beach Post)
They also beat Occidental College, who had always beaten them in close games and prevented the Kingsmen from going to the playoffs. This time, Cal Lutheran won 43-25. (Gridley Herald, CA)
When Grace was two years old, the family moved to California where she later graduated from high school and attended Occidental College. She married Clifton Charles Cheesewright on May 13, 1939. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
The salad bar program was developed together by LAUSD Food Services and Occidental College in Los Angeles. "The results are clear if we provide fresh fruits and vegetables in kid-friendly ways, we will increase consumption," said school board member Marlene Canter. (Science Daily)
Obama told students he developed his sense of social justice at college -- he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years before transferring to Columbia University in New York. Before he got to Columbia, he said, he lived a naive life. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years before transferring to Columbia University in New York. In his education plan, Obama said he wanted to move away from a "those kids" mentality [as in "those kids can't learn"] to one that a looks at every child as "our kid.". (Boston Globe)
"Right now we have a lot of things to fix, and they're all fixable," Brogan said after the Pirates got by the Occidental College junior varsity 49-45. "The players have lost confidence, and that's going to be something we'll have to overcome.". (Modesto Bee, CA)
This past Sunday USD took on Occidental College and came away with a 71-62 victory. scored a team-best 16 points, while (16 points) and (10 points) also tallied double-digit scoring. (Usdtoreros.com)
Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles before graduating from Columbia University in New York. He worked as a community organizer in Chicago before obtaining a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the law review. (San Francisco Chronicle)
According to Occidental College environmental historian Robert Gottlieb in his book "Forcing the Spring," Berle worried that Audubon "had an image problem, a 'bird watchers' reputation that it had never fully shaken off.". His fears were confirmed by outside consultants, who found that the society was seen as "old-fashioned and exclusive" with a narrow "bird-oriented" agenda. (Los Angeles Times)
Heffernan, an assistant professor of art, sculpture and photography, art history, and visual arts at Occidental College in the Los Angeles area, never saw her project as a "war memorial," a term that suggests something static and removed. "Rather than universalizing" the experience of war, she says, "this is about the particular.". (Boston Globe)
The Toreros have shown flashes, occasionally, in exhibition victories over Point Loma Nazarene and Occidental College. Things get real tomorrow in the regular-season opener against Hawaii at Honolulu (9:05 p.m. PST). (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
A report released in August by Occidental College raised serious questions about TESCO's labor, food quality and environmental practices. TESCO has been criticized for exploiting child labor in countries where they manufacture products, as well as for contracting with manufacturers in England that pay less than minimum wage. (PR Newswire)
"Tesco is really remarkable at marketing," says Robert Gottlieb, director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College and co-author of Shopping for a Market, a study of Tesco's entry into the US. "Saying they're doing all these things, like building green buildings and opening in food deserts. Raising these issues is a good thing. But they're also raising the issue of broken promises.". Time to check out. (Guardian Unlimited)
This week, Los Angeles-area Occidental College professors Amanda Shaffer and Robert Gottlieb said Fresh & Easy's first 13 locations are primarily in middle-class suburban areas, where income is generally higher than the county average and where the community already has access to a full-service supermarket. Tesco, which has irked labor unions by opting against union membership for its employees, said on Tuesday that entry-level positions at its California stores would start at $10 an hour. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"I'm not sure the powers of location are as important as the powers of persuasion," said Peter Dreier, director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. "It could take a serious impasse before the two sides realize that someone like the mayor or the governor could be useful.". (Los Angeles Times)
Semrau served as head coach and assistant athletic director at Occidental College in Los Angeles for four years (1987-90). At Occidental, Semrau also coached soccer for two seasons and was responsible for fundraising and promotions at the Division III institution. (Theacc.com)
SAN DIEGO ---- Gyno Pomare, a former El Camino High standout, scored 16 points, Brandon Johnson added 15 and Rob Jones led a decisive second-half run to lead the University of San Diego men's basketball team to a 71-62 exhibition win over Occidental College. Jones scored six points during a 16-5 run to start the second half and stretch San Diego's 32-28 halftime lead to 48-33 with 13:37 left. (North County Times)
The selections include "Three Romances, Op.22," by Schumann; "Up the Ocklawaha," a descriptive piece by Bauer; "In Autumn" and "Fire-Flies" from "Four Sketches, Op.15" by Beach; "Svanen: by Andr;e; and the four movements of "Sonata" by Canal.The concert will be held in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall off Upper College Road on URI s Kingston campus. Admission is 8 for the general public, 2 for students, with seating on a first-come basis. The box office opens 45 minutes before the... (Westerly Sun, RI)
2 is Sunday at 2 p.m. against Occidental College) comes 18 days after the opening of preseason practice. It will be the initial opportunity for Grier to see his senior-less team in action outside an intrasquad setting. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
"What was really energizing about the first idea was that he was making an unequivocal statement that business as usual has not been working for these schools," said former Occidental College President Ted Mitchell, a senior education advisor to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "I would be really concerned if this became a business-as-usual exercise: a lot of talk, a lot of contention, but not a lot of action.". (Los Angeles Times)
Yet Stanford did manage to bounce back later on with a 17-6 win Sunday at Occidental College. and share the team lead with 20 goals apiece this season, while (19 goals), (17) and (16) follow right behind. (Gostanford.com)
I chose to attend Occidental College in Los Angeles. I was won over there by the quality faculty, who actually taught classes. (Human Events Online)
Occidental College in California, meanwhile, offers a course called Good sex. But before students rush out to sign up or critics start complaining to the school trustees, it should be pointed out that Good sex is not a hands-on practicum but part of the religious studies curriculum that looks at Christian sexual ethics. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
The Occidental College Glee Club sings during the Sunday morning worship at Big Bear Lake United Methodist Church Sunday, Oct. 7. The world famous singing group, under the direction of Jeffrey Bernstein, performs anthem and offertory music, as well as incidental music. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
In 2000, she earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Occidental College, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. (San Francisco Chronicle)
She holds a B.A. from Occidental College and a Master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley's Goldman school of Public Policy where she won a Public Policy and International Affairs fellowship. Jew was served papers at 8:48 a.m. in his flower shop at Waverly Place, outlining the charges that are being brought against him and suspending him from office for engaging in official misconduct, City Attorney Dennis Herrera said. (NBC 11, CA)
When Rodney Mayo, then 24, returned to West Palm Beach from California's Occidental College, he brought back with him a new love for the alternative music he discovered in Los Angeles. Finding nowhere locally to experience that sound, he decided that Salvation Army building, bordered by other closed buildings and a corner store, would be the perfect place for the club and cafe he wanted to open. (The Palm Beach Post)
"Limiting fast food could be a practical solution if it starts to address the imbalance of too many outlets with food that is not nutritious," says Mark Vallianatos, director of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Others say it is a well-meaning but misguided attempt by government to control social behavior, doomed to failure, like prohibition in the 1920s. (Christian Science Monitor)
He attended the prestigious Punahou Academy, matriculated to the elite Occidental College in California and transferred to Columbia University ... He attended the prestigious Punahou Academy, matriculated to the elite Occidental College in California and transferred to Columbia University. (Townhall.com)
"While limiting fast-food restaurants isn't a solution in itself, it's an important piece of the puzzle," said Mark Vallianatos, director of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College. But some in the restaurant industry criticized the moratorium proposal, which would only permit full-service, sit-down restaurants to open, as misguided. (MSNBC -- Health)
The people don't want them, but when they don't have any other options, they may gravitate to what's there," Perry said in Monday's Los Angeles Times. The ordinance is a response to suspicions that obesity and related illnesses including high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease are connected to the high-fat foods that dominate fast-food restaurant menus. An analysis by the Times found that south Los Angeles has the county's highest concentration of fast-food restaurants. The area also has... (Fox News)
"While limiting fast-food restaurants isn't a solution in itself, it's an important piece of the puzzle," said Mark Vallianatos, director of the Center for Food and Justice at Occidental College. This is "bringing health policy and environmental policy together with land-use planning," he said. (Los Angeles Times)
Born to a pioneer Yolo County family and raised in Esparto, Stephens received a bachelor's degree in history from Occidental College in 1962, then a master's degree in library science from UC Berkeley in 1963. She first worked as a serials cataloger and bibliographer at the UC Davis Shields Library and as a reference librarian for statewide research at the UC Berkeley Water Resources Center Archives. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Tesco's carbon footprint was criticized earlier this month by Occidental College in Los Angeles. Phoenix, Avondale, El Mirage, Glendale, Queen Creek, Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler and Scottsdale will be getting the 10,000- to 15,000-square-foot neighborhood markets later this year. (AZCentral -- Business)
This womens study class at Occidental College is simply called The Phallus. Such a course emerges from the type of scholarship Ive heard presented at conferences where traditional logic and argumentative writing is indicted for characteristics associated with maleness. (Townhall.com)
A report released yesterday by Occidental College in Los Angeles says the world's third largest food retailer has a "mixed" labor record and questions its stated allegiances to serving low-income communities and reducing greenhouse gases. "We found that Tesco doesn't always live up to its promises of social responsibility," said Amanda Shaffer, chief researcher at Occidental's Urban and Environmental Police Institute, in a conference call with journalists. (AZCentral -- Business)
NORTH COUNTY ---- As it hits the beach in Southern California this fall, British retail giant Tesco needs to live up to expectations it has created that it will be socially and environmentally responsible, according to a report issued Thursday from Occidental College in Los Angeles ... Thursday's report from Occidental College's Urban and Environmental Policy Institute highlights a different set of issues: Tesco's reputation in the United Kingdom and other countries for its Wal-Mart-scale... (North County Times)
After graduating from Occidental College with degrees in education and theatre, she began a high school teaching career. A longtime lover of Shakespeare's work, Ryle enjoyed theatre trips with students to events such as the annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. (North County Times)
He spent three years at Occidental College before going on a two-year Mormon mission to Virginia and North Carolina. After attending Brigham Young University and earning a medical degree from George Washington University in 1963, he married while interning at Los Angeles County General Hospital. (Boston Globe)
This women's study class at Occidental College is simply called "The Phallus." Such a course emerges from the type of scholarship I've heard presented at conferences where traditional logic and argumentative writing is indicted for characteristics associated with maleness. The craziness and hostility inside many classrooms reflects the sexual aggressiveness outside the classroom. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Stephen Bent, a music student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, has juggled for the group on four tours now. After reading about the New Old Time Chautauqua in a juggling magazine, Bent decided to drop everything for a couple weeks and go. (Missoulian, MT)
"I just can't picture myself anywhere else," said Veronica De Len, 18, another graduating senior, who will attend Occidental College in Eagle Rock this fall. "It's every component put together that makes [the school] so great.". (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Mosley holds a Master of Arts degree in urban studies from Occidental College, a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from U.C. Davis and has taught history as an associate professor at both San Jose State University and Monterey Peninsula College. "I am eager to bring my relationship skills to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation," said Mosley. (KRNV.com, NV)
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