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Shenanigans
In 1987, residents of Newcomb Hall pulled what some consider to be the greatest Oxy prank ever. Rob Cunningham '88 spills all
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Newsmakers
A documentary filmmaker, a Commencement speaker, a basketball standout, and a coach named "Heat"
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A Prized Professor
College dropout, screenwriter, and novelist Benedict Freedman (1919-2012) went back to school in his late 40s en route to Oxy
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King Revisited
As Oxy honors Martin Luther King's legacy through community service, President Richard Gilman remembers King's historic 1967 visit to campus
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Essential Reading
Oxy alumni have published hundreds (if not thousands) of books in just about every genre you can download. Here are 18 for the ages
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Behind the Beard
Occidental's founding president has always been something of an enigma. But a treasure trove of family keepsakes and archival research reveals a fuller portrait of Rev. Samuel H. Weller
In the Beginning
Its Presbyterian roots. Its early financial struggles. The fire that destroyed its Boyle Heights campus. The perseverance of a school to realize its destiny. Occidental's early history has...