Occidental College News

• Exclusive: My Occidental College Love Letters [College] (Stardirt)
  posted on May 2, 2012 at 02:30:00 pm
  Today, Vanity Fair published several excerpts from the romantic correspondence of a young Barack Obama, displaying a penetrating mind and an impressive command of language on the part of the future president, who had just transferred from Occidental College to Columbia. His letters, as biographer David Maraniss writes, "wove [their] way though literature, politics, and personal philosophy"; our own Maureen O'Connor notes that they "reference T.S. ---- link StarDirt: The Best Celebrity Blog Posts All The Best Celebrity Blog Posts From Arond The Web.
• Jay Smooth on Justice in the Trayvon Martin Case (SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving)
  posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:41:00 am
  Jay Smooth -- always insightful and earnest -- praises the movement for justice in the Trayvon Martin case, and points us forward to what's next: ————————— Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages) Jay Smooth -- always insightful and earnest -- praises the movement for justice in the Trayvon Martin case, and points us forward to what's next: ————————— Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)
• Student’s Brain Flatlines During Class (SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving)
  posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:31:00 am
  Yikes.  In a report designed to prove the feasibility of measuring electrodermal activity on subjects going about their daily life, at least one student showed near brain-death during class. Am I exaggerating?  Yes.  But, even so, brain patterns during class matched watching TV closer than any other activity on the list.  Studying and homework, lab work, and socializing got more of his attention… sleep was a veritable mental work-out compared to class. Draw whatever conclusions you will… Joi Ito, via BoingBoing.  Full text of the paper here. ————————— Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages) Yikes.  In a report designed to prove the
• This Month in Sociological Images (April 2012) (SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving)
  posted on April 30, 2012 at 03:41:00 pm
  **Tenure!** Lisa Wade is celebrating the news that, come Fall, she will be a tenured professor at Occidental College!  Now that she's in the "golden handcuffs," she can say all the stuff she's been holding back on Twitter and Facebook. :) **New Course Guide**: * The Sociology of Sports, by J.A. Carter **New Pinterest Page: ** * Sexually Suggestive Advertising **Best of April:** Two of our posts received over 1,000 “likes” on Facebook this month: * Lisa Wade, Fat People Can Be as Healthy as Thin People * Wendy Christensen, Lost in Translation: Tattoos and Cultural Appropriation Other popular posts in April include: * Lisa Wade, Welcome to the State
• Are Women Civilizing? Thoughts on the Secret Service Prostitution Scandal (SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving)
  posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:07:00 pm
  U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R, Maine) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D, New York) have both gone on record claiming that having more women employed in the Secret Service would prevent scandals like the one involving Colombian prostitutes. In classic Daily Show form, Jon Stewart and his "correspondents" respond (thanks to Dmitriy T.M. for the link!): ————————— Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages) U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R, Maine) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D, New York) have both gone on record claiming that having more women employed in the Secret Service would prevent scandals like the one involving Colombian prostitutes. In classic Daily
• AREA COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Occidental's Williams waits for Division III championship (Los Angeles Daily News)
  posted on April 27, 2012 at 01:48:00 am
  All Cole Williams can do is run and wait. The NCAA Division III track and field championship lineup will be set, for the first time, by the top 18 performances in the nation. Heading into this weekend's SCIAC championships, the Occidental College freshman has the second fastest 800-meter time this season.
• The Enemy: Italian Fascist Anti-Communism and the Politics of Fear (FSI Stanford News)
  posted on April 6, 2012 at 06:17:00 pm
  FSI Stanford, The Europe Center Seminar: Apr 25, 2012 12:00 PM Open to the public Marla Stone, Professor of History at Occidental College and Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavorial Sciences (CASBS)
• Obama - What We DON'T Know (review journal)
  posted on April 3, 2012 at 11:27:00 am
  by Dad29 AOSHQ has a short list of stuff Obozo is hiding. 1. Tax returns from the 80's 2. Tax returns from the 90's 3. Occidental College records and transcripts
• AREA COLLEGES: Occidental lacrosse makes big strides (Los Angeles Daily News)
  posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:54:00 am
  It's been only three years in the making, but the the Occidental College women's lacrosse team already is surprising its competitors.
• 2 arrested after search for gunman near Occidental College (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:48:57 pm
  A search by Los Angeles police for a man with a gun near Occidental College led to the arrest Wednesday of two men with gang ties, police said. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department's gang enforcement unit saw an...
• Search For Gunman Leads To Arrest Of 2 Suspects Near Occidental College (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
  posted on July 27, 2011 at 10:30:48 pm
  The search an Eagle Rock neighborhood for an alleged gunman resulted in the arrest of two suspects Wednesday.
• Police search for possible gunman near Occidental College [Updated] (Los Angeles Times)
  posted on July 27, 2011 at 07:34:07 pm
  Los Angeles police are investigating reports of a man with a gun near Occidental College in Eagle Rock.
• 'Good Will Hunting' House In Eagle Rock (The Huffington Post)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 03:57:45 pm
  Via Curbed LA: Calling all cinephiles- a piece of LA film history has hit the real estate market- and with a price chop. This is the house where Ben Affleck (an Occidental College alum) and Matt Damon lived while writing the script for their Academy Award winning film, "Good Will Hunting."
• Regional roundup: Tyler Mulder nabs 800 ‘A’ time (The Register-Guard)
  posted on May 22, 2011 at 07:34:57 am
  LOS ANGELES — Tyler Mulder waited since March to break the IAAF World Championships ‘A’ standard, but he more than made up the wait by losing time Saturday. Mulder ran 1 minute, 44.83 seconds to finish second at the Oxy High Performance Meet at Occidental College, one of a host …
• Ontario’s Babij awarded Roy Dennis Scholar-Athlete award at Occidental College (Argus Observer)
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 05:21:50 am
  LOS ANGELES – The Roy Dennis Scholar-Athlete is the highest honor bestowed by the athletic department and honors Roy Dennis, a former coach and athletic director at Occidental College. The award is given annually to the senior male and female student who, in the opinion of the department, achieved the most in athletics and academics.
• San Marino Moves On To Southern California State Science Olympiad Championships April 9 in Anaheim (San Marino Tribune)
  posted on May 16, 2011 at 04:03:35 pm
  San Marino High School is one of just eight high schools going to the state Science Olympiad after posting a strong sixth place finish overall at the Los Angeles Regional Science Olympiad held at Occidental College on February 26. The others schools joining SMHS are: Mark Keppel, Diamond Bar, Arcadia, Los Altos, PV Peninsula, Rosemead and perennial favorite North Hollywood. Thirty-six high ...
• A. Elizabeth Schell (The Wenatchee World)
  posted on May 12, 2011 at 06:01:54 pm
  A. Elizabeth Schell, 103, passed away May 3, 2011, in Arlington, WA. She was born to Alfred and Clara Blumfield on May 2, 1908, in Sunland, CA. Elizabeth graduated from Glendale Union High School of Glendale, CA in 1926, and attended Occidental College of Los Angeles, CA.
• Occidental College Honors Famous Student: Jack Kemp (Wall Street Journal Blogs)
  posted on May 2, 2011 at 02:11:51 pm
  Occidental College -- a small liberal arts college here recently thrust into the political spotlight by a former student named Barack Obama -- this week posthumously honored another famous student: football star and Republican heavy weight Jack Kemp.
• Occidental College Names Football Stadium After Jack Kemp (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
  posted on April 30, 2011 at 05:47:19 am
  Occidental College Friday renamed its football stadium afterJack Kemp, a quarterback at the school in the 1950s who went on to become a pro-football player and later, a leading Republican in the House of Representatives.
• Occidental College to honor alum Jack Kemp (Los Angeles Daily News)
  posted on April 29, 2011 at 03:12:13 pm
  A statue of Jack Kemp will be unveiled today at Occidental College, honoring the school's onetime quarterback who went on to be a champion of tax cuts during his 18 years in the House of Representatives.