Occidental College News

Chemistry textbooks, calculators and instrument cases littered the stage at Caltech's Ramo Auditorium early one warm autumn evening.

Composer Bruno Louchouarn, a professor at Occidental College, is flanked by Terry LeMoncheck, executive director of the Pasadena Arts Council, and curator of the Tools exhibit Stephen Nowlin pose at Ben Jackel's Down to the Bone piece Wednesday November 4, 2009 in the Williamson Gallery at Arts Center College of Design.

Should the media turn at least one glazed eye toward the checkered trail of Obama's highly suspicious connection to multiple social security numbers? I dunno, maybe ask a question or two? TOPICS: Politics/Elections ; Your Opinion/Questions KEYWORDS: bho44 ; corruptdems 11/08/2009 8:18:33 AM PST by cycle of discernment To: cycle of discernment ...

A free one-time performance of "Alcances" - "Reaches" in Spanish - composed by Occidental College Professor Bruno Louchouarn and performed by pianist Vicki Ray and the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Ahmanson Auditorium, Art Center College of Design, 1700 Lida St., Pasadena.

Childhood polio ended Fred's dream of playing tennis, according to the Web site www.amazing-space.stsci.edu , but a high school astronomy course ignited an even more passionate interest.

LOS ANGELES In 2006, when Los Angeles-based filmmaker Keith O'Derek attended a presentation by Harvard law professor Dr.

One of the most costly strategic mistakes that conservatives have made over the last fifty years was to focus too much on energy on political campaign victories with limited or short-term benefits while giving too little attention to the battle for ideas in universities andcultural arenas such as Hollywood and major news media.

Sean McCleese, Chief Executive Officer of Student of Fortune at Pasadena Starbuck's Wednesday October 28, 2009.

Jonathan Veitch, the 15th president of Occidental College, is presented with a sextant navigation tool by school board of trustee members during his inauguration Saturday morning, October 24, 2009 at Occidental Colleges' Remsen Bird Hillside Theater in Eagle Rock.

By now you've heard of ACORN, the national coalition of community organizers. It has embezzlement problems, and recently a few of its counselors offered tax, immigration and housing advice for a criminal enterprise proposed by conservative activists posing as a pimp and a prostitute.

Educational Background: bachelor of arts degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles, with a major in English Current occupation/work history: Currently working as a public information officer at the state Department of Transportation.

It is not pleasant being the bearer of bad tidings, but someone has to deliver the message, no matter how bad it is a ' even at the risk of being the poor messenger who is killed for delivering the message.

Either LA Times op-ed writer Peter Dreier lives in a cave, or he's all too willing to spread falsehoods to defend an organization where he once served as a consultant.

Strand's 25-minute 'Loose Ends' is a collage film about the process of internalizing the information that bombards us through a combination of personal experience and media.

GLENN Beck is America's favorite rodeo clown. He used to be one. His critics keep sneering about it.

Looking for evidence of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, but none remembered him.

Occidental College is better known than many of the colleges I feature in the weekly spotlights, but outside of the west coast it still doesn't have the reputation that it deserves.

President Barack Hussein Obama's long, winding path to the White House was strewn with a mix of personal and social obstacles, victories and defeats, comebacks and come-uppances. A summary of key points in his life, his quest for the presidency and key themes and goals he's articulated while in the White House:

Causey Contemporary Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick 293 Grand St., 718.218.8939 November 12 - December 7, 2009 Opening: Friday, November 13, 6 - 9 PM Web Site Steven Dobbin's latest series, Reclamation is in response to the increasing costs of materials typically used to create artworks.

College of Saint Mary is pleased to welcome Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Sue Toigo and Derek Shearer for an intensive week-long visit, October 26-30. While at CSM, Toigo and Shearer will speak to classes, give lectures and meet with students and faculty members informally throughout the week to share their wealth of knowledge.