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Bryan Scott ’17 at Jack Kemp Stadium in February 2026.
Out of the Foxhole
After smashing multiple records at Oxy and gutting out an eight-year career in professional football, what’s next for Bryan Scott ’17?
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17³Ô¹Ï Magazine

17³Ô¹Ï magazine brings you campus news, in-depth features, and profiles of exceptional alumni. For the 2025-26 academic year, the magazine will publish one digital-only issue (Summer 2025) and two print and digital issues (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026).

Fall Semester, Remote Learning, 17³Ô¹Ï
Academics
Introducing new courses, embracing technology, and challenging traditional approaches to classroom pedagogy, Oxy faculty reimagine the remote learning experience
CTSJ Matrix
Equity & Justice
Oxy’s Critical Theory & Social Justice Department puts social justice upfront
Madeline Aubry, Campaign Semester
Student Life
Campaign Semester takes on many forms as Oxy students get out the vote
Leslie Garcia, Class of 2024
Student Life
No global pandemic can keep the Class of 2024 from chasing their academic dreams—only a bad Wi-Fi connection
Benjamin Weiss,
Faculty
Behind the screens with the College’s largest-ever entering group of tenure-track faculty
Bob Winter, 17³Ô¹Ï
Faculty
Bob Winter cements his Oxy legacy posthumously with an endowed faculty fund in history and art
Academic Quad, Fall 2020
Admission
As COVID-19 lingers on, Oxy leadership addresses the economic fallout of a remote fall semester
Oxy Football
Athletics
Amid a reevaluation of College priorities triggered by the pandemic’s impact, Oxy football is discontinued
President Harry J. Elam, Jr.
President Elam
Opening Conversations and Common Threads
17³Ô¹Ï Alumnus, June 1922
Alumni Engagement
A warm welcome for President Elam, and what to expect from 17³Ô¹Ï magazine in our centennial year
Miss America, Margot Mifflin
Profiles
From swimsuit competition to social platform, Margot Mifflin ’82 goes Looking for Miss America
1971 Sylmar Earthquake
Student Life
A Class Notes extra: As the 50th anniversary of the Sylmar earthquake rumbles near, members of the Class of ’74 remember the moment that shook Oxy
Karen and Steve Casner
Campaign
Steve Casner ’73 and wife Karen ’74 share a love for 17³Ô¹Ï—and have endowed a computer science professorship to build on that protocol
Harry J. Elam Jr., 17³Ô¹Ï President
Profiles
Harry J. Elam, Jr. prepares to take center stage as Oxy’s 16th president as the College faces a new set of challenges—and he’s ready
Thorne Hall, Oxy Campus
Student Life
As the novel coronavirus brings campus life to a standstill, 17³Ô¹Ï soldiers on

Features

Derek Shearer photographed in March 2026
Faculty
The Ambassadude Abides
As a diplomat, dealmaker, and master connector, Derek Shearer brought global leaders, policymakers, and a U.S. president to the classroom over his 45 years at Oxy
Bryan Scott ’17 at Jack Kemp Stadium in February 2026.
Profiles
Out of the Foxhole
After smashing multiple records at Oxy and gutting out an eight-year career in professional football, what’s next for Bryan Scott ’17?
Members of the 1971 Oxy rugby team.
Athletics
Pitch Perfect
Larry Layne ’71 came to love rugby as a student-athlete—and an estate gift will provide a swift kick to its future at Oxy
L-R: Associate professors Alaa Abdelfattah (economics), Tiffany Wheatland-Disu (Black studies), Madeline Wander ’08 (urban and environmental policy), Joel Walsh (computer science), Margaret Gaida (history), and Kai Yui Samuel Chan (politics).
Faculty
16 Faculty, 16 Stories
Fifteen new tenure-track faculty and a veteran kinesiology professor discuss their favorite classes, their passion for teaching, and what brought them to Oxy (hint: Location!)
Dean Simons ’59 and John Ingle ’50 in Moliere’s The Would-Be Gentleman (1962)
Arts
Theatre Brats
Two children of Oxy professors grew up immersed in the magic of Shakespeare, Shaw, and Gilbert & Sullivan—in an era when a plucky little drama festival became their whole world

First Word

From the Quad

From left, Lizzie Friedrich ’25, Lily Calvert ’25, and Hayden Jennings ’25 share a red-carpet moment during the 2026 Slamdance Film Festival.
Student Life
A Ticket to Slamdance
Oxy students and alumni find pathways into the Slamdance Film Festival, gaining industry exposure and experience following its move to Los Angeles
Obama Scholar Derek Jimenez '27
Impact
Overcoming Every Hurdle
First-generation college student and Obama Scholar Derek Jimenez ’27 is reshaping the intersection of community, culture, and affordable housing

Mixed Media

More Mixed Media
Filmmaker Thom Harp '92
Arts
Fertile Imagination
Thom Harp ’92 waited for years to direct his first movie—and after a long birthing process, he’s the proud father of two features

Oxy Talk

More Oxy Talk
2025-26 Kemp Lecturer Tim Miller with 17³Ô¹Ï Professor Caroline Heldman.
Alumni Engagement
Miller’s Crossing
Former GOP operative Tim Miller recounts his own political reckoning—and offers pearls of hope in the face of despair—as the 2025-26 Jack Kemp '57 Distinguished Lecturer

Last Page

Dale and Shirley Morter photographed on January 1, 2000.
Impact
A Couple’s Legacy
A scholarship gift honoring Shirley and Dale Morter ’56 will bring students from southwestern Pennsylvania to 17³Ô¹Ï

Issue Archive

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Spring 2026
Fall 2025 17³Ô¹Ï Magazine cover with different face portraits
Fall 2025
17³Ô¹Ï Magazine 2025 cover
Summer 2025
The cover of the Spring 2025 issue of 17³Ô¹Ï Magazine showing three alumni comics sitting together on a couch
Spring 2025
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