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From the Archives (page 114)
The 2013 Olive Harvest
When 85 Scripps community members gathered last fall to harvest the olive trees outside the Humanities Building, no one anticipated the difference their work would make. One year, 750 bottles of olive oil, and one “Best of Show” award from the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil competition later, they’re expanding the work to something greater.
Read MoreScripps College Hosts 2nd Annual Olive Harvest on Oct. 25
Scripps College invites all interested volunteers to gather at the “Olive Walk” next to the Edwards Humanities Building, 981 N. Amherst Ave., on Oct. 25 from 8 a.m. to noon for its second annual olive harvest.
Read MoreScripps College Olive Oil Wins “Best of Show”
This year’s Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition awarded Scripps College “Best of Show” for its entry in the domestic, delicate category.
Read MoreSenior Profile: Melissa Mesinas
Last summer, Melissa Mesinas ’12 spent five weeks in a small town in Oaxaca, Mexico, working to help preserve the distinct culture and heritage of the Zapotec people.
Read More2nd Annual Green Fair
Join faculty, students, and staff for a picnic on Elm Tree Lawn as we celebrate the second annual sustainability fair April 6, 2012!
Read MoreSustainable Farming
Julia Howard ’14 is cultivating a unique cash crop this year at Scripps College – cardboard.
Read MoreIt’s Better in Technicolor
Incredible video footage of Scripps College in the 1930s shows the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Read MoreScripps College Goes Green
Scripps College takes a stand against plastic waste with the installation of EZH2O bottle-filling stations, bottle-filling stations that can be used to refill water containers and eliminate plastic waste.
Read MoreMedical Orientalism and the New Yellow Peril: Feminizing the Nation and Re-centering Whiteness in US Bioterrorism Discourses
Gwen D’Arcangelis discusses the Orientalist and terror-filled representations of Asians as diseased and U.S. public health treatment of Asians during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Read MoreBrown is the New Green
How does Lola Trafecanty, Scripps College’s director of grounds, keep Alumnae Field lush and green during the cold winter months? She doesn’t – and it’s all in the name of sustainability.
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