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October 24, 2013

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.

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October 16, 2013

Scripps 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.

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April 4, 2013

Scripps 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.

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June 19, 2012

Senior 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.

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April 3, 2012

2nd 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!

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February 22, 2012

Sustainable Farming

Julia Howard ’14 is cultivating a unique cash crop this year at Scripps College – cardboard.

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January 13, 2012

It’s Better in Technicolor

Incredible video footage of Scripps College in the 1930s shows the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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October 10, 2011

Scripps 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.

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September 27, 2011

Medical 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.

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March 7, 2011

Brown 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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