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February 4th
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Kat Griffith
Anna Kathryn Griffith is the fourth child and only daughter of Beth and Kim Griffith. She has often been called a dirty hippie, mostly because of her
left-leaning politics, but also because of her tremendous love for reggae and steve miller band. A "mother nature" Halloween costume may also have contributed her reputation. However don't be fooled by her freewheeling hippie exterior, she does a mean southern VA accent (blame her mom), truly appreciates Tim McGraw's Something Like That, and before going vegetarian enjoyed her fried chicken. This upcoming year she will be helping teach a social justice class of Franklin High School and serving on the Environmental Sustainability Committee. She is also starting up a STAND (Students Taking Action Now Darfur) club with Sarah Flocken and
hopefully will be volunteering with the Obama campaign as well. Oh also don't call her Anna. Ever. Kathryn or Kat is good.
Kyle Herrera
Kyle is a Gemini and a Sophomore from Pasadena, California. He graduated valedictorian from his high school in Arcadia and was voted most likely to succeed in the yearbook shortly after being a winning contestant on the game show Lingo. Though he has done background work for several films and television shows, as a failed actor, he has settled on making coffee for a living. His enjoyment of reading and his fascination with language lead him to double major in Literature and Group Language. Kyle is the tallest member of Zeta ever and is currently the only member to double as a resident advisor on campus. He also highly enjoys and recommends Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts!
Alexis Huff
Alexis Huff Rocks Way Hard. She also enjoys things that are yellow, working too hard, making jokes and dancing. She is a junior with aspirations to grandeur, but loves being involved on campus and meeting new people, for the moment.
Zac Martin
Born and raised in Gary, Indiana/Chicago, Illinois
Fanatical supporter of the one and only Chicago Cubs
Moved to Athens, Greece
When he's not in school he lives in India. Right now in Chennai (Madras), India, but most likely soon to be Delhi, India
Geology major, class of 2010
Erica Boudette
Erica “Buddha/Ebou/Booby” Boudette loves pandas, rainbows, rugby and her “puff”. Her favorite pastime is sleeping and her favorite food is pasta with soy sauce. Mmmmm…
She is currently a 7th year Junior at Occidental College, and is hoping to graduate before our current first year class. Go Erica!!!
Sandy Runyan
Sandra (Sandy) Runyan is a senior Politics major haling from Los Gatos California. A transfer to Oxy in 2006 she narrowly escaped a culinary career as a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (aka the CIA). Now pondering her choice of a career in Politics she wonders why she left all the money and glamour behind. Besides having a strong revulsion to all things cooking she is engrossed by shiny metal objects and all things relating to fiber and fiber arts. We just don’t understand.
Lara Bache
Lara is a junior from Santa Fe, New Mexico who has been going through green chili withdrawals perpetually since coming to OXY. A Critical Theory and Social Justice major (potentially), her activities include choreographing for Dance Production, writing poetry, singing in the shower, QSA, collecting music, taking lots of pictures, hanging out in Brandon's room, giving head massages, contemplating enlightenment, Zeta of course, and, as of recently, attempting to play ultimate frisbee. She enjoys long rambling conversations, cheesecake, and trees.
Karla Garcia
Karla Garcia is a junior from the Bay Area, more specifically San Rafael. She is a tutor at Eagle Rock High School through the Gear Up program here at Oxy. A big fan of mint chocolate chip ice cream, she has earned a prestigious position as scooper at the local Baskin Robins. When not working, she likes to take the metro and cruise around the L.A. area. She plans to major in psychobiology and is looking forward for another great year studying, dancing, eating, cheering and procrastinating.
Ryan Serrano
Ryan is most famous for his ability to eat taco truck on almost every night of the week. If you speak with Ryan and realize that he is hard to understand, it is becuase he lost a bet freshman year and has to keep a dozen marbles in his mouth for the duration of his stay at the college, a stunt that has led to the nickname "Mumbly." On the weekdays if he's not in the library, you can find him in either the library or the library. On the weekends you can find him at Zeta impressing the ladies with his uncanny chugging ability.
Alex Ochoa
Alex “Studmuffin” Ochoa was born in Ballertown, USA, and was named Prom King at three different high schools before he entered eighth grade. Once in high school, he lettered in fourteen varsity sports and was offered free rides to Princeton, Duke, and the White House, but he decided instead to pursue his life-long ambition of majoring in psychology and playing football and rugby for Occidental College. Alex has eight hands, which is why he was named Rugby Player of the Year from 1972-2043. His hands enabled him to once save six babies from six burning buildings, rescue a kitty-cat from a tree and make out with a girl, all at once.
Brett Henderson
Brett was large, even as a child. He was born a startling 40 lbs, 3 oz, and continued growing exponentially from there. Now the size of a small automobile, Mr. Henderson enjoys eating entire farm animals in single sittings and destroying Japanese cities in his spare time. Mr. Henderson also plays football and rugby for Occidental College. He has hands the size of frying pans and smells of pine. When asked why he joined ZETA as an honorary member, Mr. Henderson replied "crabcakes."
Michaela Lassig
Michaela is a taurus. Nuff said.
Jacob Groen
Jacob is the Zeta Songmaster and a junior from Seattle, Washington. He is double majoring in Kinesiology and Music, and is part of Oxy's renowned Glee Club. He is excited for a new year at Occidental and at Zeta.
Jackie Keeley
Jackie is a junior and the Vice President of Zeta. She is a theater major, participates in Dance Production, and played soccer last year at Oxy. She enjoys dance, especially ballet, music, sports, and playing rugby for the Oxy Women's team. She is studying to be an ASL interpreter after graduating. She is excited for her second year on Orientation Team this year, and she is looking forward to another amazing year at Oxy!
Margot Siegle
Margot Seigle is a Senior UEP major. She grew up in a little suburb outside of Chicago called Dundee and went to a public math and science boarding school for high school (yes, they really do exist) which hopefully prepared her well to be Zeta's treasurer this upcoming semester. This year she will be living in Zeta East (aka Papa House) with a few of Zeta's coolest members. She loves riding her bike, skiing, eating hummus, and traveling around Latin America. This past summer she worked as a supervisor in Honduras for Amigos de las Americas and this upcoming spring semester she will be abroad in Ecuador if all goes as planned. Cheque.
Not pictured:
Emily Deans
Emma Keough
Alexander King
Adriana Guarderas
Recent Alumni:
Brandon Peters '08
Brandon Peters is a senior film major native to Massachusetts. He has already taken full advantage of studying in Los Angeles with internships and working relations through HBO and Outfest (The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival). He currently is working on his Honors Comprehensive project entitled "Doses," a short narrative film addressing the issues of overmedication of youth in the U.S. on psychiatric medications.
Jes Millet '08
Jes Millet grew up in Boston on a boat, and is a New England prep-school refugee. At Oxy, she was a rugby player and econ major who lives for piracy and the boston red sox. Her hobbies are getting lost around LA, cooking up a storm, and making any situation, no matter how inappropriate, in to a party or an adventure.
Sarah Baglee
Sarah is from Albuquerque, New Mexico and the 2007-2008 President of Zeta. She majored in English and Comparative Literary Studies and minored in Education and Sociology with the goal of becoming an teacher. Outside of Zeta, she plays rugby, worked at the Center for Community Based Learning, and was the new member chair for Mortar Board. She likes coffee, cooking, and frolicking in the outdoors.
Grace Canby '08
Grace Canby is from Seattle, Washington and graduated this past Spring. She was one of the last students at Occidental to major in Anthropology. She spends her summers canoeing the rivers Northern Canada, working with horses in Western Washington and enjoying the beautiful summer days of Seattle. Grace has an affinity for camping, Seahawks football & Mariners baseball, Starbucks coffee and long walks on the beach. Grace spent her last year at Occidental playing on the women's rugby team, helping Zeta grow and expand while exploring LA while she still can.
Faz Fazlollah
Faz was the Academic and Philanthropy Chair for Zeta. She just finished her senior year majoring in Anthropology and CTSJ. She loves horseback riding, triathlons, and rugby. Right now, she works as a swim coach at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and as an advisor in the CAE. Next year she plans to begin the long (!) pursuit of her Ph.D in Anthropology.
Katie Orme '08
Katie was a Diplomacy and World Affairs major, involved in ASOC student government, played rugby, and was a part of the movement to bring Zeta back. Now that she has graduated she is pursuing her political interests on Capitol Hill in Washington DC for a year or two until going into graduate school.
Jennifer Kyle '07
Jennifer Kyle was a Diplomacy & World Affairs major while at Occidental. In addition to reestablishing Zeta on campus, Jen worked for the Oxy Weekly, served as Chief-of-Staff to the ASOC Senate, and played rugby. Jen currently lives in Washington, D.C., with Katie Orme ('07) and is working at the Department of State. In two years she will begin a joint-degree program to earn an MBA in International Business and a Masters in International Relations. Jen misses Zeta!
Rachael Morin '08
Rachael Morin, '07, one of the founding eight members as well as the co-president of Zeta for 2005-2007, graduated with a degree in Kinesiology and a minor in History. After an unbelievable graduation trip to New Zealand with two other founding members, Liz Bodman and Jes Millet, Rachael is applying to medical school for the fall of 2008. She hopes to keep traveling while pursuing her passion for medicine.
Not Pictured:
Reed Mettler '07
Michael Lambert '07
Katherine Healey '07
Elizabeth Bodman '07
Shane Terenzi '07
Jeffery Yaroslow '07