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Built on a hillside, the Eagle Rock campus covers over {{convert|120|acre|ha}}, some of which is undeveloped land that includes a local landmark known as Fiji Hill. There are 12 on-campus residence halls and the main dining facility is The Marketplace, which is located in the Johnson Student Center. Some buildings, such as the Hameetman Science Center (designed by [[Anshen & Allen|Anshen + Allen]], 2003), deviates from the original architecture with its large glass windows and metal balconies (its lobby houses a large [[Foucault pendulum]]). In 1979, Occidental installed ''Water Forms II'', a kinetic fountain designed by professor George Baker. The fountain is a campus landmark and was featured prominently in the 1984 film ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''. | Built on a hillside, the Eagle Rock campus covers over {{convert|120|acre|ha}}, some of which is undeveloped land that includes a local landmark known as Fiji Hill. There are 12 on-campus residence halls and the main dining facility is The Marketplace, which is located in the Johnson Student Center. Some buildings, such as the Hameetman Science Center (designed by [[Anshen & Allen|Anshen + Allen]], 2003), deviates from the original architecture with its large glass windows and metal balconies (its lobby houses a large [[Foucault pendulum]]). In 1979, Occidental installed ''Water Forms II'', a kinetic fountain designed by professor George Baker. The fountain is a campus landmark and was featured prominently in the 1984 film ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''. | ||
The campus is also noted for its outdoor Remsen Bird Amphitheater, also called the Remsen Bird Hillside Theatre, where between 1960 and 1996, a season of summer plays were performed, including Shakespeare plays and musicals.<ref name="Alfresco">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-21-ca-61979-story.html |title=Alfresco Has Landed Again in Eagle Rock |first=Shirley |last=Don |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 21, 1998 |access-date=July 3, 2020 }}</ref> However, financial cutbacks caused the theater department to end its summer festival programs.<ref name="Alfresco"/> Since 1996 the Occidental Children's Theater has instead performed there each summer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/california/eaglerock/ev--occidental-childrens-theater-trumpelstilskin |title=Occidental Children's Theater: 'Trumpelstiltskin' |first=Rhea |last=Borja |work=[[Patch (website)|Patch]] |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxy.edu/news/occidental-childrens-theater-runs-through-august-24 |title=Occidental Children's Theater Runs Through August 24 |website=Occidental College |first=Jim |last=Tranquada |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref | The campus is also noted for its outdoor Remsen Bird Amphitheater, also called the Remsen Bird Hillside Theatre, where between 1960 and 1996, a season of summer plays were performed, including Shakespeare plays and musicals.<ref name="Alfresco">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-21-ca-61979-story.html |title=Alfresco Has Landed Again in Eagle Rock |first=Shirley |last=Don |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 21, 1998 |access-date=July 3, 2020 }}</ref> However, financial cutbacks caused the theater department to end its summer festival programs.<ref name="Alfresco"/> Since 1996 the Occidental Children's Theater has instead performed there each summer.<ref name="Alfresco"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/california/eaglerock/ev--occidental-childrens-theater-trumpelstilskin |title=Occidental Children's Theater: 'Trumpelstiltskin' |first=Rhea |last=Borja |work=[[Patch (website)|Patch]] |date=July 11, 2011 |access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxy.edu/news/occidental-childrens-theater-runs-through-august-24 |title=Occidental Children's Theater Runs Through August 24 |website=Occidental College |first=Jim |last=Tranquada |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=July 3, 2020}}</ref> | ||
In 1989, the college dedicated Keck Theater, a post-modern theater with a movable stage and seating arrangements for a variety of different types of shows. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kanmnitzer and Cotton. The James Barrie version of the play ''Peter Pan'' was the first show performed at the opening ceremony in the summer of 1989. | In 1989, the college dedicated Keck Theater, a post-modern theater with a movable stage and seating arrangements for a variety of different types of shows. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kanmnitzer and Cotton. The James Barrie version of the play ''Peter Pan'' was the first show performed at the opening ceremony in the summer of 1989. | ||