Scripps Olive Harvest Brings Campus Community Together, Supports Sustainability Efforts

FacebookXKendall Lowery ’22 Editor-in-Chief After a two year hiatus, the Scripps Olive Harvest has returned in full force. On Nov. 5, students, professors, and administrators gathered together in the Humanities Courtyard to rustle through the olive branches, collecting the fruits that will eventually be pressed into the college’s award-winning olive oil. Scripps College students have studied under the shade of olive trees since the school’s founding in 1926. When a campus grove faced destruction during construction in 1968, students protested, refusing to let the trees be cut down. However, even though the trees have shaped the campus landscape since its … Continue reading Scripps Olive Harvest Brings Campus Community Together, Supports Sustainability Efforts