2007

New Year’s Resolutions

Author: Eric Jensen, Managing Editor It's almost Thanksgiving. Which means it's almost Christmas. Which means that the end of the year 2007 is fast approaching. And...

Beckham Who?

Author: Gerry Maravilla While David Beckham's injuries prevented him from making a big impact on the Los Angeles Galaxy's season this year, another big star new...

Across the Universe

Author: Emily Jensen Think back---way back to the days when your head seemed bigger than your body and your mother dressed you in primary-colored overalls. The...

Lauren Mee (sophomore, History)

Author:  Kelly Neukom's "Away, Not Abroad" touches upon the issue of how a great deal of students at Oxy, while keenly interested in learning about...

From Doodling to Daydreaming

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff I wish this wasn't something that I'm proud of, but I am. One of my greatest skills is entertaining myself...

Getback: Little Brother Releases Solid Album

Author: Eric Roddie I've never gotten into conscious rap. For all the talk about how it's a purer, more intelligent form of hip-hop, emcees like Talib...

Mac vs. PC: Fight to the Death

Author: Christina LeBlanc Coke and Pepsi. Itchy and Scratchy. Red Sox and Yankees. Macs and PC's. There are certain things in life that are just fundamentally...

Amy Lyford (Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Arts)

Author:  I'd like to point out an apparent "truth" that, in fact, seems "false," at least as articulated by Yennaedo Balloo in last Wednesday's...

Camp Darfur Visits Oxy

Author: Emma Parker Occidental College's Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU) collaborated with Stop Genocide Now (SGN) to host Camp Darfur in the Academic Quad on September 12....

Looking For Real Answers At Oxy

Author: Benna Gottfried Working in the Office of Admissions this year has provided me with a different perspective on diversity at Occidental. While the admissions statistics...

All I’m Saying is Give Peace A Chance

Author: Emma Parker Is world peace really so much to ask for? Well, yeah. This modern world is rife with violence, discrimination and oppression. Collective human...

Historian Al McCoy Questions CIA’s Use of Torture

Author: Laura Bowen On Monday, October 29, University of Washington Professor of History Al McCoy spoke in the Johnson auditorium about the current use of torture...