2007

Outside the Oxy Bubble

Author: Ben Dalgetty Russian opposition leader Gary Kasparov was arrested at a rally in Moscow last week. Police charged Kasparov, a former chess grand champion and...

The Resurrection of J-Hova

Author: Eric Roddie Even for the most devoted Jay-Z fan, last year's Kingdom Come was a little hard to defend. Not only did it feature some...

JOTTINGS

Author: Chris Nelson It has been a hectic off-season for Major League Baseball already. First to make headlines this off-season was the controversy over Alex Rodriguez's...

Alison Reed (senior, ECLS)

Author:  In "Professor Replacements Reshape Courses," Emily Jensen writes that "many of this semester's junior and senior ECLS majors are finding themselves at the...

President Prager’s Resignation: Examining the Hypocrisy of a Tenured Teaching Position

Author: Yennaedo Balloo As you know, if you spend any time in the Marketplace, Cooler, Academic Quad or the campus in general (or even check your...

Intolerable Christian Fundamentalism

Author: Brett Fujioka I try to respect virtually every faith, religion, and denomination out there in memorial to the blood pointlessly spilled in God's name. I'm...

President Prager Resigns

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros In a November 19 e-mail to the Occidental community, Susan Prager announced her resignation as College President, effective on January 1, 2008. In...

Kayla Nolan (first-year, undeclared)

Author:  Recently I have observed an unequal representation of women's and men's sports in the Oxy newspaper. Two weeks ago the article "Ultimate Frisbee 101"...

We’re All A Little Bit Country

Author: Max Weidman It is so trendy to entertain anti-national sentiments that college kids would be burning flags left and right if it weren't such a...

Recent Bike Thefts Plague Oxy Campus

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Despite measures to secure their personal property, several students have reported recent bike thefts to the College's Campus Safety Department.Campus...

Oxy Conducts Health and Safety Room Inspections

Author: Amy Withey Last week, October 22-26, Residence Life and Housing Services organized campus-wide health and safety inspections of all residence hall rooms. According to Director...

Tailgating the Greek Way

Author: Berit Anderson Occidental students looking for a place to pregame on last Friday night didn't have to wander very far. The Greek Tailgate party, organized...