2007

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...

RIAA Targets Oxy in Latest Campaign Against Music Theft

Author: Ben Dalgetty Last week the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched a new wave of pre-lawsuit action against college campuses in their latest campaign...

You Say You Want A Revolution

Author: Christina LeBlanc "Hands up,Guns out, Represent the world town."Sounding reminiscent of a third-world radical, M.I.A. spits these lyrics into the microphone...

ASOC Holds Senate and Honor Board Elections

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros The 2007 Occidental College ASOC Election for First-Year Senators and Honor Board Jurors ended this past Friday, September 14. The election lasted...

USC Steals Oxy Tiger; Oxy Students Raid USC… in 1919

Author: Adam Greenhouse The next time you watch Oswald the Tiger jumping around at a football game or feel a sudden urge to roast a Sagehen,...

Donald Johnson

Author:  After stepping off the stage of the Presidential Debate, I was approached by Kenjus Watson, where he decided to confront me about a comment...

Joshua Lu (junior, on behalf of the Occidental Campus Democrats)

Author:  The country benefits when young people vote. The Occidental Campus Democrats believe unequivocally that politics matter. To this end, we are determined to engage,...

Golf’s Pressure Cooker

Author: Chris Nelson Last weekend was the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament, better known as Q-school. In Q-school, 160 golfers play six grueling rounds and the top...

Secrets Underfoot

Author: Riley Hooper Perhaps you've heard rumors about them. Perhaps you've been in them yourself. Or perhaps you've never even heard their stories. But the Oxy...