2007

Running Down a Dream

Author: Chris Nelson The Occidental Cross Country program showed its teeth in last Saturday's West Regional competition in Portland, Oregon. After finishing second in the regional...

Give Communism a Chance

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Communism is a great idea. What, you don't believe me? Are you thinking about Stalin's purges in Russia, the famine...

Not In Our House

Author: Chris Nelson Occidental Football extended its regular season win streak to 30 games by defeating the University of Redlands 28-21 last Friday, October 5 in...

Michael Darling (sophomore, undeclared)

Author:  I found it amusing that the DJ at the Homecoming "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Dance played no Rock music. Will other Oxy dances...

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...

Boston Sport Retort

Author: George Denny It seems that Chris Nelson wrote last week's "Why I hate Boston" article without having actually talked to a Patriots, Red Sox or...

Are Your Buds Bored?

Author: Fallon Christian and Emme Haiken There must be a thousand bottles. Beautiful, colorful rows of different glass silhouettes, with intricate labels bearing names such as...