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...

“Poorly Masked Anti-Semitism”

Author: James Taber Although I hesitate to respond, I feel that Patrick Rice's article entitled "It's Time for a Power Check" should not go unaddressed. ...

Locke Wins “Alpha Male” Fundraiser

Author: Linni Kral Occidental's finest competed for the title of Alpha Male Friday, April 6 in Alpha Lambda Phi Alpha's annual mock male beauty pageant. The...

I Want My Arab MTV

Author: Brett Fujioka I remember scoffing at Saudi Arabia when it declared a fatwa (Islamic ruling) against Pokémon under the delusion that it was a part...

Dark Diaries

Author: Emily Jensen Darfur Diaries, a documentary detailing the genocide in Darfur, was screened on Thursday, March 29 during Genocide and Darfur Awareness and Action Week....

Five-Week Theft Spree Ends With Two Arrests

Author: Sarah Dunlap A five-week crime spree ended Friday, March 30 when five campus safety officers apprehended a red-haired woman and her accomplice, both suspected of...

Zero Hour

Author: Jon Kirby Psychoactive drugs added to public water by the government. Fanatical domestic terrorists advocating "a nation of lone gunmen." An ominous lack of separation...

Diversity University

Author: Kevin Batton In recent weeks, the plethora of impassioned opinion articles and letters to the editor has instilled a sense of deja vu in regular...

Oxy Football: Success You Can Count On

Author: Kelly Neukom Two weeks ago, when the Stanford football team beat USC (number one in the country), my twin sister Francie (a Stanford student) flipped...