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...

Cooler Kicks-off Extended Hours With In-N-Out

Author: Christopher Sanchez Extended hours for the Samuelson Pavilion, which will now be open to students until 2 a.m., kicked off Thursday, March 8 as part...

Face it, You’re Eating Cake for Breakfast

Author: Linni Kral Why are they called "muffins?"According to the classic joke, the name has something to do with our guilty conscience prohibiting us from gluttonously...

Speaker Examines the Rise of Modern India

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Washington Bureau Chief for the Financial Times Edward Luce spoke to an audience of 40 students and teachers about his...

Broderick Fox (Assistant Professor of Art History and Visual Arts)

Author:  The faculty and students of Oxy's AHVA Film & Media Studies Program have put together a bimonthly Oxy Cinematheque screening series this fall to...

President Prager’s Resignation: Looking to a Future of Change

Author: Ben Dalgetty The student body and faculty of Occidental are faced with a potential turning point in our time at this college. President Prager's resignation...

Spencer Barnes (senior, History)

Author:  Like any other rational Oxy student, I look forward to my lunch on Wednesday because it means a new issue of the Oxy Weekly....

Cal State LA Professor Speaks on Intersection of Science and Art

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Scientific artists and artistic scientists really do exist. In fact, according to Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor at California State University...

Night Rider

Author: Jacob Miller On the second Friday of every month, the Midnight Ridazz---a self-described party-on-wheels---gathers like a cloud across Los Angeles, precipitating a torrent of bicycles...