2007

Double your Major, Double your Fun

Author: Elizabeth Cutler Is double the major double the fun---or at least, double the education, career benefits and prestige? Student newspapers and educational publications have already...

The Proselytization of Atheism

Author: Max Weidman 'Faith' has become something of a taboo. Like the dildo in your closet or the jelly between your toes, it is simply no...

PDBD: Post Dramatic Breakup Disorder

Author: Lizeth Castillo "We need to talk." How funny is it that four little words have the power to make your heart stop beating, your stomach...

Bob Sipchen (Adjunct Professor of English Writing)

Author:  Emily Jensen did a fine job of reporting on the intensive team-taught courses in journalistic writing and theory that Occidental is offering for the...

Starlie Chinen (junior, Physics)

Author:  As the school year comes to an end, more and more students are flocking to the library for a quiet and productive space to...

Old School

Author: Max Weidman If you take a look at any of the three LPs Sharon Jones has made with the Dap-Kings, you won't find a date...

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...

Why First-Year Housing Isn’t Working

Author: Michael Darling We find ourselves looking at the end of yet another semester at Oxy and the first semester of all first-year housing. By now,...

Republican Succession Stalemate

Author: Eric Roddie With the Republican primaries approaching, as a conservative I can't help but think: Wouldn't we be better off with a Henry Kissinger-type candidate?I...