2007

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...

Professor Replacements Reshape Courses

Author: Emily Jensen In the absence of English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) Professor Warren Montag, out for surgery, and Journalism Professor Bob Sipchen, who moved...

White Allies Engage in Racial Dialogue

Author: Anahid Yahjian The usual lunch rush of students had to take a detour on September 28, in order to avoid interrupting the Panel on White...

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...