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...

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...