2007

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...

Michael Darling (sophomore)

Author:  I am writing in regards to the lack of newspapers on campus. Last year we could count on receiving the daily Los Angeles Times...

Occidental Celebrates Homecoming Week Despite Financial Complications

Author: Berit Anderson Homecoming Week, sponsored by the Student Alumni Relations Committee (SARC), officially began last Monday, October 29, and programming troubles were not far behind....

Alex Graves (junior, Politics)

Author:  What's in the water these days? My first two years at Oxy I only saw a few fights at parties. This semester, though, it...

Spitz Owners Eye Expansion

Author: Linni Kral Spitz, the lovechild of Oxy grads Bryce Rademan '05 and Robert Wicklund '05, is no secret to Occidental. A year since its opening,...

Behind The Awkward Age

Author: Lisa Andrews A small group of advanced Oxy actors is preparing to perform a dramatized version of the Henry James novel The Awkward Age, which...

We Want Our Birth Control With Price Control

Author: Rachel McCarthy-Moya The staff at Emmons recently sent out a mass email to the women at Oxy letting us know that they still have $15...

The Tragic Truth About Emo

Author: Emily Jensen I bought a black zip-up hoody yesterday. I said it was because I was getting cold walking the windy streets of Hollywood on...

Foxy Shazam in Anaheim

Author: Anahid Yahjian "Sorry about the smell," Loren Turner said as he led me out of the rain and into his van, where Eric Nally and...