2007

ASOC Elections Produce Two Campus-Wide Senators, Leave GA Co-Chair Positions Vacant

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Mid-year ASOC elections ended Friday, November 16 with the instatement of two new campus-wide senators. Rozell Hodges (senior) and Monikah Baltimore (first-year) won...

H ‘n’ AO at the Movies

Author: Anthony Ostland and Henry Meier THE MOVIE No Country for Old MenDIRECTOR Ethan Coen, Joel CoenWRITERS Ethan Coen, Joel CoenSTARRING Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson,...

Away, Not Abroad

Author: Kelly Neukom Last year in November, I was still giddy from receiving my acceptance letter to study abroad at the University of York in northern...

Men’s Soccer Preview

Author: Gerry Maravilla The Occidental Men's Soccer team kicked off the 2007 season well - a welcome change from somewhat disappointing seasons in years past. ...

From Doodling to Daydreaming

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff I wish this wasn't something that I'm proud of, but I am. One of my greatest skills is entertaining myself...

Getback: Little Brother Releases Solid Album

Author: Eric Roddie I've never gotten into conscious rap. For all the talk about how it's a purer, more intelligent form of hip-hop, emcees like Talib...

Mac vs. PC: Fight to the Death

Author: Christina LeBlanc Coke and Pepsi. Itchy and Scratchy. Red Sox and Yankees. Macs and PC's. There are certain things in life that are just fundamentally...

Amy Lyford (Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Arts)

Author:  I'd like to point out an apparent "truth" that, in fact, seems "false," at least as articulated by Yennaedo Balloo in last Wednesday's...

Camp Darfur Visits Oxy

Author: Emma Parker Occidental College's Progressive Christians Uniting (PCU) collaborated with Stop Genocide Now (SGN) to host Camp Darfur in the Academic Quad on September 12....

Looking For Real Answers At Oxy

Author: Benna Gottfried Working in the Office of Admissions this year has provided me with a different perspective on diversity at Occidental. While the admissions statistics...

All I’m Saying is Give Peace A Chance

Author: Emma Parker Is world peace really so much to ask for? Well, yeah. This modern world is rife with violence, discrimination and oppression. Collective human...

Historian Al McCoy Questions CIA’s Use of Torture

Author: Laura Bowen On Monday, October 29, University of Washington Professor of History Al McCoy spoke in the Johnson auditorium about the current use of torture...