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. ...

Obama’s Poetry Skills Draw Scrutiny

Author: Sarah Dunlap A man known for his political convictions, autobiographies and impassioned speeches, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is now receiving attention for something new -...

Campus Climate: Storms Ahead

Author: Yennaedo Balloo I attended the Campus Climate Discussion before Spring Break. The discussion was open to all students and had a good attendance, stronger than...

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....