2007

President Prager Resigns

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros In a November 19 e-mail to the Occidental community, Susan Prager announced her resignation as College President, effective on January 1, 2008. In...

Kayla Nolan (first-year, undeclared)

Author:  Recently I have observed an unequal representation of women's and men's sports in the Oxy newspaper. Two weeks ago the article "Ultimate Frisbee 101"...

We’re All A Little Bit Country

Author: Max Weidman It is so trendy to entertain anti-national sentiments that college kids would be burning flags left and right if it weren't such a...

Recent Bike Thefts Plague Oxy Campus

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Despite measures to secure their personal property, several students have reported recent bike thefts to the College's Campus Safety Department.Campus...

Panelists Discuss UN Millennium Goals’ Progress

Author: Soo Jin Kim On Thursday, November 15, a panel on the UN Millennium Development Goals met in Johnson 200 to give three short presentations on...

College Receives $1 Million Grant for Student Research

Author: Soo Jin Kim Occidental College has recently secured a $1 million challenge grant from the John Stauffer Charitable Trust. According to the National Endowment for...

The ET/People Emmy After Party

Author: Rosie King "Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand/ Just like that river twisting through a dusty land."Duran Duran's hit "Rio," released...

DWA Looks to Endowment for Overhaul

Author: Lauren Barker After over a year of administrative reorganization, an unsuccessful professor search and complaints from students about limited course offerings, the Diplomacy and World...

Fires Ravage Southern California

Author: Soo Jin Kim Fires raging throughout Southern California captured the media's attention last week, with seven confirmed deaths, 98 people injured, over 500,000 acres burned...

Thaitalian

Author: Jacob Goldstein When it comes to cuisine, there is fine line between excitingly exotic and just plain strange. Old Town Pasadena's Thaitalian, a Thai-Italian fusion...

Dream of Oldtownification

Author: Brett Fujioka I've lived in the Pasadena area since I was eight and casually frequented it when I got my license. When I transferred to...

Kanye Graduates with a Diploma in Rap

Author: Eric Roddie Already, the Kanye West and 50 Cent faceoff has been painted as a classical hip-hop battle. Good vs. evil. Conscious vs. gangsta. Arrogant...