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Stirring it up in the Marketplace kitchen

Most Occidental students are still in bed when the first shift of Marketplace staff report to the kitchen, where they labor throughout the morning...

Transmedia Redefines Viewing Experience

Author: Gerry Maravilla It doesn't take a money hungry music or studio executive to tell you that the Internet has created a problem in terms of...

A Closing Message from your ASOC President

Author: Patrick McCredie Since my arrival, Occidental has maintained a state of turbulent stability. Though such a characterization may seem paradoxical, it is no less true....

Mixed Reviews of Summer Reading

Author: Nona Gronert On Sept. 4, first-years attended the presentation by Michael Shermer on the summer reading, "Angels and Ages" by Adam Gopnik. The summer reading...

Multi-Class Dorms Would Educate First-Years

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A Beginning’s End

Author: Chris Nelson All streaks come to an end. The Atlanta Braves' streak of NL East titles ended in 2005 at 11. Tiger Woods's consecutive cuts...

Vegoose: A Haunt to Remember

Author: Anahid Yahjian and Amy Withey The Sam Boyd stadium and Star Nursery field transformed from hollow structures on the outskirts of Las Vegas to a...

Victor Sowers (senior, History and Economics)

Author:  To the class of 2013: you have come to Oxy at a very interesting time. Our school has gone through many changes in the...

In the Game of Drinking, Men Always Lose

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Recently, my (female) friend and I decided that we might as well be men. We don't wear dresses, we burp,...

Oxy Women’s Basketball Continues Unprecedented Winning Streak

Author: Anthony Ostland After winning seven of their last eight conference games in 2007, and opening up the 2008 conference season with an 8-2 record (including...

Students Break Gender Barriers at QSA’s Genderfuck

Author: Emily Birnbaum Genderfuck, the annual dance sponsored by Oxy's Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) took place on Saturday, April 18, and provided students the opportunity to infringe...

Occidental Children’s Theater Spins Golden Tale

Author: Mirin Fader One Los Angeles Times writer called it a "regrettably only once-in-a-year event." Another deemed its slick combination of "rambunctious charm" and "whiz-bang physicality"...