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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...

Campus Safety Unwilling to Stray Beyond Boundaries

Author: Sommer Hamilton At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, Elizabeth Gelinas (senior) was harassed by two men yelling obscenities while walking two blocks home...

Sarah Flocken (sophomore, ECLS)

Author:  Two things concerning two people named Max: 1) I am writing to agree with George Denny's response to Max Read. Speaking as...

California Gears up for Gubernatorial Race

Author: Dean DeChiaro Attention will be turned to Sacramento next November when California voters elect the state's 39th governor. While the race is still in it's...

Morgan Flake (junior, UEP)

Author:  Did you know that over 50% of sexually active people in the U.S. will acquire an HPV infection at some point in their lives...

New School Approach

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Charter schools offer students "alternative educations," but each charter school offers its own version of what alternative education means. In essence, charter schools...

Teeing Off

Author: Kelly Neukom While many people think of golf as an old man's sport, the Occidental golf team insists that it is anything but. "Golf is...

Fellowship Advisor Leaves Oxy for UC Riverside

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Early this month, the Office of Fellowships, Scholarships and National Awards saw the departure of its director, Gwen Hill. Hill...

Clubs Plan Genocide Awareness Program

Author: Michelle Park & Julie Xu The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL), in coordination with various on-campus organizations, will put on a variety of...

Flood Damages 21,000 Library Books

Author: Anahid Yahjian Campus Safety reported that a leak from the Mary Norton Clapp Library air conditioning system flooded several tiers and damaged tens of thousands...

Sammy Suboh (sophomore, CTSJ)

Author:  I'm bringing back the life of "Letters to the Editor." We need to get more letters, I'm bored of not seeing any. I'm taking...

Administration Offers Comprehensive Health Care

Author: Marty Cramer The administration at Occidental acknowledges the high cost of health insurance for students, and, in an effort to counteract this, provides more affordable...