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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...

RLHS Eliminates Hall Coordinators and Creates Two New Positions

Author: Laura Bertocci Residence Life and Housing Services (RLHS) Community Director Chad Myers confirmed on Friday that, starting next year, RLHS will no longer hire students...

Gordon Ramsey Revamps Capri

Author:    Capri is one such intriguing story. Moving from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the Thiel family started anew in Los Angeles when Jeff and Jim's father landed...

Highlights and Recaps of the Winter Olympic Games

Author: Gil Alcaraz|Kara McVey As the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada came to a close, 5,500 athletes and officials headed back to their home countries....

Tired of Kissing Frogs?

Author: Cindy Tang DIRECTORJorge Colon WRITER Joaquín BissnerSTARRING Juan Manuel Bernal Ana Sarradilla Canesada de Besar Sapros (aka Tired of Kissing Frogs ) follows the story of...

Library Celebrates Controversy in Literature

Author: Margie Camarda and Amy Withey Exhibits, speakers, readings and children's art workshops were organized to celebrate this year's annual Banned Books Week, which took place...

NFL Desperate for Plumber to Fix “Toilet Bowls” of the Season

Author: Gil Alcaraz This NFL season has definitely been interesting. There have been quite a few teams that have had trouble winning more than one or...

Britney’s Bulging Blunder

Author: Richie DeMaria Two weeks ago, Britney Spears performed "Gimme More" at the MTV Video Music Awards to universally negative reviews. In the days immediately following...

When Labor Strikes: The Uneasy State of Wisconsin’s Unions

Author: Cordelia Kenney The financial crisis has made sacrifices and cutbacks necessary all over the country, but none have been as drastic as what Wisconsin Gov....

My Libido Says Yes But My Mind Doesn’t Know

Author: Dean DeChiaro I think that for many young people, going to college marks an end and a beginning, both sexually and socially. Many teenagers go...

Students Propose Middle Eastern Studies Minor

Author: Ian Mariani After last winter's Arab Spring, it became clear that the Middle East was a region that would not stand to be ignored any...

Armed Robbers Target Oxy Students Near Campus

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff In the past month, three cases of armed robbery in the surrounding area of campus have been reported. These incidents...