Archive
2018
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...
2009
Senate Funds Dance Production Despite Probable Embezzlement
Author: Martha Carol After a semester of re-evaluating budgeting systems and regulations, the ASOC Senate's concern with finances came to a head with the allocation of...
2016
Super Bowl 50 and The Year of Cam
Author: Devon Deraad Cam Newton is the star of the moment and has been on his fans' consciousnesses for five years now — it's thus time...
2009
Global Perspectives Student Magazine Loses Significant Funds
Author: Kevin Abrams The new year will bring a new edition of Global Perspectives, Occidental College's only undergraduate student-run research journal. It focuses on international affairs...
2015
Police in schools have caused more harm than good
Author: Sydney Hemmendinger Earlier this month, video footage of a white male police officer violently flipping over and then dragging a black female student out of...
2015
SXSW cancellations improper response to sexist threats
Author: Benj Salkind South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual tech-music-film conference and festival held in Austin, announced Oct. 26 that it was canceling two of its...
2009
Oscars Excite Oxy and L.A.
Author: Arielle Darr Millions tuned into ABC Sunday evening, Feb. 22, to watch the 81st Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. The...
2015
Study oversimplifies dynamics of women’s sexuality
Author: Charlotte Umanoff In what seems to be a fulfillment of the fantasies of straight men everywhere, a new and already controversial study released by the...
2009
No Price for Redemption in Catholicism
Author: Brian Francisco Of the several examples in last week's issue of Occidental students exhibiting the self-righteous indignation and ironic close-mindedness that is often found at...
2015
Lizzie Kosin just keeps swimming
Author: Laura Scott Waking up at 5:30 every morning and walking down to the pool in 42 degree morning chill isn't most people's idea of fun....
2007
Cal State LA Professor Speaks on Intersection of Science and Art
Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Scientific artists and artistic scientists really do exist. In fact, according to Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor at California State University...
2015
There’s more to social media campaigns than ‘slacktivism’
Author: Andrea Tuemmler During the week after Nov. 12, online activism took Facebook and other social media platforms by storm. Red, white and blue filters covered...
