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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...

JOTTINGS

Author: Chris Nelson It has been a hectic off-season for Major League Baseball already. First to make headlines this off-season was the controversy over Alex Rodriguez's...

Nicaragua’s Canal

Author: William Pottenger For the past couple years, Chinese billionaire and CEO of Beijing Xinwei Telecom Wang Jing has been planning a lucrative infrastructure project in...

Theatre Challenge

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff Four groups of students presented 24 hours of intense theatrical planning and collaboration on September 22. These students participated in...

Before The Cut – Fall 2015 Issue 6

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Student delegates to represent US in Japan

Author: Claire Cancilla Twenty-three students and two faculty members will be taking an all-expense-paid trip to Japan in December — not as a vacation or a...

Congress Aims to Kick Start Economy With Stimulus Bill

Author: Ben Dalgetty   On Tuesday, Feb. 17 President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly referred to as the stimulus bill,...

Zweet Café provides warm, homey study environment

Author: Melina Devoney For Zweet Café to call itself a “special coffee boutique” on its website comes across as somewhat haughty — but nevertheless well-deserved. The coffee...

Laura Frankel (senior, Politics) and Sierra Dwyer (senior, History)

Author:  I was dismayed by the opinion piece "Campus Violence Can be Curbed with Preventative Measures," as it completely ignores the wisdom of the speakers...

Consolidating Financial Regulation

Author: William Pottenger The stock market crash that happened this past summer is still fresh in the memories of many Chinese consumers, bankers and politicians. In...

ASOC Elections Produce Two Campus-Wide Senators, Leave GA Co-Chair Positions Vacant

Author: Lilliane Ballesteros Mid-year ASOC elections ended Friday, November 16 with the instatement of two new campus-wide senators. Rozell Hodges (senior) and Monikah Baltimore (first-year) won...

Mainstream retailers have a responsibility to promote healthy body image

Author: Demi Duenes For many years, plus-size women have been shamed for their figures. Despite this, many plus-size women have managed to break out into the...