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MAC department partners with Vidiots to screen ‘Nightcrawlers’

Occidental College's Media Arts & Culture (MAC) professor John Trafton and the video store and movie theater Vidiots partnered to give a screening of the...

California SB 98 requires notification of immigration enforcement presence on college campuses

Senate Bill 98 (SB 98) also known as the Sending Alerts to Families in Education (SAFE) Act, was signed into law Sept. 20. The law...

Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council votes to redraft letter opposing development of Eagle Rock Plaza Home Depot

The Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC) voted to redraft a letter expressing opposition to building a Home Depot in the Eagle Rock Plaza, during a meeting Oct....

‘They want to win’: Franklin High Rocket League advances to nationals

The Rocket League esports team at Benjamin Franklin High School has advanced to nationals at the Scholastic Esports Tournament. The National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) is one of the sponsors of the event....

Max Weidman

Author:  Emma Parker's sermon about Genderf*ck gave me the incentive to do something which for a long time has been necessary. I am not identifying...

Young Team Shows Great Potential in Track and Field

Author: Benna Gottfried Members of the men's and women's Oxy Track and Field team participated in two different meets this past weekend. Coming off of a...

Google Must Stand Against Chinese Censorship

Author:  The recent announcement of Liu Xiaobo, famed anti-Chinese Communist Party dissident, as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize elicited sharp responses from both ends...

At Last, an Heir to Freddie Mercury’s Vacant Throne

Author: Kelly Neukom Last Monday, I went to the Wiltern for a Mika concert.Unless you studied abroad in Europe last spring, you are probably scratching your...

Jacob’s Palate: Pink Taco

Author: Jacob Goldstein If you're a fan of political correctness, Pink Taco is probably not the restaurant for you. Upon entering the West LA outpost of...

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...

Concert Too Cool For School

Author: Riley Hooper Silly Lupe. He's just messing with us. He'll be back out for an encore soon, I thought to myself after Lupe Fiasco bid...

Tessa D’Arcangelew (sophomore, DWA)

Author:  Letters to the Editor are magical . . . but sometimes I worry that I can't bring my message to the appropriate crowd. ...