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‘She wanted more’: Olivia Haga’s soccer journey beyond Oxy

Olivia Haga ‘23 played for the Occidental women’s soccer team and has played professionally overseas since graduating. Haga said her path to the pros...

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....

Oxy Film Festival Preview

Author: Christina LeBlanc Didn't get a chance to watch the Oscars? Then head over to Johnson 200 to observe another event with fame in the making:...

Traditional Movement in Modern Times

Author: Soo Jin Kim Numerous posters promising an exciting night at the Chinese Cultural Club's Chinese Folk Dance performance could be found stuck on various walls...

Victor Lopez (senior, UEP)

Author:  This letter is about a community member of ours' abuse of a dangerous drug. Last Friday night, I tried to attend the One Love...

GA Meeting Addresses Prager Resignation, Student Representation

Author: Richie DeMaria President Susan Prager and ASOC President Ryan Bowen (senior) both emphasized the importance of increased communication between students and administrative officials during a...

Oxy Introduces 12 Step Program

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff This semester, Emmons Health Center introduced a 12 Step Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program to give students an anonymous space...

The Great Health Care Debate: For Universal Coverage and Healthcare Reform

Author: Ben Dalgetty   Since its inception at the turn of the 20th century, America's experiment with a free-market privately provided health care system has been doomed...

Date Night with Zak and Mandla

Author: Zak Stoltz and Mandla Gobledale Buckle up all you jive muthafuckas, 'cause "Black Dynamite" is about to take you on a ride to the past...

Something Old, Something New

Author: Yennaedo Balloo In performance and showbiz, to remain static is to die. The Cadence and Accidentals Concert on Sunday, April 1 showed that while each...