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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....

Relay for Life

Author: Kathleen Jo Luevano What do you call a 24 hour celebration with friends, food, music, and entertainment - and all for a good cause? ...

OSL and ResLife Programs Seek to Engage Students

Author: Claire Larson This year both Residence Life and Housing Services (ResLife) and the Office of Student Life (OSL) plan to bring changes and new options...

The Heir Up There

Author: Emery Desper In the era of color coded warnings that show up on the news ever so often to alert us of the potential...

The Seeds of Change

Author: Marjorie Camarda Two Oxy students want to turn grease from the Marketplace into clean burning biodiesel fuel. Three Occidental professors serve on Los Angeles Mayor...

Let Me In!

Author: Caroline Olsen-Van Stone Last semester, I got my Reggie PIN, and got excited to register for spring term. What I didn't know was that an...

Brett VanBenschoten, ’06

Author:  I applaud Emmons Health Center for offering ways in which students might deal with issues around excessive alcohol and drug use (1/30/08 "Oxy Introduces...

Physics Department Searches for New Professor

Author: Erik Parker, Torch Staff This semester, the Physics Department has welcomed numerous guest speakers as part of a search for a new physics professor....

The House of David Bares All to Visitors

Author: Michael Darling It is a truth universally acknowledged that mixing an abundance of wealth with an absence of taste shall lead to a fascinating and...