Paul Casey, adjunct assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at Occidental since 2003, died October 30 as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was 50.

A specialist in rhetoric and documentary film, he taught more than a dozen different courses at Oxy over the years, including the popular Writing and Rhetoric 201, The Art of Essay Writing: Documentary Film. As a writing specialist at the Center for Academic Excellence, he advised scores of students. ...