News

Undergraduate applications from China up dramatically

For the past few years, USC has earned the honor of being the university with the largest international student population, but competition — even for ...

Program for local students receives grant

Neighborhood students who dream of one day entering the Trojan family now have a little more support. The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative, a program aimed at ...

Campaigning begins today for USG hopefuls

Beginning Monday, the campus will be blanketed with colorful fliers, pamphlets and posters as the candidates for Undergraduate Student Government begin vying for students’ votes. Campaign ...

Students voice support for phase two of Expo line

On the same night USC students voiced their opinions at an Expo Line Construction Authority Board meeting about the benefits of the new light rail, ...

Career center holds first Career Fest

Despite the pessimism pervading the job market right now, speakers and panelists at the first ever USC Career Fest have remained optimistic and are encouraging ...

Busted

[caption id="attachment_8104" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Sunil Murali | Daily Trojan"][/caption] President Steven B. Sample presents the new Dr. Norman H. Topping Commemorative Monument, a gift from the ...

Opinion

Shedding light on an overlooked friend

Light is responsible for your visual perception of everything: the blueness of the sky, the glistening morning dewdrops on spider webs and the readability of ...

Taking a look into the Facebook mirror

Attention: doppelgänger week is over. [caption id="attachment_8201" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Sullivan Brown | Daily Trojan"][/caption] So here’s to the end of seeing a greasy, rippling Zac Efron, three ...

Global warming does not have political ties

On most mornings, I leave my apartment looking forward to the day ahead of me. I swing open the front door and mount my bike, ...

Uncovering the burka debate in France

America has long been considered the world’s melting pot ­— assimilating different cultures, ethnicities and religions under one flag, one country, one identity. Europe, on the ...

Photogenic volunteers in Haiti exposed

For doctors who travel abroad to help save lives, it certainly should not be considered in bad taste for them to smile. But some doctors ...

Letters to the editor

Bernanke’s reconfirmation a mistake In these times of economic hardship and uncertainty, many people have become increasingly aware of an inconspicuous institution known as the Federal ...

Sports

Women of Troy unable to handle streaking Cardinal

A lot can change in two weeks. The USC women’s basketball team was riding high 10 days ago after a convincing win over Oregon State.  Winners ...

USC finishes off road trip with a victory

It’s one of the most cliché phrases in sports: Play one game at a time. But for the No. 2 USC men’s volleyball team (7-3, 5-2), ...

USC undone by strong winds and uneven play against nation’s best

Playing in windy conditions on the big island of Hawaii, the No. 16 USC men’s golf team struggled to a ninth place finish Friday at ...

Vucevic, O’Neill a perfect fit for USC

Someone asked Nikola Vucevic after USC’s 66-63 win over California on Thursday if he enjoyed being put on the spot near the end of the ...

Trojans hold off Cardinal

The USC men’s basketball team seems to feel right at home at the Galen Center. [caption id="attachment_8219" align="alignright" width="217" caption="Floor general · Senior point guard Mike ...

Convincing doubles victories help USC top Waves

The No. 9 USC women’s tennis team remained undefeated by capturing its fifth straight win with a 6-1 victory over No. 40 Pepperdine on Thursday ...

Lifestyle

Not just butterbeer for college Britons

The day has finally arrived when I can legally buy alcohol. No, I didn’t have a birthday, and I’m still only 20 — I’m in ...

Downtown cafe pleases picky palates

There are two sides to the foodie debate, represented by the opposing factions of sweet and savory. While the sweet camp happily dives right into ...

Award recognizes novelists behind films

Outside Doheny Memorial Library Saturday night, two of us took refuge beneath the building’s grand archway from the clamor of chatter, clinking cocktail glasses and ...

Chadha’s latest film is not so Wonderful

In 2002, British director Gurinder Chadha delved into the complex world of the Indian ethnic identity in present-day England. Bend It Like Beckham — a ...

In Theaters Today

From Paris With Love John Travolta returns to the action genre donning a baldhead for his role as an unconventional government agent and unleashes an ...

Additional nominees a welcome change

For the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the idea of awarding a single film the coveted title of best picture of the year ...