Building blocks


Zachary Aronson, a junior majoring in fine arts, sculpts clay at the Roski School of Fine Arts Open House on Tuesday. The open house featured student exhibitions, a Polaroid photo studio and D.J. Koata Zon Von Witzenburg. There were a number of activities, including video screenings and exhibitions of student work. All visitors also had […]

Women of Troy have chance to surprise


For those of you who thought the USC basketball season ended March 6, I got news for you. You’re wrong. For the team that overcame adversity and had to adjust to a new coach at the beginning of the season, recorded huge wins over ranked teams, suffered through injuries and bad losses and was boosted […]

Soundtrack mixes Disney pop and eerie rock


A curious conglomeration of artists came together to form the questionable but well-meaning backtrack to Tim Burton’s latest cinematic creation. After watching Alice in Wonderland in theaters, moviegoers can now pick up a copy of Almost Alice, an album of songs inspired by the whimsical film. Though the album brings together an admirable amount of […]

Travel snacks: eat right in flight


Unless you scored seats on your own private jet, flying home for spring break holds a few certainties: You will encounter a squealing baby, someone with a hacking cough and in-flight food that is unpalatable to a starving refugee. What happened to edible airline food? The burgers have radioactive cheese and the hot dogs are […]

Master plan will affect community ties


Last week, President Obama included USC on the President’s Higher Education Community Service honor roll, along with 700 other universities. This honor validates the unique quality of USC that President Sample envisioned in his 1991 inaugural address: USC is a university where boundaries between student life and the local community life are blurred. The university […]