Food Revolution only trying to help LAUSD


Months ago, British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver brought a proposal to the Los Angeles Unified School District. He wanted to shoot the second season of Food Revolution, a show focused on reforming school lunches to be healthier, in Los Angeles schools. LAUSD said no. The show is an evolution of Oliver’s British programs such as […]

Haute High-Lights


Movie of the week: Jane Eyre – Premieres Friday Yet another version of this literary canon novel is coming to theaters, this time featuring Mia Wasikowska, known most recently for the whimsical Alice in Wonderland and Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All Right. And remember the kid from 2000’s Billy Elliot? He’s St. John Rivers. Though the […]

Donation to the College should fund professors


USC’s College of Letters, Arts & Sciences is all too often perceived as the university’s dowdy, bookish older sister. In the wake of a recession that caused a 25.6 percent drop in USC’s endowment — one of the largest hits among private institutions in the country — and a hiring freeze that lasted two years, […]

L.A. at mercy of bonds


L.A.’s bond market will need to be revamped for the road to economic recovery to occur.

Lady Gaga brings YouTube star to the stage


On March 3, Lady Gaga performed “Born This Way” at her concert in Toronto with the 10-year-old YouTube sensation, Maria Aragon. The avant-garde performer brought the young star on the rise out on stage to sit on her lap and sing an emotional duet of the smash-hit single. Aragon reached this high-status gig through uploading […]