On These Shoulders We Stand set for campus screening


Not everything began with Stonewall. Such is the pretext of Glenne McElhiiney’s On These Shoulders We Stand, a new and groundbreaking documentary about Los Angeles’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community from the 1950s through the early 1980s. On Thursday night, McElhiiney will screen her film on campus in Taper Hall Room 202 at 6 […]

Draft defections give USC an edge in Pac-12


After the USC men’s basketball team was ousted in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, I thought there was a slight possibility it could lose junior forward Nikola Vucevic to the NBA after a stellar season. After all, who would blame him? I’d probably get tired shouldering USC’s inconsistent offense and facing constant double […]

Findings affirm the danger of all sugar


Studies over the years have found that sugar, in all of its  forms, isn’t all that healthy. High-fructose corn syrup, in particular, has fallen from its lofty place as a healthy alternative to cane sugar. Now, it resides in the most vilified pits of the food world, the monstrous foe of nearly everyone focused on […]

Haute High Lights


Song of the Week — Lenka’s “Two” Former child actress Lenka’s latest album, Two, was released April 19 and its titular track is folksy, catchy and even includes some electronic elements in the background. Her clean, honest vocals smoothly create the line two is the one for me and prove her latest release shows serious […]