Archive for April 2011

Q&A with Teresa Sakai, assistant language teacher

By raquel Sghiatti ·

April 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm

Q&A with Teresa Sakai, assistant language teacher

Teresa Sakai, a USC alum who graduated in 2010, now works for the JET program in Japan.

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Discovery

April 21, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Discovery

Soledad O’Brien, an anchor and special correspondent at CNN, speaks at the Davidson Conference Center on Thursday. O’Brien discussed her career and her new book, The Next Big Story. O’Brien joined CNN in 2003.

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Peace and Conflict Studies Program to hold conference

By adeel mohammadi ·

April 21, 2011 at 10:27 pm

The conference, the first of its kind, faced criticism in its early stages about being biased.

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Groups rally to support peaceful protests

By rachel bracker ·

April 21, 2011 at 10:23 pm

Groups rally to support peaceful protests

About 40 people marched around campus holding signs to clear up protest stereotypes.

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Donald Crockett, Xtet shine at Wednesday recital

By Hannah Muniz · Daily Trojan

April 21, 2011 at 10:01 pm

Many of Los Angeles’s top instrumentalists gathered together Wednesday night for a stunning musical performance led by USC faculty composer and conductor Donald Crockett. The Faculty Recital took place in Alfred Newman Recital Hall and lasted approximately two hours with intermission. Crockett is the chair of the music composition department in the Thornton School of [...]

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Murphy Troy snags player of the year honors

By Josh Selbe · Daily Trojan

April 21, 2011 at 9:34 pm

Trojans receive various Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors.

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Doctor Who helps to bring geek culture to mainstream

By Nicholas Slayton ·

April 21, 2011 at 7:57 pm

Doctor Who helps to bring geek culture to mainstream

This Saturday, the Doctor is in. What doctor? Doctor Who. For those who don’t know Doctor Who, it’s the longest-running science-fiction show in the world. It follows the adventures of the Doctor, an alien blessed with multiple regenerations (which allows for different actors to play the role), as he travels through time and space in [...]

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Atmosphere returns with moving album

By c. molly smith ·

April 21, 2011 at 7:55 pm

Atmosphere returns with moving album

The Family Sign discusses life issues like domestic abuse but also creates groovy melodies.

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New document is a bold call to action

By Daniel Charnoff ·

April 21, 2011 at 7:53 pm

New document is a bold call to action

Last week, two members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff released a document that has not received much national attention but has the potential to be crucial in shaping the future of the United States. Released under the pseudonym “Mr. Y” — an allusion to “Mr. X’s” 1947 article that shaped America’s strategy of containment [...]

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Birtherism is a distracting movement

By teddy minch ·

April 21, 2011 at 7:51 pm

The so-called Birthers are led by a group of deceptive sources who put real issues aside.

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Community asks for beautification improvements

Community asks for beautification improvements

Local stakeholders urged expansion of the USC Master Plan to include beautification plans for the area west of Vermont Avenue at a meeting for the ...

Roundup

The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety daily incident log from Wednesday, Jan. 25. Crimes against propertyat 7:37 p.m., DPS officers ...

Sen. Padilla to speak to ’SC students

California Sen. Alex Padilla is scheduled to speak with students at USC today on various issues facing the state, such as immigration reform, education budget ...

No words

Edlin Yousefi, a senior majoring in communication, protests Armenian genocide with fellow students Thursday on Trousdale Parkway. The All-Armenian Students Association organized demonstrations across the ...

North side to get swipe-in dining facility

King Hall will be home to a new residential dining facility opening this summer that will replace the current Café 84 retail-dining complex.The new facility, ...

USC Libraries receives $5-million endowment

USC Libraries received a $5-million donation from USC trustee Ronald Sugar and his wife to endow the Valerie and Ronald Sugar Dean’s Chair of the ...

Opinion

Is Obama’s economic blueprint viable?

Is Obama’s economic blueprint viable?

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to remind the public of the merits of the hands-on approach to economics. ...

Is Obama’s economic blueprint viable?

Millions who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night went to bed with a reminder of the “American promise”: Hard work ...

New Swedish religion gets file-sharing right

In America, sharing files is a criminal act. In Sweden, the practice is now a religious experience.Last month, Sweden officially recognized The Missionary Church of ...

Letter to the editor

In honor of Roe v. Wade’s 39th anniversary, Trojans need to talk sex.The misogynist fraternity email last semester was a difficult episode in our school’s ...

East LA can stand on its own

East Los Angeles is in a conundrum. For the past half-century, the residents of the unincorporated area have tried to make it an official city ...

Trojans should fight on for film history

Have you ever noticed those popping, crackling sounds while watching a film at your local movie theater? Those aren’t the sounds of the popcorn at ...

Sports

Women of Troy to take on bay area schools at home

Women of Troy to take on bay area schools at home

Coming off a weekend where Women of Troy defeated the 19th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers, the seventh-ranked women’s swimming team will be hosting the top-ranked Bears and ...

Trojans still have a lot to play for

The injuries are piling up, the losses are piling up, and the story gets older day by day. It’s a story that’s been told before. ...

USC loses ninth straight game

Whatever chance the USC men’s basketball team had at notching its first Pac-12 win of the season Thursday against Colorado took a serious hit less ...

Led by Trojans, Pac-12 is resurging

Over the past six seasons, one idea has been ingrained in many college football fans’ minds: the South Eastern Conference is far and away the ...

Women of Troy look to get back on track at Colorado

Following a narrow overtime loss on Sunday, the USC women’s basketball team is looking to rebound with a visit to Boulder, Colo., where they will ...

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The Grey critiques values of mankind

Liam Neeson is Hollywood’s resident badass. From Unknown, where he dominated a group of Russian spies, to Taken, where he destroyed an entire coalition of ...

Songwriters deserve credit from listeners and music world

For every great artist, there’s often a greater songwriter at work behind the scenes.That’s because a significant amount of artists, many of them mainstream, show ...

Extensive series limit reader opportunities

I often hear from non-comic book readers that they don’t read comics not out of a lack of interest, but out of intimidation over where to ...

Haute Highlights

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Puppet show enchants all audiences

Puppets: When we were little, they often amazed us. Shows such as Sesame Street and Punch and Judy effortlessly held our attention with magical moving ...

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USC Women’s Basketball vs. Oregon

The Women of Troy had let a 13-point halftime lead slip all the way down to one in the second half. The Ducks were surging ...

KXSC Fest

KXSC held their annual music festival, KXSC Fest, on Sunday in EF Hutton Park. The festival, now in its third year, included artists Flying Lotus, ...

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