Archive for May 2011

My Morning Jacket’s new album won’t win any fans

By Harris Mayersohn · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:36 pm

My Morning Jacket’s new album won’t win any fans

In the three years since releasing the divisive album Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket’s future seemed uncertain. Jim James, lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and one of only two members who has been on every album, has kept busy in the group’s downtime, embarking on a series of side projects including a solo EP (under the [...]

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Follow-up a hollow echo of original film

By Nicholas Slayton · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:35 pm

Follow-up a hollow echo of original film

With a movie like The Hangover, any follow up would feel forced. The original was so twisted, so hilarious and so extremely out there that putting the four leads through the same situation would raise questions. But director Todd Phillips, who co-wrote the sequel, managed to prevent things from being completely repetitive. The result is [...]

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Drag and immigrant experience collide onstage

By Louis Lucero II · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:33 pm

Drag and immigrant experience collide onstage

Attorney-turned-playwright Evangeline Ordaz’s latest play to be produced by Company of Angels addresses multiple issues at once.

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Partnership aims to push pediatric research forward

By Grace Kim · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:12 pm

Partnership aims to push pediatric research forward

USC partners with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, looking to develop medical devices.

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Paint it forward

May 31, 2011 at 6:10 pm

Paint it forward

Students from Vermont Elementary, part of USC’s Joint Educational Project Young Scientist Program, paint a recycling-themed mural with aid from the MobileMural Lab, as part of a studio started by Nadine Afari, head of YSP, keying a recycling awareness push.

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USC welcomes most non-US freshman class

By Rachel Bracker · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:09 pm

USC welcomes most non-US freshman class

Sixteen percent of the fall’s estimated 2,650 students hail from outside the United States.

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Sanchez, Christian ousted in semifinals

By maheen sahoo · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Sanchez, Christian ousted in semifinals

The senior, freshman pair finished the season with a 30-5 overall record in doubles play.

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USC falters in final series of season

By Sean mccormick · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:04 pm

USC falters in final series of season

The Trojans drop two of three against the Cougars, finishing in seventh place in the Pac-10.

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Suing NCAA not a viable option for USC

By Joey Kaufman · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:02 pm

Suing NCAA not a viable option for USC

Well, that was exhausting. Five years, one month and six days later, and the final chapter to the Reggie Bush era officially closed Thursday morning with the NCAA once again giving USC the cold shoulder, announcing the school’s appeal of last June’s sanctions had been denied. And it’s about time. For a case dating back [...]

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Sanctions stand as USC loses appeal

By seth rubinroit · Daily Trojan

May 31, 2011 at 6:01 pm

Sanctions stand as USC loses appeal

The Trojans will not be eligible to play in this year’s Pac-12 title game or a bowl game.

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Prof loses tenure bid after appeal

On April 3, Assistant Professor of International Relations Mai’a Keapuolani Davis Cross, who had traveled cross-country from her tenure track position at Colgate University to ...

Center to host more concerts after deal with Nederlander

The Galen Center entered into a deal last week with Nederlander Concerts, a Los Angeles-based company that organizes concerts with venues, to increase the numbers ...

Annenberg creates community pay phones

A group of USC students, community members and local artists in Leimert Park are bringing the pay phone back into service — and hoping to ...

Opinion

’SC sets example in lowering dropout rate

A report sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reveals that the nation’s higher education system is facing a dropout crisis. Produced in part ...

Should the Guantánamo Bay prison remain open?

The prison must be closed as it stands for hypocrisy and infringes upon international human rights.  One hundred of the total 166 inmates at the Guantánamo ...

The Internet celebrates 20th birthday

Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the creation of World Wide Web. The organization responsible for building the Internet, CERN, also created the Large Hadron ...

Sports

Trojans begin three-game homestand against TCU

As the USC baseball team enters the final month of its baseball season 11 games under .500, it can at least feel good that it ...

USC faces North Florida in first round of tournament

For the No. 4 USC women’s sand volleyball team, its entire season has led up to this tournament. The team will finally be put to the ...

Jovan, Monica Vavic earn league awards

When it comes to dominating the competition in the pool, nobody does it better than the Vavic family. Following a season in which head coach ...

Lifestyle

An Exercise in Authenticity

Though Generation Um…includes a star studded cast—Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic, and Adelaide Clemens—this film surprisingly has more of an indie vibe.  Set in New York ...

History behind shakes

Though finals loom as obstacles between now and summer, Ground Zero Performance Café has the perfect solution for both cooling down and serving your study ...

Play creates darker version of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale

Before Disney’s Peter, Wendy, John and Michael flew over “poor Nana” toward Big Ben and continued to the second star to the right and straight ...

Photos

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

The Schwarzenegger Institute held an immigration reform forum titled "Washington comes to USC", with U.S Senators John McCain, Michael Bennet and former President of Mexico ...

In Photos: Armenian Genocide

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In Photos: Springfest 2013

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