New origin story places mutants in center of history
There are bound to be fans of the X-Men saga who will be pleased with last weekend’s long-awaited prequel, X-Men: First Class. Although the film does breathe some new life into the sagging franchise, it’s emphatically not the fantastic film it could have been, and it most likely won’t age particularly well. Unimaginative dialogue, a [...]
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J.J. Abrams keeps on coming back to a box he received in his childhood. As a boy, Abrams was given a ‘mystery box’ — unknown items inside a box labeled only with a question mark. Abrams, now nearly 45, has never opened it, but has said the box’s tug on his imagination greatly influences his [...]
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In what might be the finest instance of audience targeting ever orchestrated, MTV debuted its new supernatural thriller Teen Wolf Sunday night, immediately following the conclusion of the network’s two-hour Movie Awards telecast. After the 120-minute Twilight lovefest ran its course (the stars of Eclipse, the latest installment in the still-unfolding franchise, accepted awards for [...]
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The Trojans finish postseason play tied for 12th at the NCAA championships in Oklahoma.
Read the rest of this article »Trojans make strides throughout season
Despite question marks on and off the field, USC strings together a solid campaign.
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Although USC will lose its national title, it will keep its AP national championship.
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Junior Steve Johnson has accomplished what very few have been able to do. With strong play and impeccable will and stamina, he walked away victorious from the NCAA singles championship match in Palo Alto, Calif., just a week after he led the Trojans to the NCAA team title. Johnson’s achievements could not have come at [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC travels to Iowa, prepares for NCAAs
The Trojans send 19 qualifying athletes, who will be participating in 15 different events.
Read the rest of this article »USC, ITS continue classroom technology upgrades
More than 30 classrooms are scheduled for technology upgrades as part of the push.
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Students from Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii celebrate their third-place finish in USC’s Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies QuikSCience Challenge with a rigorous hike around the Wrigley Institute’s Catalina campus. The challenge is designed to spark interest in science the oceans and aquatic environments.
Read the rest of this article »The ArchAndroid has landed. In other words, concept artist Janelle Monae will appear in Los ...
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The NFL Pro Bowl is scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m., and USC Alumni will ...
The scene was all too familiar for the Women of Troy.Four days after falling to ...
After two losses last weekend at No. 1 BYU, the USC Trojans men’s volleyball team ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
RISK! — A Storytelling Show NerdMelt at Meltdown ComicsThursday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m.Have you ever wondered about the crazy stories people choose to tell only ...
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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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 held their annual music festival, KXSC Fest, on Sunday in EF Hutton Park. The festival, now in its third year, included artists Flying Lotus, ...
You’ve read the stories, now see them from the photographer’s perspective.It’s been a fascinating news week and we’ve compiled some of our best images in ...
You’ve read the stories, now see them from the photographer’s perspective.It’s been a fascinating news week and we’ve compiled some of our best images in ...
You’ve read the stories, now see them from the photographer’s perspective.It’s been a fascinating news week and we’ve compiled some of our best images in ...
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