Archive for August 2011

VKC library extends hours after suggestion

By Rachel Bracker · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 11:53 pm

Members of the university community posted suggestions to the Essential Ideas website.

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Internships prove essential for jobs after college

By Grace Kim · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 11:52 pm

Internships prove essential for jobs after college

Statistics show the youth labor force was at its highest level this summer since the recession began in 2007.

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Light it up

August 31, 2011 at 11:50 pm

Light it up

Max Pittsley, a freshman majoring in film and television production, and Steffi Wong, a junior majoring in business administration, participate in PiKA PiKA, an interactive art exhibit where participants paint colorful animations with flashlights outdoors. Visions and Voices put on the exhibit, which was directed by Kazue Monno and Takeshi Nagata, who are known collectively [...]

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Marshall to push six-year global plan

By Kristy Pyke · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 11:49 pm

Marshall to push six-year global plan

The business school’s strategic plan is set to be released this fall after the previous plan ended.

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USC women’s soccer to benefit from endowment

By matt leland · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 10:29 pm

USC women’s soccer to benefit from endowment

The campaign will provide salary to Khosroshashin and aid soccer student-athletes.

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Title IX limits options for expansion

By joey kaufman · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 10:28 pm

USC’s decision to add women’s sand volleyball and lacrosse a product of strategy, legislation.

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Ambiguity of football program might help

By Danny Savitzky · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 10:26 pm

If you tried wrapping your head around USC’s football team this season, chances are you’d find yourself wanting to know more. Because of the ever-vigilant eye of the sports media and its constant barrage of prediction and analysis, it’s become a real challenge for a program of USC’s stature to sneak up on anyone. Still, [...]

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Ellison, USC not looking past Gophers

By will robinson · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 10:25 pm

Ellison, USC not looking past Gophers

The coaching staff expects a different Minnesota squad than the one that was 3-9 last season.

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Haute Highlights

August 31, 2011 at 9:35 pm

LA County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair will be open during Labor Day weekend, starting this Saturday, Sept. 3. If you’ve never been to the LA County Fair before, you won’t want to miss out on this year’s festivities. The fair has a gargantuan, jam-packed list of fun for all ages, including myriad fair [...]

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Tailgates serve as central USC traditions

By Sheridan watson · Daily Trojan

August 31, 2011 at 9:31 pm

Tailgates serve as central USC traditions

Freshmen and transfer students have fun rituals to look forward to this fall.

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Commission grants USC control of Coliseum

Commission grants USC control of Coliseum

Following eight months of negotiations, USC obtained day-to-day control of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in a vote by the Coliseum Commission on Monday.The stadium’s ...

USC Trustee Kenneth Leventhal dies at 90

Kenneth Leventhal, a USC life trustee and namesake of the USC Elaine and Kenneth Leventhal School of Accounting, died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He ...

Steve A. Kay to be new dean of USC Dornsife

Steve A. Kay, a biology professor from UC San Diego, was appointed the 21st Dean of the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on ...

LAPD, DPS officers to be added to USC area

Numerous measures will be added to secure public safety in and around the university, including additional Los Angeles Police Department officers, technology and education.At a ...

USC forever changed by LA riots

Twenty years ago, on April 29, riots broke out in the city of Los Angeles not far from campus. The 1992 Los Angeles riots carried ...

University almost unhurt by the riots

This article was originally published May 4, 1992, in a special edition of the Daily Trojan. The city will remember the 20th anniversary of the ...

Opinion

Obama’s gay marriage views elicit reservations

Obama’s gay marriage views elicit reservations

Never has an American president openly supported gay marriage — that is, until President Barack Obama declared his monumental stance last week.Much of our progressive ...

Introspection can motivate, benefit mind

Summer has finally arrived, which means three months of great weather and plenty of exciting things to do, whether it’s in Los Angeles or back ...

Lanes won’t solve USC’s bike problem

Students and administrators have been racking their brains for a solution to the bicycle congestion on campus.But a new bike policy isn’t going to change ...

The marijuana debate is just getting annoying

April was a big month for drugs. From Rihanna rolling a blunt on top of some guy’s head at Coachella to Santa Cruz’s renowned 4/20 ...

Grads: don’t give up hope

As if soon-to-be college graduates need any more reminding, the Associated Press reported Monday that one in two new graduates is jobless or underemployed. According ...

Manufacturing will revamp job market

Industrialization began with modest advances in technology that made once-tedious tasks quicker. The second wave of innovation utilized assembly lines, factories and specialization of manual ...

Sports

Trojans suffer sweep at hands of Ducks

Trojans suffer sweep at hands of Ducks

After being swept by No. 5 Oregon over the weekend, USC is on a skid unlike any the team has experienced all season. Seven consecutive ...

Women of Troy fall in national title game

No. 3 USC lost a defensive battle to No. 1 Stanford 6-4 on Sunday in the NCAA tournament final, as the Cardinal fended off multiple ...

Trojans roll past Aggies in first round of NCAAs

After kicking off the NCAA championships with two sweeps, the men's tennis team looks to string together four more wins to capture its fourth-consecutive NCAA ...

Trojans stumble in NCAA championship game against UC Irvine

No. 1 UC Irvine upended the No. 2 USC men's volleyball team in straight sets to win the NCAA championship Saturday with scores of 25-22, 34-32 ...

Trojans punch ticket to NCAA title game with four-set win

The USC men’s volleyball team earned a spot in the NCAA championship match against UC Irvine after beating Lewis University on Thursday at the Galen ...

Lifestyle

Heavy metal band falls short of potential

The band name Bloody Knives carries the weight of a heavy metal, hardcore punk band’s alias.But the title is deceiving: Artistically choosing to put aside ...

Indie-rock band hopes to remain close to its roots

For L.A. indie-rock quintet Vanaprasta, numbers are everything.Numbers, as guitarist and vocalist Collin Desha explained, “just sort of wrapped everything together.”In one instance, as the ...

Dark Shadows favors camp over story

In a nutshell, Tim Burton’s cinematic style could be described as dark, eccentric and humorous.Anyone familiar with Burton’s previous work, including Corpse Bride and Alice ...

Le Salon de Musiques innovates intimate live concert experience

A sharp intake of breath at the start of a measure, the soft brush as a bow hits the strings --— these intimate details happen ...

Comics offer incentives to maintain readership

It’s a strange time for comics. It’s a strange time for media. Newspapers and books are struggling with the digital market, while films and music ...

Photos

In Photos: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

In Photos: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

The university hosted the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Saturday and Sunday, bringing Angelenos to campus to celebrate and enjoy reading, books and music. ...

In Photos: Students protest sweat shop use

Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation led a group of students in protest on Thursday against university's manufacturing of some USC apparel in sweat shops.Photos by ...

In Photos: Expo Line Tour

The much-anticipated Expo Line is slated to open Phase 1 of the project April 28, 2012, connecting Downtown Los Angeles and the university to La ...

In Photos: Songfest 2012

Various student groups performed five-minute musical skits at Songfest on Friday in Bovard Auditorium. The money raised goes to Troy Camp. [caption id="attachment_49803" align="alignnone" width="581" caption="Members ...

In Photos: LAPD/USC press conference

LAPD and USC held a press conference Friday to announce a $125, 000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect ...