USC survives wild finish at home
For the second straight week, the Trojans need a defensive stand to preserve the win.
Campus Calendar: Sept. 11
An artistic display of Chapter 9, Verse 11 from the holy scriptures of the world’s religions. The calligraphy for these religious verses has been created by USC student Ifrah Sheikh. The opening, Sunday, September 11 at 1 p.m., is free and open to all. The show will be on display weekdays from 9 a.m. to […]
City park provides range of eateries
From a popular picnic hot spot for upper-crusters, to a gang-infiltrated slum, to a revitalized music festival venue, MacArthur Park, straddling Wilshire Boulevard in Westlake, has experienced many transformations throughout the years. The park’s image has suffered from a bad reputation over the decades but has since sobered up. Take a walk by the lake […]
Bassnectar knocks out Hollywood Palladium with style
The audience at the Palladium is left awed by Bassnectar’s deafening bass and beats.
Contagion instills lasting sense of fear
Soderbergh’s latest film brings disease and disaster to a new level of horror, interweaving reality with haunting creativity.
Letter to the editor
Fox Sports show insensitive I was recently made aware of an appalling video that was the centerpiece of a Sept. 2, 2011, show called The College Experiment that was produced by Fox Sports. In the show, reporter Bob Oschack made fun of unsuspecting Asian international students at the University of Southern California by asking them […]
New educational paths should be taken
There’s a cookie cutter path we’re all supposed to take in life: Graduate from high school; go to college; finish in four years; and get a job, or continue with more school. More often than not, life doesn’t work that way. And it shouldn’t have to. Society seems to hold certain conventions when it comes […]
Controversy remains as DREAM Act progresses
California Legislature is on the verge of passing a new law that would allow illegal immigrants to receive state-financial aid for college. A part of the two-bill package, known as California DREAM Act, has been approved by the Senate. The act would make California the first state to offer public funding to undocumented students. The […]
Three dead, countless injured after embassy attack in Egypt
Israeli-Egyptian relations continued to deteriorate after an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Egypt left three dead and more than 1,000 injured. Protestors stormed the embassy and trashed offices, forcing almost the entire Israeli staff to flee Egypt. Early Saturday, the streets of Cairo erupted in violence between protestors and security forces. The clash led […]
Austin Powers actor receives life sentence for rape and torture case
Known to Austin Powers fans as Doctor Evil’s hired Korean assassin, Random Task, Joseph Hyungmin Son has been sentenced to life in prison for the gang rape and torture of a young Orange County woman, committed on Christmas Eve of 1990. According to the Los Angeles Times, the young woman, who is being referred to […]