Mole brings LA families and cultures together


There’s probably no Mexican dish more gorgeous and historically rich than mole (pronounced “mo-lay”). The dish looks like muddy gravy but packs a scrumptious array of flavors. It’s a complex paste of miscellaneous earthy ingredients that takes a day to make. Rich in flavor and folklore, mole is a complicated dish because of the sheer […]

Letter to the editor


Study spaces inadequate Imagine it’s a Friday night and you have a major project due the following week. Though most of your friends are planning to take the night off, you make the responsible choice to study for the evening. There’s only one problem: Every library on campus is either closed or overcrowded. Though Leavey […]

Women needed in STEM fields


Women outnumber men at most colleges and universities — something that would have been unimaginable at a not-so distant point in history. But when it comes to the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — women are still critically underrepresented. Though the recent increase of women in fields like biology and medicine indicates […]

Game rewind: Colorado


The set up: Fresh off a heartbreaking triple-overtime loss to No. 4 Stanford, USC had a short week to rebound for a Friday night matchup. Thankfully, that matchup was with the dreadful Colorado Buffalo, who have yet to win a Pac-12 game and are just 1-9 on the season. The Buffalo’s losses include 48-7 to […]