Gearing up


Jared Blake, a freshman majoring in architecture, and Kimmery Galindo, a junior majoring in English, decorate their float as part of “Homecoming Fall 2011 All Bark, No Bite: Tirebiter’s Revenge” in McCarthy Quad on Tuesday.  The Office of Campus Activities will host a Homecoming Parade tomorrow at noon at Tommy Trojan.

USC Digest


Gilbreath nominated for CLASS Award USC All-American senior guard Briana Gilbreath has already received plenty of accolades for the work she does on the court. Now she’s being recognized for what she does in the classroom and community, too. Gilbreath has been nominated as one of 30 candidates for Lowe’s Senior Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement […]

Kiffin, Sarkisian have left their own marks


Disciple: a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; a follower. For Pete Carroll, passing on the keys to his winning ways wasn’t going very well in fall 2008. Carroll’s most prominent pupil, Lane Kiffin, had just been fired by late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis following a 5-15 […]

Increase in females equalizes gaming


The image of the typical gamer has been something of a caricature: a rambunctious teenage male mashing buttons with his friends or a post-college mama’s boy cooped up in his parents’ basement. Most of us acknowledge these stereotypes as funny exaggerations, but the crux of their humor lies in a key assumption — gamers are […]