Matzo is more than just Jewish flatbread


The appeal of unleavened bread might be limited. At least that’s how the food would sound to anyone unfamiliar with the thin, cracker-like matzo, a Jewish dietary staple that makes a resurgence with the arrival of Passover this time of year. The common explanation for matzo’s origins is that Israelites had little time to flee […]

Letter to the editor


There’s more to USC athletics than football.   Football is and has always been king at USC. The football team is a perennial contender for the BCS National Championship year in and year out, and it deservedly receives the most attention, considering the national popularity of the sport. The problem is that attendance lacks in […]

Mayor’s gang-prevention program ineffective


Gang activity is difficult to measure. Different organizations have different ways of defining a gang member, and the competing systems lead to discrepancies in reports on levels of gang activity. This ambiguity makes it hard to tell whether gang-prevention programs are effective. It’s even harder to connect the efforts of any one program to perceived […]

David Lynch releases surreal music video with ‘Crazy Clown Time’


David Lynch, famous for having created the surreal TV series, Twin Peaks, and then a slew of hallucinogenic feature-lengths, mainly creates music now. But with Lynch’s music video for “Crazy Clown Time,” the title track of his new album, he has re-entered the world of filmmaking, with expectedly eerie results. The song itself is very simple: […]