Archive for September 4th, 2012

Fall rush turnout sets records

By steve kearns and daniel rothberg · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 11:01 pm

More than 1,000 women rushed a sorority last week and houses offered 737 bids Sunday.

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Student serves in Israeli army before starting at USC

By annie wanless · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 11:00 pm

Student serves in Israeli army before starting at USC

Freshman Ilan Benjamin wrote and self-published a collection of short stories about his experiences. It goes on sale in December.

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NCAA will look into allegations

September 4, 2012 at 10:58 pm

Ex-athletes Joe McKnight and Davon Jefferson are subjects of NCAA investigations.

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USC charter school opens in Downtown

By mollie berg · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:57 pm

USC charter school opens in Downtown

The Rossier School of Education created Hybrid High School for students in the USC area.

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Students must be wary of LAPD violence

By Francesca Bessey · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:23 pm

Three incidents of police violence caught on tape that emerged last week have renewed a decades-long controversy over how the Los Angeles Police Department conducts itself. One incident, captured on a cellphone, involved 20-year-old Ronald Weekley Jr., who police officers said was skateboarding on the wrong side of the street in Venice. Weekley refused to [...]

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USC’s Hybrid High offers new solutions

By Matt Tinoco · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:16 pm

Charter schools, such as the new Hybrid High, show how to best improve public education.

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FYF Fest excites with captivating lineup

By Jamie DiRosario-Connor · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:06 pm

Besides the view of barren wasteland, dying grass and dusty fields, there’s a strange feeling walking into Los Angeles’ FYF Fest. Amongst the clusters of tents, giant sunglasses and the four stages are thousands of Los Angelenos. FYF is a cultural homogenization of everything that is trendy, “in” and L.A. Cue the girls in short floral dresses and high top lace up shoes, the guys with pompadour haircuts and 70s mustaches. When everyone cool, hip and different is packed into one venue – what does that make everyone? The same.

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Auteurship gives dull cinema style, flair

By C. Molly Smith · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:04 pm

With a slew of remakes and sequels dominating theaters, modern cinema is seemingly devoid of originality. Many films could escape this fate, but they lack the creative drive necessary for a unique voice — they lack auteurship. The auteur theory suggests that a film’s originality, in large part, stems from the director, the driving creative [...]

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Graynor fails to break sidekick mold

By Yuliana Baskina · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:03 pm

Graynor fails to break sidekick mold

Ari Graynor gives a lackluster performance in her newest film, For A Good Time, Call….

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“All Hail” welcomes budding singers

By Yuliana Baskina · Daily Trojan

September 4, 2012 at 10:02 pm

“All Hail” welcomes budding singers

USC’s a cappella groups delivered powerhouse performances Monday night as they kicked off auditions and fall recruitment.

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’SC computer breaks tech speed record

USC’s newest supercomputer has ranked as the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the U.S., reaching 531.6 teraflops, or floating-point calculations per second, according to USC ...

Former Dornsife professor added to FBI Wanted list

Former USC professor Walter Lee Williams was named the 500th person on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted List on Monday. [caption id="attachment_67373" align="alignright" width="225"] ...

Roundup

The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety Daily Incident Log between Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11.  Crimes against a ...

Opinion

Gov’t needs clear policy to access data

As people spend more time with computers, their reliance on websites and Internet service providers grow. And yet, the government’s ability to monitor these technologies ...

Whistle-blower program needed for internships

A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled last Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal law by not paying production interns on the ...

Students must continue work on USChange

Many members of the USC community voiced their concern following the May 4 incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department shut down a party ...

Sports

USC football APR scores still below national average

Last week, the NCAA announced the Academic Progress Rate multi year scores that cover the four-year period between the 2008-09 and 2011-12 academic years, and ...

USC names Ron Allice’s replacement

For 15 years, Caryl Smith Gilbert has been molding champion track and field athletes and leaders east of the Mississippi. Beginning next season, however, she ...

Nellum earns another top distinction

USC senior Bryshon Nellum, who closed out his USC career with an NCAA championship in the 400 meter last week in Oregon, was named the ...

Lifestyle

Summer recipes bound to relax and chill

With the official start of summer just around the corner and a glimpse of those long, hot L.A. days bound to overwhelm us, it’s the ...

Event celebrates LA’s Chinese culture, history

Chinatown Summer Nights has mastered the blend of L.A.’s trendiest music and marketplaces with the historic cultural neighborhood in the program’s fourth season. Alight with ...

Tech world gravitates to City of Angels

Hopping onto the tech bandwagon is no easy feat these days. The competition that goes on in Silicon Valley for bright engineers and marketing superstars ...

Photos

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

The Schwarzenegger Institute held an immigration reform forum titled "Washington comes to USC", with U.S Senators John McCain, Michael Bennet and former President of Mexico ...

In Photos: Armenian Genocide

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In Photos: Springfest 2013

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