Terrorist hostage negotiations should not be an option


This week, American journalist Peter Theo Curtis was released by the Syrian terrorist group Jabhat al-Nusra. Curtis was captured in October 2012 after he entered Syria to cover the raging civil war that ravished the country. After two years of talks and discussions with other countries in the region, the United States was able to […]

USC cornerback Josh Shaw suspended indefinitely


Senior cornerback and co-captain Josh Shaw has been suspended from all football activities indefinitely after he admitted about lying about the nature of the ankle injuries he sustained on Saturday night. On Sunday, USC Athletics released a statement saying that Shaw was out indefinitely after suffering two high ankle sprains because he leapt from a […]

Josh Shaw’s story under investigation


The story behind USC senior defensive back Josh Shaw’s recent ankle injury took a bizarre turn today, as the validity of his version of events came into question. Head coach Steve Sarkisian announced at practice this morning that the athletic department had received  calls questioning Shaw’s claims that he suffered two high ankle sprains in […]

Josh Shaw incident raises questions


It seemed too good to be true — now we find out it might literally be too good to be true. I didn’t think too much of the story when I first came across it on the Spirit of Troy Facebook page, where a link to the article on USC’s athletic website had been posted. […]