Women of Troy off to best start in 10 years
Women’s volleyball returns to the Galen Center to take on the Washington schools.
COLUMN: Women’s volleyball keeps on winning
In volleyball, the sequence of bump, set and spike seems like an easy concept to grasp, though it’s actually a lot harder than it sounds to practice in live play — especially when the ball is traveling at high speeds. The No. 2-ranked USC women’s volleyball team, though, has made it look as if it […]
Don’t Worry Baby features an offbeat, engaging story
The film focuses on an unconventional plot about father-son relationships.
Celebrities’ memoirs provide inspirational, comical insight
When I heard about Amy Schumer’s newly negotiated $10 million book deal last month, it got me thinking about one of my favorite books from last year. First, it was an autobiography and I, on the whole, am a fiction girl through and through. Second, it was written by someone who wasn’t famous as an […]
SOUR GRAPES: High school vs. college
COLUMN: Charter schools give parents more choice
A wave of discontent within the Los Angeles Unified School District has brought local policymakers together to augment existing infrastructure by increasing the number of the city’s charter schools. Just this month, LAUSD and other California school districts experienced a common sentiment of worry when their students’ low Common Core test results were released. Inevitably, plans […]
New dean should embody core values
Sitting outside the Ronald Tutor Campus Center, we randomly selected five students in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and asked them if they could name their dean. Only one could. Dornsife students don’t know their dean, but — because this figure plays such a pivotal role in the direction of the College […]
Minimize to maximize
Two weeks ago, I decided that I had had enough. Clothes I never wore, shoes that barely fit, books I didn’t even like and stacks of old assignments, seemed to be sucking me in like an all-consuming vortex. Stuff. I just had too much of it. I started with my closet. I decided that I […]
College Football Pick’em: Week of 9/28
Well, folks, clear your calendar this Saturday, stock your fridge and get ready for a good week of football. The Trojans aren’t playing this week, you say? Well, I think our team deserves a good break after stomping all over Sparky. And trust me, even though the boys in cardinal and gold aren’t playing this […]
Without country music, life would B flat
These days, country is a controversial music genre. The fans that have been listening to country since Johnny Cash first picked up a guitar would argue that the genre has been turned into something formulaic and commoditized. They would argue that the genre has lost touch with its roots, and it’s nothing more than watered-down […]