COLUMN: Hollywood Reporter replaces its 100 Power Women issue


Last week, The Hollywood Reporter announced that it would cease its annual ranking of Hollywood’s 100 Power Women in Entertainment after 23 years. Last year, Anne Sweeney, president of Disney/ABC Television Group, graced the cover. The year before that, Oprah represented the powerful women in Hollywood. The list has had a broad range — from […]

Education can stop cultural appropriation


When I was 19, I learned what cultural appropriation was. It was in a classroom at Stanford University in a white professor’s lesson called “Why cultural appropriation is never OK.” The professor presented many examples of how cultural appropriation manifests itself. The one example that stuck with me was one that I had committed many […]

Providing refuge for Syrian refugee scholars and students is a moral issue


This week, resolutions were introduced in the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Government Senates, urging the administration to provide spaces and funding to Syrian refugee scholars and students by joining the Institute for International Education’s Syria Consortium. In the coming weeks, the resolution will also be introduced in the Academic Senate, where it already has the […]

Troy Talk: USC vs. Oregon grades


Who would have thought? The one time we don’t get crushed in the first quarter we get crushed in the game. Maybe we should purposely tank the first quarter. Or maybe we should just win the game. The Trojans came into Eugene with a lot of momentum and left after getting punched in the gut, […]

Uber driver arrested after student reports he groped her


LAPD arrested an Uber driver Saturday night after he was accused of groping a female USC student while dropping her off near campus. At approximately 9 p.m. on Nov. 22, the student reported that the driver had groped her from behind as she was getting out of his car. The incident occurred as he was […]

Ask Tiffany: Am I out of his League?


Dear Tiffany, My boyfriend and I have been together for five years. The relationship is stable, and I’m sure he loves me. But the thing is, he doesn’t really a goal in life and he is in his mid-twenties. He works during the day (service industry) and plays League of Legends at night. He’s not […]

Kick off the holiday season with a brownie mug cake


Fall semester is almost over, which means the holiday season is about to start! For many of us, stress levels are at an all-time high with all the midterms, projects and finals making their way in. Though it’s been said many times, chocolate boosts happiness. So here’s a quick and easy brownie recipe to celebrate […]

Trojans take home third place at MPSF Tournament


The USC men’s water polo team claimed third place at the MPSF Tournament held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center over the weekend. The Trojans beat Stanford in the quarterfinals on Friday, but on Saturday lost to UCLA in the semifinals. However, they came back strong on Sunday with an 8-4 win over Pacific in the third […]