Entries by Jessie Wong

Fire breaks out in dorm room at New Residential College

A fire broke out at College Residence Hall on Sunday night, leading to an evacuation of approximately 60 students by the USC Department of Public Safety. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the fire took place in a room on the third floor of the residence hall, part of New Residential College, and was […]

USC engineering team places 3rd in competition

The USC Human Powered Vehicle Design Team, founded at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester sponsored by the Viterbi School of Engineering placed in the top 10 for every competition with a 3rd place ranking in the endurance event during a competition hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Senior Section of the American Society […]

Marshall’s Center for Management Communications hosts speakers series

Marshall’s Center for Management Communication continued its Speaker Series on Thursday afternoon.The presentation titled, “The Power of Discourse: How Communication Creates, Defines, and Directs Organizations,” is the second part within the Speaker Series, which commemorates the Center’s 35th anniversary. The event featured a speech given by Professor François Cooren, Chair of the Department of Communication […]

Trojans’ defense hitting its stride during spring practice

With the spring game on the horizon, the USC football team is making the most of the final few days of spring practice. This week’s practices were held at the Coliseum, which looked even more gargantuan in its emptiness. There has been a slightly different feel to practice of late, mainly because the players will […]

Missing Cal student last seen at USC party; family offering $100,000 reward

Eloi Vasquez, a 19-year-old freshman at the University of California, Berkeley, has been missing since the night of March 27. Vasquez was last seen leaving a party at the USC chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Vasquez’s family originally announced to local news stations Sunday night that they would be offering a $50,000 reward for any information […]

Men’s volleyball beats UCLA in five sets

Avenging two losses from earlier in the season, the men’s volleyball had arguably one of its best weekends of the season, taking five-set wins from conference rivals UC Santa Barbara and UCLA at the Galen Center. The wins not only solidified the team’s spot in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference standings, but coach Bill […]

Going one-on-one with NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick

Kevin Harvick has had a storied racing career, from winning seven national go-karting championships when he was young to winning his first championship at NASCAR’s top level, the Sprint Cup Series, in 2014. On his way to the Sprint Cup Series, he won the 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series (now the K&N Pro Series West) […]

Condoleezza Rice visits campus, speaks on governance in collegiate sports

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with USC Athletic Director Pat Haden on the state of governance in college sports at Town & Gown on Monday evening. Price Professor and Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance moderated the conversation, which was hosted by the Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and Public […]