Internet slang a sign of evolution
A few days ago, my roommates and I were talking about which first names and surnames sound good together. We came up with the name “Ella Wellman.” Looks neutral enough, right? Try saying it out loud. It sounds a lot like “ell-oh-ell, man.” As in, laughing out loud, man. It sounds like something you’d find in [...]
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Many students who applied for study abroad programs are currently finding out where they will be going next semester. Some students, however, are limited in destinations because of overly stringent class requirements. The idea of studying abroad is terribly enticing to me. Studying at USC and taking advantage of a cultural center such as Los [...]
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Drug cartels are running amok south of the border and the U.S. must take a definitive stance.
Read the rest of this article »Israel and U.S. relationship under strain Today marks the day the Palestinian Authority will request the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian territories (Gaza Strip and the West Bank) as the State of Palestine. Because of the PA’s unilateral decision to go to the U.N., it has deeply worsened the possibility of future direct negotiations [...]
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Alcohol education should encourage responsibility among students instead of sobriety.
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Drones, as used by the United States in military operations, belong to a class of machines referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles. The term “drone” refers to an remotely controlled aircraft. Drone pilots are often thousands of miles away, controlling their aircrafts in a manner akin to playing a video game. But such separation also [...]
Read the rest of this article »Women should embrace their genetics, body image
The media’s conception of beauty is inaccurate and harmful to mental health.
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The phrases “Beat UCLA” and the more fiery “FUCLA” are commonplace Trojan-pride slogans that pit USC against the school across town. But beneath the rivalrous repartee between the two universities are serious issues in California’s higher education system brought to light by the current crisis in the UC system that even USC students not directly [...]
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My biracial identity has allowed me to have the unique experience of hearing about the two vastly different worlds my parents were born in. My mother grew up literally in the jungles of El Salvador, while my father grew up in the developed country of Canada. You can imagine my mother’s story was slightly darker [...]
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Two Daily Trojan writers explore whether affirmative action is discriminatory.
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