Free speech can complicate events such as ‘Irvine 11,’ but the complication is necessary.
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Online profiles deserve privacy
Hide your beers and hide your bongs — your future bosses are climbing into your Facebook accounts, snatching your pictures up. According to a survey by Vault, a recruiting website, three out of every four employers use Facebook in the hiring process. Conscientious job applicants know employers check digital trails. Few USC students need to [...]
Read the rest of this article »Students should watch conduct I had the pleasure of attending my first college football game (I’m over 50 years old) and we had amazing seats behind ‘SC’s bench. We were across the aisle from the student section and I was quite surprised by the regular roaring of “Utah sucks,” fueling the stadium. Then the incessant [...]
Read the rest of this article »Small breaks can ease distractions in class
The other day I was in class trying to understand what my professor was explaining when something else caught my eye. A few rows ahead of me, some guy was on his laptop watching a video on the Internet. I told myself to ignore it, but a little while later I caught myself trying to [...]
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Read the rest of this article »The term interfaith overlooks key religions
Partially in response to President Barack Obama’s challenge issued in March to bridge religious divides and build understanding while giving university students a chance to participate in community service projects, USC hosted an interfaith memorial on Sept. 11, commemorating the 10th anniversary of that fateful day. Calling the event “interfaith,” though, doesn’t really say anything [...]
Read the rest of this article »Fox Sports show insensitive I was recently made aware of an appalling video that was the centerpiece of a Sept. 2, 2011, show called The College Experiment that was produced by Fox Sports. In the show, reporter Bob Oschack made fun of unsuspecting Asian international students at the University of Southern California by asking them [...]
Read the rest of this article »New educational paths should be taken
There’s a cookie cutter path we’re all supposed to take in life: Graduate from high school; go to college; finish in four years; and get a job, or continue with more school. More often than not, life doesn’t work that way. And it shouldn’t have to. Society seems to hold certain conventions when it comes [...]
Read the rest of this article »Disunity has thrown country into chaos
Soon, the anniversary of Sept. 11 will be upon us, and the memories of those who lost their lives on that fateful day will captivate our attention — but for how long? A fleeting moment is all we usually allot for reflection on Sept. 11 despite the existing ramifications of that day in the history [...]
Read the rest of this article »Partisanship has led to positive discussion
Most of us students were only in the formative pre-adolescent years of our childhood when Al-Qaeda terrorists carried out their horrendous attacks on our nation, but we all remember that day. The phrase “9/11: We Will Never Forget” is permanently etched into many of our memories, guaranteeing we will, in fact, never forget. After the [...]
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