DPS involvement in students’ social lives is skewing balance between work and play.
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Comforts of home must be foregone
When I started at USC last year, I was a little overwhelmed. USC offers such a variety of new choices and responsibilities that I felt anxious nearly all the time. With my home just a 40-minute drive down the 110 Freeway, I started driving home almost every weekend. The familiarity of home and its proximity [...]
Read the rest of this article »Learning lab limits broadcast journalists
Annenberg TV News’ learning lab prevents students from working for other media.
Read the rest of this article »USC’s nickname, “University of Summer Construction,” bears a great deal of truth. Distinguishing our school as a place of summer construction is not necessarily a bad thing. We should recognize USC as a place of transformation in which students play an important role in a university driven by a desire for progress. What we make [...]
Read the rest of this article »Partisanship makes U.S. Congress dysfunctional
Congress must work together in the coming year to keep the country’s economy afloat.
Read the rest of this article »The economy is obviously struggling. People are wary of spending money freely, and watching their expenses carefully. As a result, the increasingly expensive financial and personal investment that is education has emerged as a stress. At a time when families are pressed for money and wondering if their children will be able to secure jobs [...]
Read the rest of this article »Increased presence of religion is dividing politics
Faith, not partisan politics, is what is driving a stake between the Democrats and the GOP.
Read the rest of this article »Obama’s changes have been gradual but effective
The 2012 presidential candidates are slowly becoming solidified, and it’s no surprise that President Barack Obama has decided to run again in hopes of serving a second term. Republican candidates like Michele Bachmann make Obama’s re-election even more plausible; remember when Bachmann said abolishing the minimum wage would be a good idea? All political ideologies [...]
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With another economic downturn and an election looming, two Daily Trojan writers explore President Obama’s future.
Read the rest of this article »Higher gas prices here to stay
One year ago, a gallon of gas averaged $3.08. Today, it’s $3.74 — with no end in sight.
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