In an effort to keep the USC community up to date on a bevy of important issues and events, the Daily Trojan has produced a large amount of content both online and in print. Here’s a rundown of (and some links to) what’s been going on: Last Wednesday a Halloween shooting rattled the campus. The Daily [...]

The USC community is reminded to set all clocks back one hour for daylight saving time. South Los Angeles and the rest of California will “fall back” one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday when daylight saving time ends and Pacific Standard Time resumes. Though many electronic devices adjust automatically, most appliances and other time-telling [...]

Elena Kadvany: Point In 1972, the political term “October surprise” was coined. Twelve days before the presidential election between former president Richard Nixon and then-Sen. George McGovern, then-National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger announced that “peace was at hand” in Vietnam, changing the game on a crucial election issue that might have swayed many voters’ decisions [...]

Undergraduate Student Body President Mikey Geragos and Black Student Assembly Director Lamar Gary issued statements Friday in response to Wednesday night’s shooting. A man allegedly shot Geno Hall, a former Crenshaw High School football star, and three other victims in a confrontation that occurred outside of the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. Police also detained another [...]

A man in conjunction with a shooting that occurred on campus Wednesday night has been arrested, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The Los Angeles Times reported the man’s identity as 19-year-old Brandon Spencer, a security guard from Inglewood, and said he has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Spencer allegedly shot Geno [...]

Scheduling paperwork for an on-campus Halloween party Wednesday night was filed under the Black Student Assembly’s name, Undergraduate Student Government President Mikey Geragos confirmed to the Daily Trojan on Friday. As more than 100 students waited in line for the party, gunshots were fired after a physical altercation between two males not affiliated with USC. [...]

A trio of Trojans were nominated for awards this week. Senior quarterback Matt Barkley and sophomore wide receiver Marqise Lee were named semifinalists for the 76th Maxwell Award, and senior defensive back T.J. McDonald was named one of 15 semifinalists for the 2012 Jim Thorpe Award for the nation’s top defensive back. McDonald is one of [...]

Statistically, every student on campus knows someone affected by domestic violence, regardless of whether or not they are aware of it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four women nationally will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime, the majority of them between the ages of 18 and 24. As Domestic [...]

There are times when you’re taking a jog around campus and you happen to run into the person you spent last  night with — or at least wish you had. Dripping with sweat and gasping for breath, you inevitably regret wearing your ugly, oversized T-shirt that isn’t appropriate for any other situation. Although you can’t change [...]

A shooting on Halloween night injured four people outside of a party at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. News quickly spread and students fled the area or tried to warn others. Students responded to the shooting in a number of different ways, from concern to outrage. See more of our coverage of the shooting here. [...]