Icon Plaza Starbucks makes one too many


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There’s nothing quite like the opening of a new coffee shop to make people nod their heads and agree that “Yes, that certainly is another place I can now buy coffee.” It’s a lack of enthusiasm felt by hundreds of USC students last week in response to the christening of Icon Plaza’s very own Starbucks. […]

Students should be wary of credit card risks


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Turning eighteen is a rite of passage. You can smoke, gamble, take out loans, lease an apartment—and you can apply for a credit card. While a birthday celebration may or may not include one or more of the latter privileges, the first week is bound to include at least a few solicitations from credit card […]

Medical documentary series remain best option on Hulu


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There are very few shows on television that make viewers realize, understand and appreciate their own humanity. Luckily for everyone, there’s Boston Med and NY Med. These two ABC medical documentary series, created and produced by renowned journalist and documentary modernizer Terry Wrong, are some of the most compelling and emotional 16 hours in contemporary network television history. […]

National Football Foundation names Barkley William V. Campbell Trophy semi-finalist


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USC senior quarterback Matt Barkley was selected as one of 147 candidates for the National Football Foundation’s National Scholar-Athlete Awards. The same 147 candidates also comprise the list of semifinalists for the 2012 William V. Campbell Trophy, which acknowledges an individual as the best football scholar-athlete in the nation. Nominees for the award, which are […]

City Council green-lights stadium plan


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The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved Friday the plans to build a $1.2 billion NFL stadium in Downtown, in turn reaffirming the city’s desire to once again have a professional football team, according to the Los Angeles Times. If all goes as planned, Farmers Field would open in 2017. The council approved the plan […]

Angelenos celebrate Endeavour flight for the wrong reasons


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It seemed as if the whole city was watching: The six o’clock news was flooded with interviews from people who had waited in a certain spot for hours, people updated their Facebook statuses at the speed of light and Instagram probably almost broke down due to the amount of users making their space shuttle shots […]

Symposium’s call for non-partisanship is essential


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From brutal campaign ads to personal attacks to the not-so-friendly moniker Barrack Hussein, the battlefield of politics has been particularly nasty in recent years. Such nastiness is rooted in rigid partisanship, which has contributed to an endemic inability of lawmakers of different parties to work with one another. In the midst of this national fiasco, […]

USC adds Fresno State to 2014 football schedule


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Only four games into the current football season, USC Director of Athletics’ Chair Pat Haden already has an eye on the future, announcing USC will add Fresno State to the football schedule in 2014. The game holds special meaning for Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin, as he played quarterback for the Bulldogs from 1994 to […]

South Figueroa offers tasty gluten-free options


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Sure, there are many trendy places that you can get your gluten-free on within the great city of Los Angeles. But in case your pockets don’t run deep enough to help support the eating habits of über-cool hipsters at the hottest cafeteria/restaurant/hole in the wall that actually costs 20 bucks per bite, or in case […]

Students should appreciate iPhones


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The iPhone 5 has officially arrived on campus. Many students have their new toys on display in classrooms and dining halls, some still with the protective plastic wrap in place. Students with the “old” iPhone 4 are debating the relative merits of the new model. But what about those students with no iPhone at all? […]