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Mayoral candidates pull no punches at USC debate

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

May 6, 2013 (2 weeks ago) at 11:43 am

Mayoral candidates pull no punches at USC debate

With a runoff election almost two weeks away, Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel used their political records and personal biographies — not to mention a few sharp attacks — to each argue that they were most qualified to run City Hall. The Sunday night debate at USC’s Galen Center touched upon a [...]

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Politicians, experts discuss immigration reform

By daniel rothberg · Daily Trojan

April 30, 2013 (3 weeks ago) at 11:27 pm

Politicians, experts discuss immigration reform

Senators focused on the potential impact of a recent U.S. senate immigration bill.

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Garcetti, Greuel face off in live debate at HSC

By nathaniel haas · Daily Trojan

April 22, 2013 (4 weeks ago) at 11:37 pm

Garcetti, Greuel face off in live debate at HSC

The Los Angeles mayoral run-off election will take place on May 21.

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Unruh director seeks Calif fundraising reform

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

March 26, 2013 at 12:03 am

Schnur’s proposed ban would limit donors’ contributions to candidates on a campaign.

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Schnur seeks Calif. fundraising reform

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

March 25, 2013 at 11:00 am

Fifteen states, including Texas and Florida, have put rules on the books banning political contributions while their state legislatures are in session. Now, Dan Schnur, director of USC’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, is looking to add California’s name to the list. “I have put together a proposal that would ban all legislative fundraising [...]

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Candidates campaign on similar platforms

By yasmeen Serhan and Alana victor · Daily Trojan

March 4, 2013 at 11:53 pm

Candidates campaign on similar platforms

All candidates have cited job growth and education progress in their platforms.

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Garcetti, Greuel lead for mayor

By Chelsea Stone · Daily Trojan

March 3, 2013 at 5:37 pm

The Sol Price School of Public Policy and LA Times poll was taken by 500 likely voters.

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USC to seek strong ties with new mayor

By austin Reagan · Daily Trojan

March 3, 2013 at 5:24 pm

Students urge next L.A. mayor to focus more attention to the university and student body.

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Kurth-Park Wins Race

By Cecilia Callas · Daily Trojan

February 19, 2013 at 11:54 pm

Kurth-Park Wins Race

Students have elected juniors Christian Kurth and Ryan Park to serve as Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president, respectively, for the 2013-14 school year. Kurth, the current USG director of university affairs, and Park, a Greek senator, received 2,925 votes, winning by a margin of 7.5 points. The presidential ticket of current USG Senate [...]

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Two visions for USG

By Christina Schoellkopf and Isabella Sayyah · Daily Trojan

February 10, 2013 at 6:25 pm

MATT ARKFELD & ALEX CASCANTE Matthew Arkfeld and Alex Cascante are approaching the 2013 Undergraduate Student Government election with reform in mind, focusing their platform on internal USG operations. Arkfeld, a junior majoring in East Asian area studies, currently serves as senate speaker pro tempore. Cascante, a junior majoring in business administration, serves as a Greek [...]

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Prof loses tenure bid after appeal

On April 3, Assistant Professor of International Relations Mai’a Keapuolani Davis Cross, who had traveled cross-country from her tenure track position at Colgate University to ...

Center to host more concerts after deal with Nederlander

The Galen Center entered into a deal last week with Nederlander Concerts, a Los Angeles-based company that organizes concerts with venues, to increase the numbers ...

Annenberg creates community pay phones

A group of USC students, community members and local artists in Leimert Park are bringing the pay phone back into service — and hoping to ...

Opinion

’SC sets example in lowering dropout rate

A report sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reveals that the nation’s higher education system is facing a dropout crisis. Produced in part ...

Should the Guantánamo Bay prison remain open?

The prison must be closed as it stands for hypocrisy and infringes upon international human rights.  One hundred of the total 166 inmates at the Guantánamo ...

The Internet celebrates 20th birthday

Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the creation of World Wide Web. The organization responsible for building the Internet, CERN, also created the Large Hadron ...

Sports

Trojans begin three-game homestand against TCU

As the USC baseball team enters the final month of its baseball season 11 games under .500, it can at least feel good that it ...

USC faces North Florida in first round of tournament

For the No. 4 USC women’s sand volleyball team, its entire season has led up to this tournament. The team will finally be put to the ...

Jovan, Monica Vavic earn league awards

When it comes to dominating the competition in the pool, nobody does it better than the Vavic family. Following a season in which head coach ...

Lifestyle

An Exercise in Authenticity

Though Generation Um…includes a star studded cast—Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic, and Adelaide Clemens—this film surprisingly has more of an indie vibe.  Set in New York ...

History behind shakes

Though finals loom as obstacles between now and summer, Ground Zero Performance Café has the perfect solution for both cooling down and serving your study ...

Play creates darker version of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale

Before Disney’s Peter, Wendy, John and Michael flew over “poor Nana” toward Big Ben and continued to the second star to the right and straight ...

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In Photos: Washington comes to USC

The Schwarzenegger Institute held an immigration reform forum titled "Washington comes to USC", with U.S Senators John McCain, Michael Bennet and former President of Mexico ...

In Photos: Armenian Genocide

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In Photos: Springfest 2013

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