Two Daily Trojan writers explore whether the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for the Seal Beach shootings.
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Students must learn to question statistics
You’re the 99 percent. Thanks to the Occupy Wall Street protests, that statement is now full of negative connotations: debt, joblessness, misery. Still, look at the number — what does it actually say? It’s easy to see why statistics are appealing. They have the power to make broad claims seem concrete. In a tidy manner, [...]
Read the rest of this article »Drug testing invasion of students’ rights
Linn State Technical College, a small technical school outside of Linn, Mo., with an enrollment of only 1,200 students recently decided it was in the best interest of the school to make drug testing mandatory for enrollment, becoming the first university in the country to do so. Normally, the administrative decisions of Linn State Technical [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC should emphasize cleanliness
The university issued an email to all students Wednesday before the UC Berkeley football game about an outbreak of mumps at the California campus. Many USC students traveled to Berkeley for the Weekender trip and could have brought back this virus. The email warned students to be aware of the common means of mumps transmission: [...]
Read the rest of this article »DREAM Act milestone for equality
Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act into law, which will allow undocumented college students to apply for financial aid at state universities. The act, first introduced in 2001, has two parts: AB130 and AB131. AB130 was signed into law in July [...]
Read the rest of this article »Steve Jobs, the modern American hero
Every generation has its heroes. These figures all have critics, but people in almost every demographic category revere them. Their importance shapes our culture. What about this generation, though? Our hero is more difficult to find. We could look to politics, but even President Barack Obama, who conducted one of the most inspiring campaigns in [...]
Read the rest of this article »Adding bike racks a simple solution
You ride your bicycle all the way to class, but find the bike rack filled to capacity. You lock your back wheel in place and leave the bike near the rack so you can rush to class. When you come back out, your bike is gone. After dejectedly walking home thinking your bike has [...]
Read the rest of this article »Online education needs connection
From the most trivial of issues (who went to what party this weekend?) to the most traditional of society’s establishments (newspapers, music and book industries, Postal Service), Internet has transformed our lives. But one area remains to be revolutionized digitally: education. Online education is on the rise, pitting those who support the idea of a [...]
Read the rest of this article »Social devices can be used to foster connectivity
Last Friday, I stepped out from behind my screen long enough to enjoy an ancient form of entertainment: a play. Fittingly, the play was called Dead Man’s Cell Phone. The theatre department’s production tells the story of a woman who encounters a dead man at a cafe. Unable to forget the event, she takes his [...]
Read the rest of this article »Student projects need more support
Four USC students are attempting to raise $20,000 by the end of October to travel to South Korea to film a documentary about a philanthropist working to save the lives of children who would otherwise be abandoned because of their deformities. As of Sept. 27, they had only been able to raise $3,000 — [...]
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