At USC, get rid of Yik Yak completely


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Has Yik Yak ever done anything good for anybody? I ask that question with no sense of sarcasm: I cannot think of a single app with as much downside as Yik Yak, an app that allows users to post anonymous, 200-character messages to a platform accessible to anyone within a mile-and-a-half radius. Not only does […]

USC ignores students with disabilities


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There are over 1,200 USC students living with disabilities. A disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities — including seeing, hearing, sleeping and more. Considering the difficulties that are an inherent part of life for a student with […]

Somali militant group poses danger


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Last week, Al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamic militant group, carried out an attack on Garissa University College in Kenya, killing 147 students. It seems too commonplace in today’s global narrative that we hear news of a massacre or killing by an extremist group. The volume of attacks, however, doesn’t mitigate the impact they have on a […]

Bikini season sends harmful messages


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It’s that time of the year again. Spring break has come and gone, and summer waits just beyond the horizon. As if final papers and exams weren’t stressful enough, women of all ages have yet another seasonal pressure to confront: bikini season. At this point, the yearly campaign to shame women’s bodies into crash dieting […]

Trevor Noah offers a refreshing brand of humor


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Trevor Noah was born in South Africa from a black mother from Soweto and a white Swiss father. His parents’ interracial relationship was illegal under apartheid, which made his mixed culture not so popular in his neighborhood. His childhood forced him to coexist with cultures, languages and people entirely different from his own. Instead of […]

Comedy Central confuses offensive jokes with satire


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For 16 years, comedian Jon Stewart has been a satirical news powerhouse. No one has been able to compete with Stewart’s beat of comedy — not The Onion, not even the guys at Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.” And now, with Stewart’s announcement that he is to leave the show later this year, he passes […]