Stanford shows responsible case-handling


Campus sexual assault is obviously a national epidemic. Despite recent measures to investigate sexual assault cases at many universities, including USC, and California’s fairly recent passage of “Yes Means Yes” legislation, there appeared to be no definitive answers to the problem. Fortunately, the handling of Stanford University’s recent sexual assault case reveals a possible solution. […]

Sororities are more than image


Since the Jezebel article pertaining to USC Alpha Chi Omega’s Rush Email surfaced, members not affiliated with the Panhellenic community have used the information to reaffirm their opinions on the “superficial Greek system.” After reading the Daily Trojan’s recent article “Alpha Chi Omega’s standards create unhealthy images” by Sonali Seth, I felt the issue needed […]

Japan in need of United States aid to combat terrorist threat


Last April, when tensions were high between Japan and China because of disputed island territory, President Barack Obama took a trip to Japan to affirm that the United States will defend Japanese security interests. Now, Japan finds itself threatened again by one of the globe’s most notorious terrorist organizations, the Islamic State of Iraq and […]

Past events prove ISIS intervention should not happen


In a new reign of terror, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) released a video Saturday of the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Though the video’s legitimacy has not been not confirmed, this marked the second purported Japanese hostage killing, the first being businessman Haruna Yukawa. These alleged killings by ISIS […]