Poll problems cast pall on USC turnout
Leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections, expectations for youth turnout at USC were predictably dismal. In the last few weeks, pundits have accused youth voters of everything from crippling laziness to lack of enthusiasm to naïve assumptions that the state will fix itself. But around campus on Tuesday, the problem was not getting students to [...]
Read the rest of this article »Endorsement: Jerry Brown for CA governor
One of the most common motifs in California’s 2010 gubernatorial race is that the state is at a critical juncture. Unemployment, healthcare costs, taxes, crime rates and pollution are rising. Pensions, water supply, government services and job opportunities are not. It’s imperative that we keep these issues in mind as we select the next California [...]
Read the rest of this article »No excuse for students not to vote in elections
There is no denying that Friday’s rally with President Barack Obama focused more on promoting Democratic ideology than on the students who came to see the president speak. But setting aside the partisanship that characterized the event, the underlying call to arms was a crucial one: Vote in the upcoming midterm elections. There is a [...]
Read the rest of this article »Bike regulation requires a more cohesive plan
Today, many student cyclists will dismount and walk their bikes through the two major intersections along Jefferson Boulevard, under the threat of a ticket. But tomorrow, they will most likely keep riding through. Today marks only the second day this semester that Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Public Safety officers have made a [...]
Read the rest of this article »Successor must work to honor Sample’s legacy
The decisions made over the next few years are going to shape USC’s new identity as we move further into the 21st century. Let’s honor Sample’s progress by making sure that it never slows and never stops.
Read the rest of this article »Time for Greek, GLBT groups to come to the table
One of the most sensitive — and most important — issues facing our university community is how gay and lesbian individuals are treated in the Greek system. Over the last five years, a trickle of complaints regarding this matter has become a steady flow. The issue was highlighted in a letter sent to the Daily [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC should aid students in housing search
Over the past few years USC has vastly improved in accommodating more students in on-campus housing. Once students are inevitably shooed off-campus, however, they continue to be plagued by unreliable landlords. USC currently only guarantees undergraduates two years of on-campus housing. Every year, an average of 800 students who apply for campus housing are denied. [...]
Read the rest of this article »A new type of undergraduate experience will be added to the university as music icons ...
Video from the scene, courtesy of USC Black Student Assembly. Students, alumni, faculty and community members ...
[gallery link="file" ids="67092,67091,67090,67089,67088,67087,67086,67085,67084"] Photos by Razan Al Marzouqi More than 100 students gathered in front of Tommy ...
With a runoff election almost two weeks away, Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy ...
Architect and USC alumnus Anthony Marnell, '72, donated $1 million to the School of Architecture ...
UPDATE: Photos from the scene, courtesy of USC student Christopher James. Multiple USC students were detained ...
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 ...
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 ...
A group of USC students, community members and local artists in Leimert Park are bringing the pay phone back into service — and hoping to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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