Articles Tagged ‘green’

USC needs a stronger recycling culture

By Francesca Bessey · Daily Trojan

November 27, 2012 at 8:23 pm

USC needs a stronger recycling culture

At last Saturday’s football game, dozens of student volunteers for USC Sustainability’s Tailgate Waste Diversion team learned the hard way that the university lacks waste consciousness. If USC worked to develop a stronger recycling sensibility, however, it could have an incredibly positive environmental and community impact. The need for more effective waste management has never [...]

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Students must keep green momentum going

By Kastalia Medrano · Daily Trojan

April 25, 2011 at 8:37 pm

Students must keep green momentum going

The refrain that USC isn’t the most environmentally friendly campus has been beaten to death. Our facilities are not swathed in solar paneling and we don’t have wind turbines powering our dining hall kitchens. But there has been a respectable amount of progress in sustainability at USC in the last year. The Leadership in Energy [...]

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Earth Week is a chance to learn and have fun

By Kastalia Medrano · Daily Trojan

April 18, 2011 at 8:55 pm

Earth Week is a chance to learn and have fun

Earth Week was fun when I was in elementary school. Each year, my class would bake cookies in solar-powered ovens or trek to some local park, where teachers would cheer on either Team Stratosphere or Team Thermosphere as they raced to collect the most trash. I recall testing the pH of nearby rivers and, after [...]

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Bag It gives complex topic a simple story

By rebeca cuñado · Daily Trojan

April 13, 2011 at 9:42 pm

Bag It gives complex topic a simple story

The documentary follows the journey of an average man who investigates plastic’s impact.

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‘Greeks Gone Green’ aims to increase sustainability

By Kimberly Montenegro · Daily Trojan

March 6, 2011 at 6:04 pm

‘Greeks Gone Green’ aims to increase sustainability

The Panhellenic Council will sell reusable merchandise to raise money to plant trees.

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Fadil, Mehra aim to revamp sustainability

By laura walsh · Daily Trojan

February 8, 2011 at 11:38 pm

Fadil, Mehra aim to revamp sustainability

Alex Fadil and Rohan Mehra helped to refound the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at USC in 2009.

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USG buys stickers to save trees

By Rachel Bracker · Daily Trojan

February 1, 2011 at 11:26 pm

USG allocates money to purchase 1,000 stickers to be placed in campus bathrooms.

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USC playing catchup on sustainable practices

By Kastalia Medrano · Daily Trojan

January 31, 2011 at 8:24 pm

USC playing catchup on sustainable practices

Although the university has lagged in environmental awareness and commitment to clean energy, USC is making efforts to be more green.

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California fails to go green

By Chloe Stepney · Daily Trojan

September 1, 2010 at 3:55 pm

California fails to go green

Legislators fail to wrap up prosposed ban on plastic bags.

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Dr. Dre, Iovine give $70 mil for new academy

A new type of undergraduate experience will be added to the university as music icons Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre are together giving $70 million ...

UPDATE: LAPD, DPS hold open forum for students

Video from the scene, courtesy of USC Black Student Assembly.   Students, alumni, faculty and community members voiced their concerns at an emotional open forum between the ...

Students hold sit-in in response to LAPD presence at party

[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 Trojan for a sit-in Monday afternoon in response to events ...

Opinion

Syrian conflict explodes

On May 16, President Barack Obama told the public about evidence that shows chemical weapons being used in the ongoing Syrian crisis, according to BBC ...

Extra-curriculars, internships as important as grades

As summertime rolls around and the sun and ocean begin to beckon eager pupils, one last roadblock stands in the way of true vacation bliss: ...

’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 ...

Sports

Women of Troy fall in the round of 16

With a 15-match winning streak against the Cardinal and after bouncing the team from the NCAA quarterfinals last season, the No. 5 USC women’s tennis ...

Trojans can’t pull off unprecedented ‘5-peat’

An outstanding four-year championship run ended for the USC men’s tennis program on Saturday, May 18, in Urbana, Ill., as the No. 4 Trojans were ...

USC suffers sweep to rival UCLA

When USC and UCLA took the field this weekend for their annual three-game clash, it was hard to envision two more different teams and programs. ...

Lifestyle

Daft Punk transcends genre in RAM

After eight long years, the eccentric French electronic music duo Daft Punk is re-entering the electronic music fray. Their new album, Random Access Memories, was ...

Midnight builds on strengths of preceding films

Movie trilogies have a bit of a reputation for being films that rely heavily on action and excitement. They’re usually big money earners, which is ...

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 ...

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In Photos: Washington comes to USC

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

Photos by Ani Kolangian [gallery link="file" ids="66554,66555,66556,66557,66558,66559,66560,66561,66562"]

In Photos: Springfest 2013

Photos by Priyanka Patel. [gallery link="file" ids="65587,65586,65585,65584,65583,65582,65581,65580,65579,65578,65577,65576"]