Tag Archive for: Los Angeles

Orientation Issue


Daily Trojan will be sharing content from this semester’s Orientation Issue throughout the week. Divided into the DT’s four regular sections — News, Opinion, Lifestyle and Sports — O Issue is a special edition released at the beginning of each academic year that highlights USC and Los Angeles for incoming freshmen and new transfer students. […]

Bike-share plan won’t convert Angelenos


On Sunday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will reveal the details of a $16-million L.A. bike-share program. You don’t need to look far from USC to see compelling reasons for such a program. To the east lies the 110 Freeway — and all the traffic congestion it brings. Bicycles offer a cleaner, healthier alternative. Unfortunately, that alternative […]

LA State Historic Park brings nature to the city


Los Angeles is stereotyped as an urban metropolis congested with traffic and clouded in smog, and unfortunately few areas successfully fight that generalization. Even with all its urban hot spots, Los Angeles possesses some residents who appreciate nature and find it important to keep the city close to its roots. Before the city became the […]

Mayor’s gang-prevention program ineffective


Gang activity is difficult to measure. Different organizations have different ways of defining a gang member, and the competing systems lead to discrepancies in reports on levels of gang activity. This ambiguity makes it hard to tell whether gang-prevention programs are effective. It’s even harder to connect the efforts of any one program to perceived […]