Articles Tagged ‘reading’

E-book trend doesn’t lessen joy of reading

By Carrie Ruth Moore · Daily Trojan

April 10, 2013 at 9:53 pm

They are easily downloadable, cheap — if not free — and highly portable for those settling in on a long plane ride. And though no one’s quite sure when they first arrived, e-books have confounded the publishing world since they first reached mainstream success in 2007, when Amazon unveiled its Kindle e-reader. For bibliophiles, the [...]

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Personal perspectives ultimately define great literature

By Carrie Ruth Moore · Daily Trojan

March 13, 2013 at 9:55 pm

With spring break quickly approaching, many Trojans will shelve their difficult course material in favor of a trashy beach read. As they dig their toes into the sand and try to forget about the stress of midterm hell, enjoying a mindless bestseller seems like the perfect way to take a break from hardcore literary analysis [...]

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LA Times sets date for Festival of Books

By Valerie Yu · Daily Trojan

January 24, 2013 at 11:51 pm

LA Times sets date for Festival of Books

The annual Festival of Books celebrates its 40-year anniversary in the spring.

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Books to check out for leisurely summer reading

By gabriel morales · Daily Trojan

April 19, 2011 at 8:54 pm

Books to check out for leisurely summer reading

With summer just weeks away, there is a lot of free time to look forward to. Summer is recognized as the best season for movies, but there will surely be occasions when a good book is just what you need. Whether waiting at the airport or tanning at the beach, check out these new books [...]

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Getting ready for finals week

By Ahmed Fahim · Daily Trojan

April 19, 2011 at 4:28 pm

Getting ready for finals week

  Finals are in just a few weeks, and at least one person is excited about it. Will you be ready? Ahmed Fahim | Daily Trojan           (Click to enlarge)

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’SC computer breaks tech speed record

USC’s newest supercomputer has ranked as the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the U.S., reaching 531.6 teraflops, or floating-point calculations per second, according to USC ...

Former Dornsife professor added to FBI Wanted list

Former USC professor Walter Lee Williams was named the 500th person on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted List on Monday. [caption id="attachment_67373" align="alignright" width="225"] ...

Roundup

The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety Daily Incident Log between Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11.  Crimes against a ...

Opinion

Gov’t needs clear policy to access data

As people spend more time with computers, their reliance on websites and Internet service providers grow. And yet, the government’s ability to monitor these technologies ...

Whistle-blower program needed for internships

A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled last Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal law by not paying production interns on the ...

Students must continue work on USChange

Many members of the USC community voiced their concern following the May 4 incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department shut down a party ...

Sports

USC football APR scores still below national average

Last week, the NCAA announced the Academic Progress Rate multi year scores that cover the four-year period between the 2008-09 and 2011-12 academic years, and ...

USC names Ron Allice’s replacement

For 15 years, Caryl Smith Gilbert has been molding champion track and field athletes and leaders east of the Mississippi. Beginning next season, however, she ...

Nellum earns another top distinction

USC senior Bryshon Nellum, who closed out his USC career with an NCAA championship in the 400 meter last week in Oregon, was named the ...

Lifestyle

Summer recipes bound to relax and chill

With the official start of summer just around the corner and a glimpse of those long, hot L.A. days bound to overwhelm us, it’s the ...

Event celebrates LA’s Chinese culture, history

Chinatown Summer Nights has mastered the blend of L.A.’s trendiest music and marketplaces with the historic cultural neighborhood in the program’s fourth season. Alight with ...

Tech world gravitates to City of Angels

Hopping onto the tech bandwagon is no easy feat these days. The competition that goes on in Silicon Valley for bright engineers and marketing superstars ...

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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

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In Photos: Springfest 2013

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