Articles Tagged ‘second amendment’

How effective will the new strict Conn gun reform law be?

By Dan Morgan-Russell, point / sheridan watson, counterpoint · Daily Trojan

April 10, 2013 at 9:18 pm

How effective will the new strict Conn gun reform law be?

Lawmakers need to do more to restrict other kinds of guns and ammunition, as well as more strict background checks. According to CNN, the Connecticut state government, reacting to the Sandy Hook massacre from December, has created a new law designed to decrease the deadliness of American weapons in its state. The new law, which [...]

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Freedom of press cannot trump privacy

By Melissa Mendes · Daily Trojan

January 29, 2013 at 8:29 pm

A newspaper has removed an interactive map illustrating the home addresses of gun owners.

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Citizens must defend right to bear arms

By Sarah Cueva · Daily Trojan

September 9, 2012 at 4:01 pm

Citizens must defend right to bear arms

Two stories have dominated the news cycle over the last couple months: the upcoming presidential election and multiple shocking instances of gun violence. The mass shooting in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater in July, the murder of Sikhs in a Wisconsin temple in August and the shooting at the Empire State Building a few weeks [...]

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Is Stand Your Ground a justifiable law? (Point)

By Francesca Bessey - Point · Daily Trojan

March 29, 2012 at 8:47 pm

Is Stand Your Ground a justifiable law? (Point)

Trayvon Martin’s death should remind legislators that ambiguous, overly permissive self-defense laws have no place in this country.

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Guns have no place on college campuses

By Daniel Charnoff · Daily Trojan

March 3, 2011 at 7:25 pm

Guns have no place on college campuses

Despite proposed Texas legislation, university campuses should remain gun-free learning environments.

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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"]