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Empowered words


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Simbree Touchstone, a junior majoring in gender studies, reads a poem in front of Tommy Trojan as part of Thursday’s Take Back the Night rally. The rally was the culmination of a week of events sponsored by Take Back the Week and the Women’s Student Assembly that aimed to raise sexual violence awareness at USC […]

April fools


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Members of USC’s Wushu Nation perform an April Fool’s Day prank on students in front of Tommy Trojan on Sunday. A member of the group asked students to pick up a sword and the group pretended to fight the student using wushu, a modern form of Chinese martial arts.

100 years of being a USC Trojan


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When Los Angeles Times writer Owen R. Bird coined the term “Trojans”  100 years ago in a track and field preview, the 25-year-old had no way of knowing that his invention of the nickname would be one of the most timeless images over the past century. For most schools, a nickname is just that. It’s […]

‘Tis the season … for extra Rivalry Week precautions


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The decades-old tradition of “protecting” Tommy Trojan and the Bruin Bear has started a bit early this year, with each school already mounting precautions against vandalism. As of this past weekend, both Tommy Trojan and the Bruin Bear are already prepared for any possible defacing. Tommy is wrapped in duct tape and will soon be […]