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Oraby transfers to USC


Omar Oraby, 7-foot-2 junior center,  has decided to make a verbal commitment to transfer from Rice to USC. Oraby intends to enroll in classes on Friday and start classes on Monda. He also plans to seek out a hardship waiver so he can play this season. A hardship waiver helps grant a person an exception to […]

Trojans fall in USA Today poll


After Saturday’s 42-29 victory against the Syracuse Orangemen at MetLife Stadium, the USC Trojans maintained their No. 2 ranking in the AP poll and fell to No. 3 in the USA Today Coaches’ poll. USC was able to pull out a double-digit win, but struggled in the second half to put away the Orangemen. Syracuse […]

USC’s oldest alumnus dies at 109


Victor Wellington Peters, USC’s oldest alumnus who graduated in the class of 1924, died Aug. 12, according to USC News. He was 109. After studying at the newly created University of California, Los Angeles campus for two years, Peters took a year off from school to build houses with his father in the nearby area. He returned […]

USC’s Westwood billboard should not have been covered


Has anyone had the chance to see the Matt Barkley billboard on the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Lindbrook Drive recently? No? Me neither. No one has. This billboard, featuring Barkley looking to the sky, was painted over early Tuesday morning. All that remains is a black background. As USC spokesperson Tim Tessalone told ESPN […]

Norm Chow suffers little success post-USC


Hawai’i knows that when it enters the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, the steady stream of boos from the sold-out crowd will be the least of the team’s worries. USC is favored by close to 40 points with a potent offense capable of decimating an inexperienced Warriors squad. This isn’t the same Hawai’i of […]