Asian American producer, actor and civil servant Kal Penn spoke about the empowerment of all students to openly connect and discuss their own ethnic and cultural identity in Bovard Auditorium Monday. Penn was the keynote speaker at the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival. Each year, APASA and its member organizations celebrate [...]
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Climate change needs addressing
The mean temperature for 2012 was a full point higher than the baseline for the mid-20th century.
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The third and final presidential debate elicited combative responses Monday from candidates.
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A study released this year by the Department of Labor Time Use found that full-time men work more than five percent longer per week than their female counterparts. The same study explains that women are 34 percent less likely than men to be self-employed and own only 28.7 percent of American businesses. Yet, many Americans continue [...]
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Campaigns have always been dirty — this one is no exception. The process will reveal who is best suited to handle a tough presidency.
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The USC Student Energy Club is one of 19 teams in the Better Buildings Case Competition.
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The White House plans to release a new online petition initiative called “We the People,” a new way for citizens to make their voices heard. According to the White House press release, any petition receiving more than 5,000 signatures within the 30-day allotted time period will be officially reviewed; the Obama Administration will then issue [...]
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Wednesday that the Obama administration “will no longer defend” the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA, a 1996 law that allows states to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, was seen as an appropriate compromise in the mid-90s, but has since become a lightning rod for criticism from [...]
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Student journalists were participants in a call held by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
Read the rest of this article »Silence in White House is missed opportunity
In what is becoming an unfortunate pattern, the Obama administration — and political leadership in general — missed an incredible opportunity last weekend.
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