Odds for a successful appeal appear slim


Tomorrow, USC suits up for its most important game of the year. With all due respect to the men’s basketball team, this game will be played in a court 2,000 miles from the Galen Center in Indianapolis, and USC Athletic Director Pat Haden will be throwing the passes. Bad puns aside, an impressive delegation consisting […]

Winter wonderland


Freshmen Carly Shelar, undeclared, and Hannah Yelton, an industrial systems engineering major, enjoy ice skating in McCarthy Quad, where Program Board’s Special Events Committee set up a “Winter Wonderland” skating rink Thursday afternoon. The 45-person synthetic skating rink came complete with special skates to allow students to skate on the plastic surface, as well as […]

Congress cannot afford to turn back on Chinese


This week’s news cycle has been dominated by Chinese Premier Hu Jintao’s four-day visit to the United States. During his visit, Hu has held a series of meetings with President Barack Obama and other high-level policymakers, corporate titans and diplomats. The visit’s climax came Wednesday night, when Obama hosted an official state dinner highlighted by […]