Overseas relations


Kathleen Stephens, the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, speaks about her experiences and the future of relations between the United States and Korea. Stephens speaks English, Korean, Serbian and Chinese.

New findings are not a real source of panic


The caramel color found in cola drinks such as Coca-Cola is contaminated with carcinogens, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit consumer advocacy group. The type of caramel coloring used for sodas isn’t what might come to mind when you think of the word “caramel.” Instead of simply melted or […]

Letter to the editor


Sustainable food limited Here’s something that should make you lose your appetite: Only 6 percent of food served on USC’s campus is purchased from local producers. Even less is organically grown or raised. The bread on that sandwich you’re eating likely came from a factory in Ohio, the meat from a slaughterhouse in Kansas and […]

Commencement needs a female presence


1924 was a banner year for USC. The university held its first formal homecoming ceremony, inaugurated the first school of international relations in the country and, on a stifling Wednesday in June, gathered to hear its first female commencement speaker, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt,  give her remarks. It is doubtful that the woman once dubbed, with […]