Expo Line scheduled to open April 28
USC students might receive free rides on the Expo Line during its opening weekend.
Under the influence
Hypnotist Mark Yuzik hypnotizes students at the Variety Hour featuring Secondhand Serenade at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center Ballroom on Monday. The event, sponsored by USC Program Board, included performances by comedians Frances Callier and Angela Shelton, beatboxer Vincent Bantasan and the Secondhand Serenade band.
Nikias discusses graduate leadership
President Nikias says graduate student housing is the university’s top priority.
Interactive content stimulates learning
Digital content engages passive students and turns them into active participants.
Critical thinking proves essential
The link between the concept of behavioral economics and college students is critical thinking, the ability to gather relevant information from different fields of study to help us make a rational decision. While most universities include critical thinking in their mission statements, it is essential for USC to provide more opportunities for students to improve […]
Social media holds users accountable
The boundaries that separate the public sphere from the private sphere are becoming blurry and consequential.
Mad Men demonstrates television’s nostalgia for the past
It was the first cable show to take home the Emmy for outstanding drama series three years in a row and last September, Mad Men did it again. It sired a wave of nostalgia that one backward-facing period drama after another hoped to ride into the ratings’ promised land. The show’s ratings are by no […]
Young rap artist releases exceptional debut album
At 17 years old, Diggy proves he has considerable musical talent on Unexpected Arrival.
The Raid: Redemption pulls no punches
With a talented cast, well-crafted fight scenes and stellar pacing, The Raid provides a refreshing alternative to generic action films.
Could these video games make it on the big screen?
Last Friday, it was revealed director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will no longer direct the film adaptation of BioShock, Irrational Games’ Ayn Randian romp through an underwater city fighting tank-like monsters and scary little girls. Gore Verbinski had originally taken the director’s seat but hopped off after a fight over the film’s rating and finances. Fresnadillo […]