Students must master good judgment skills


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In a high-stakes professional situation, such as choosing an insurance company for a client or making investment decisions, there is little room for poor judgment. It is the challenge of learning judgment at school that helps us understand our limitations before we enter the business world after graduation. We can improve our capacity for good […]

Women of Troy split a pair of matches to finish conference play


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The Women of Troy split a pair of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference matches on the road this weekend, defeating No. 8 San Jose State 8-5 on Friday before falling 9-8 in overtime to No. 2 Stanford on Saturday. The road trip wrapped up USC’s conference schedule a week earlier than most teams, as the […]

USC expands radio network with purchase


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USC Radio has reached an agreement to purchase KCNL, a San Jose-area Spanish talk and music station, for $7.5 million. The agreement continues USC’s statewide expansion, wherein KUSC will convert KCNL 104.9 to a non-commercial classical music station. USC will acquire the station from Principle Broadcasting Network San Jose, LLC, owned by Charles Banta, according […]

Who is rapper Jay Electronica?


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Jay Electronica is the greatest rapper you’ve never heard of. If you have heard the name, then it’s likely that you haven’t heard enough of him and not because you haven’t been listening, but because his releases have been sparse and his live appearances elusive. Adjectives to describe his rapping abilities: sophisticated, explosive and otherworldly. […]

Video: Springfest 2012


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Program Board hosted its annual Springfest Saturday night, with headliners Wolfgang Gartner and Macklemore. Read the concert review here. By Luciano Nunez

For birth control, look past the pill


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College-aged women today have to make many choices. Deciding how to prevent pregnancy is just one of them. Many women choose to remain abstinent or use condoms alone. Women who decide to seek a birth control prescription have another choice to make: Which option is best? The most popular method used by women in their […]

Letter to the editor


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Honors designations are unfair to transfer students. If you are a graduating transfer student with a 3.7 GPA and you’re thinking of leaving with magna cum laude honors, think again. Upon transferring, you are led to believe that you have been issued a blank slate. The separation of transfer GPA and USC GPA is understandable, […]

Letter to the editor


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USG member salaries could be put to better use.  Funding is an uphill battle for many student organizations, but for Undergraduate Student Government, it is a given. As an organization that is run by students and for students, why is it that so much money — our money — is spent on the subsidization of […]