Pop stars


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Sophomores from the popular music program in the Thornton School of Music perform Thursday night in Ground Zero Performance Café for their midterm. The program, which was founded in 2009 as an alternative to typical classical music and jazz programs, aims to help student instrumentalists, vocalists and songwriters pursue performance careers in whichever style of […]

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The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Wednesday, Oct. 17, and Thursday, Oct. 18.    Crimes against property at 5:17 p.m. on Oct. 17, retail unit officers monitoring surveillance cameras at Pertusati University Bookstore observed a juvenile pick up several pens and a sweatshirt and conceal […]

Body language is important in presidential debates


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Following two presidential debates, Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have been scrutinized not only for what they have said, but how they have said it. This does not refer merely to tone or volume; American viewers also take cues from a candidate’s facial expressions, movement and posture. Body language is not without significance […]

College humor around sexual violence needs to stop


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Women at Miami University received a nasty surprise last week when a flier emerged in a men’s bathroom of a co-ed freshman dorm describing the “Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape.” The flier featured suggestions from slipping drugs into a girl’s drink to climbing through a girl’s open window, and concluded with a […]