Friendships must end with maturity, honesty


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Breaking up is hard to do, even when romance isn’t a factor. It’s difficult to know how to gently let go of a close friend without completely incinerating any bridges or making an enemy for life. Unfortunately, parting from a friend is sometimes inevitable, no matter how much it hurts. Not all relationships last forever. […]

Reparative therapy cannot be justified


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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law last week banning California parents from subjecting children with homosexual feelings to reparative therapy — or, as it is more colloquially known, “praying away the gay.” In response, critics have taken up arms against the ban, calling it an infringement on religious liberties. Despite the fundamental importance of religious […]

In Photos: USC at Utah


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The No. 13 Trojans overcome an early 14-0 deficit to top the Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium, improving to 4-1 on the season. Read the full recap here. Photos by Carlo Acenas  

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces 2013 induction nominees


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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released this year’s nominees Thursday morning, and the list includes a few names that you might not normally associate with rock music. Legendary hip-hop groups N.W.A. and Public Enemy were both nominated in their first year of eligibility, and according to Spin.com they were the only acts to do […]

End of Ping a necessary sacrifice for Apple


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We are all aware of Apple’s flawless track record when it comes to creating new gadgets. Their web services, however, have not fared quite so well. Now, with the demise of the company’s social media experiment, Ping, Apple is finally acknowledging its own deficiencies. In choosing to integrate with preexisting social networks Facebook and Twitter […]

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The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary on Wednesday, Oct. 3.   Crimes against a person At 4:35 p.m., two suspects approached both sides of a vehicle  in which two students were seated and demanded their wallets while simulating a weapon and brandishing a tire iron at […]
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