On my frustration with Neon Tommy


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I like Neon Tommy. I really do. I’ve admired its coverage (often jealously) for its originality, depth and thoroughness. During the mayoral election, the digital publication, housed in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, produced several interesting and important stories. And when I wrote for Neon Tommy, I always received thoughtful, critical and valuable feedback […]

Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg perform at How the West Was Won


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When the hip-hop world had lost its Eazy-E, Nate Dogg and Tupac, many fans famously declared that old school hip-hop had lost its generation one OGs. On Oct. 12th, however, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif., the West proved them wrong. On Saturday night, a lineup of OG rappers banded together for the […]

No. 1 USC sweeps Oregon for tenth straight win


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The Women of Troy notched their tenth straight victory Sunday afternoon, rolling past rival Oregon 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 26-24) to improve to 16-1, one win shy of matching the 2006 squad for the best start to a season in school history (17-1). “I thought we played outstanding volleyball today,” USC head coach Mick Haley said. […]

Women of Troy stun No. 5 Stanford


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The USC women’s soccer team came away with two impressive results in the Bay Area this weekend, tying No. 8 California 1-1 on Friday and stunning No. 5 Stanford on Sunday with a 1-0 shutout victory. Junior midfielder Alex Quincey played the role of the hero for the Women of Troy in both matches, picking […]