Edible holidays satisfy any craving


Happy Hump Day, foodies! On tap this week is a slew of scrumptious holidays that are sure to inspire you to get out and try them or go invade your local grocery store and fill your carts with sweet-smelling noms that will bring your friends from far and wide. I hope everyone has a tasty […]

Schools should widen holiday criteria


Among other universities across the nation, USC halted its semester Monday to observe the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday that, after decades of lobbying, was finally approved as a federal holiday in 1986. Fittingly, a few days before the King holiday, and after seven years of discussion the University of California system announced a policy […]

Weekend Box Office: Ride Along to new January record


January is proving to be its own blockbuster month. Just last week, the Afghan war drama Lone Survivor nearly broke Cloverfield’s January record of $40M. This week, Ride Along actually broke the record, with a $41.5M three-day opening and a massive $48.6M over the four-day MLK weekend, becoming the largest January opening. The cop comedy, […]

Roundup


The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Tuesday, Jan. 14 and Thursday, Jan. 16. Miscellaneous incidents At 8:05 a.m. on Jan. 14, a faculty member reported what she believed to be a suicide note written by a student in Parking Structure C. The student was contacted […]