Young Entrepreneurs


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On Saturday, Jan. 25, LavaLab hosted its Create-A-Thon event, where students were able to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas concerning a wide range of software and hardware topics.  The event included keynote speaker Gil Elbaz, founder of Google AdSense, who lectured students on how to get started in executing their ideas.  

Copyright battle reveals competitive side of industry


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Copyright law is about as much of a headache as anything in the U.S. legal system. When it comes to         issues of trademark and the rights to certain terms and  concepts, it inevitably gets messy. Such is the case in the current legal battle between King.com, the purveyor of games such […]

Society shouldn’t shun the term ‘feminism’


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Like most 19-year-old girls, there’s one individual on this planet who I find more groundbreaking than sliced bread and more mesmerizing than puppies during finals week: Beyoncé. In fact, as I pound away at my keyboard in the early hours of the morning, whipping out my introductory column, it’s Queen Bey who’s blaring through my […]

Google Chromebooks a worthwhile option for students


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Whether for taking notes, writing papers or just wasting time in class, it is generally accepted that a laptop is a necessary tool for survival in the modern classroom. Most students searching for a new computer before or during college decide between Apple’s Macbook line or a range of machines running the latest Windows. But […]

The don’ts of dating and dining


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Traditional dating may be on its way out, but one of key element will never go out of vogue: the first dinner date. The saying, “You can get to a man’s heart through his stomach,” is, for the most part, true. But, gentlemen, that works for the ladies too. Because first impressions are everything, here […]

USC Women’s Tennis to host ITA Kick-off Weekend


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The No. 6 USC women’s tennis team will have its home opener Friday at Marks Stadium as USC hosts ITA Kick-off Weekend. Throughout the month of January, the team began the spring season playing in various tournaments across the U.S., specifically in Las Vegas, Nev., Palm Springs, Calif. and Port St. Lucie, Fla. Playing at […]

USC rendition of Sondheim musical worth seeing


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Stephen Sondheim, the legendary composer/lyricist, does not disappoint in his often-overlooked musical, Merrily We Roll Along. Neither do the students of Musical Theater Repertory, who opened the production last night at USC’s Massman Theater. Known as one of Sondheim’s most “famous flops” after closing on Broadway with just 40 performances under its belt, USC students […]