Lil Dicky: “A very serious combination of funny and serious”


It’s hardest to describe a cultural phenomenon from the very middle of its trajectory. Not enough time has passed for hindsight to accurately characterize its origins, and its future remains distressingly uncertain, particularly for its primary stakeholders. The rapper Lil Dicky finds himself in just such a position at the moment; profoundly validated by his […]

Roundup


The following incidents were reported in the USC Department of Public Safety crime/incident summary between Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21. Crimes against a person At 5:58 P.M. on April 19, it was reported that a student was sexually assaulted while on 28th Street. At 7:23 P.M. on April 19, a student reported to […]

Flower power


Franceska Rolda, a senior majoring in sociology, holds up a mirror to show Natasha Natarajan, a freshman majoring in human biology, one of the flower crowns from Fran’s Flowers during Residential Student Government’s Spring into Service event, which took place on Monday.  

Religious diversity makes LA unique


“Did you have a good Easter?” I was waiting in a long line for coffee this morning, when the person in front of me made eye contact. We shared that awkward tight-lipped smile, the one you use when you are trapped in the same space and have nothing to say, but also don’t want to […]