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Fake Radio Presents:  The Phantom of the Opera Thursday, April 24, 8 p.m. Arclight Hollywood Move over Gerard Butler, there’s a new phantom in town. Join Fake Radio as they perform The Phantom of the Opera based off of its original 1943 radio script. This event won’t only feature the “Music of the Night,” but […]

Singer scandal shouldn’t affect X-Men box office


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When it was first announced that director Bryan Singer would be returning to the X-Men franchise to helm an adaptation of Chris Claremont’s classic “Days of Future Past” storyline, fans began salivating over the prospect of a film with the adamantium-bonded gonads to bridge the decades-spanning continuity divide between Singer’s first two films — let’s […]

Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at USC


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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was the featured speaker of the 13th annual Carmen and Louis Warschaw Distinguished Lecture in the Davidson Executive Conference Center Wednesday night. Titled “From Valley Boy to First Jewish Mayor of Los Angeles,” Garcetti discussed the role of his mixed heritage growing up, how Judaism can be an effective medium […]

Recording artist Akon meets with USC students


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It’s not every day that students get the opportunity to pitch their ideas for a nationwide media campaign on energy poverty to a five-time GRAMMY Award nominee. But on Wednesday, students in Professor Steven Lamy’s IR 210: “Introductory Theory and Analysis in International Relations” got to do just that. “I’m here because we are the […]

Breaking ground at Kaufman


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(Left to right): USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance Dean Robert A. Cutietta, school benefactor and namesake Glorya Kaufman, USC President C. L. Max Nikias and USC Kaufman Vice Dean and Director Jodie Gates participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center on Wednesday.  

SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action a detrimental step


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The Supreme Court has the double-edged task of preventing the tyranny of both the majority and the minority from infringing on the Constitutional principles enshrined in law for more than 200 years. When the Court places too much faith in either of these bodies, democracy runs afoul of its true purpose at best and has […]