Women of Troy falter late against Georgia


USC’s women’s tennis team capped off a tumultuous season on May 15, ending its 2014 campaign with a 4-3 loss to Georgia in the NCAA Round of 16. The No. 16 Women of Troy (18-8, 7-3 Pac-12) laid it all out on the line against the No. 1 Bulldogs (24-5, 11-2 SEC), taking them down […]

Trojans finish strong but miss postseason


The USC baseball team’s 2014 season came to a bittersweet end last Sunday, as a series-clinching victory over No. 1 Oregon State was not quite enough to push the squad into the NCAA Tournament. The Trojans (29-24, 15-14 Pac-12) entered the year’s final weekend guaranteed of their first winning record since 2005, and many speculated […]

Maleficent revamps one of Disney’s greatest villains


From Snow White’s vainglorious Evil Queen to 101 Dalmatians’ felonious fur fetishist Cruella de Vil to Ursula the show-tune-belting sea witch in The Little Mermaid, Disney has conjured up some of the most iconic female villains in cinema history. For the better part of eight decades, these licentious ladies and murderous mademoiselles have schemed, stolen […]

Keck Hospital sues Kaiser Permanente


Keck Hospital of USC has sued the California-based healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente for not paying a $544,000 hospital bill accrued by one of its patients for open-heart surgery, according to the Los Angeles Times. The lawsuit, which was filed on May 15 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, states that Kaiser Permanente did not […]