ALS Association brings many together to make a difference


Nominate a friend, stimulate global awareness and provide a monetary donation — all this for a good cause and some fun? Sounds like a great idea. For most. Perhaps the question of greater importance is whether the positive outcomes of the ice bucket challenge can outweigh the negative. For this cause, the end does justify […]

Ice bucket challenge’s goal to raise awareness lost in the hype


Late July marked the emergence of the now-worldwide phenomenon, the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association’s “ice bucket challenge.” Though the numbers might point to a win for the 30,000 suffering from ALS, there are many consequences ignored by the public, most notably insincere activism that does little to promote awareness through education. The origin of […]

The Daily Trojan Online Guide to USC Welcome Week 2014


For many returning students, the events surrounding Welcome Week will bring back some fond memories. It might have been the place where they met their current roommate, or the group of friends they hang out with, or the time they found out that USC has a lot of random free food and awesome events because, […]

You were missed, Tommy Trojan


A lot of crazy stuff went down in the world this summer. If I wasn’t writing this column for a university publication, I would probably use a different noun starting with an S than “stuff,” because almost all of this “stuff” was really, really “stuffy.” Sorry, I mean really, really bad. Planes crashed in Ukraine, […]