USG polls close with roughly 6,000 votes


More than 5,500 students voted in this year’s Undergraduate Student Government election, falling short of USG’s 7,000 voter target. The polls closed on Thursday at 8 p.m., culminating a three-week campaigning process and three days of voting. The election committee would not provide the exact number of students who voted but disclosed that there were […]

A trip to Cambridge worth all the while


Since I seem to spend a relatively little amount of my time in London actually attending my university (classes are only two hours a week each), I decided to spend my Friday at another famous university — Cambridge. Probably partially because England is such a small country, there are a ton of great day trips […]

Spider-Man finally swings into Marvel’s neighborhood


It’s official, true believers! After years of inter-studio scuttlebutt and fanboy dream weaving, Spider-Man is finally wall-crawling his way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Late this past Monday, Sony Pictures, which has controlled the big screen rights to Spider-Man since 1999,  announced its plans to lease the character to Disney’s Marvel Studios for several new […]

Expectations vs. Reality: Why the transition to college isn’t easy


I’m a freshman. I came to USC with my head held up high, ready for that once-in-a-life-time college experience; I was going to meet tons of new people and develop my passions. Then halfway through the semester, my enthusiasm hit a brick wall and college became a nightmare. There were a lot of reasons why […]

USC hosts Behavioral Science and Policy Conference


The “Behavioral Science and Policy Conference: Health and Wellbeing” was held in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center yesterday in celebration of Dr. Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall, which opened in September 2014 and is the university’s first interdisciplinary social sciences building. “This conference is in recognition of the opening of Dauterive Hall. We have a […]
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