State of Affairs


IRUA hosted Karen Richardson, senior adviser in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the United States Department of State, in Taper Hall Monday evening. Richardson discussed her experience in public affairs under the Obama administration and took questions from attendees afterward.

Coliseum is likely choice for LA NFL team


USC officials have spoken with an NFL franchise about the possibility of a new Los Angeles-based team playing at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum while a new football stadium is being built, according to an NBC News. Since January, experts have speculated that the St. Louis Rams would be leasing the Coliseum. The Rams moved […]

USC Security Roundup


The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Friday, Jan. 30, and Saturday, Jan. 31.  Crimes against a person at 1:11 p.m. a female reported that she was assaulted by her boyfriend at The Lorenzo.  A suspect was arrested and charged. Crimes against property at 12:01 p.m. […]

Cinema-driven media is important avenue for feminism


I started my creative essay for my application to the film school here at USC with one line: “I come from a long line of powerful women.” I went on to assert that my lineage made me into the young woman I am today: driven, strong and ready to take the film world by storm, regardless […]

Japan in need of United States aid to combat terrorist threat


Last April, when tensions were high between Japan and China because of disputed island territory, President Barack Obama took a trip to Japan to affirm that the United States will defend Japanese security interests. Now, Japan finds itself threatened again by one of the globe’s most notorious terrorist organizations, the Islamic State of Iraq and […]