Health and the future


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Mitchell H. Katz, director of the L.A. County Department of Health Services ,discussed how change can be achieved through health policy and program development on Tuesday afternoon. The event was put on by the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and co-sponsored by USC Price Bedrosian Center on Governance.

Skrillex, Diplo unite for impressive EDM album


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If you’ve listened to the radio at all in the last few years, you’ve probably heard the names Diplo and Skrillex. The two DJs are among the most influential artists in their genre, with a slew of accomplishments, and their collaborative project, Jack Ü, furthers their influence in electronic dance music. Their first album as […]

Netflix provides exciting streaming options


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Students are in a rut. They are all in that midterm stupor, with the failed attempts at spring break dieting, living with overcast L.A. skies and blank Word documents. So there is no better time to stay in bed and forgo all obligations. Yet, instead of wasting precious procrastination hours searching YouTube, Netflix has announced […]

Got midterms? Need to relax? No fear, Giraffage is here.


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Giraffage, born Charlie Yin, is an EDM producer based in San Francisco and signed to Fool’s Gold Records. His newest EP No Reason was released in November of 2014, and consists of only 5 songs. But those 5 songs are no “Fool’s Gold.” It’s the real stuff. His musical style emits a sort of psychedelic, […]

Two armed suspects arrested near USC


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A manhunt ensued near USC’s University Park campus Tuesday night, concluding with two armed suspects being taken into custody. At approximately 6:30 p.m., LAPD officers were in the process of arresting two armed men near Ralphs supermarket on Adams Boulevard and Vermont Avenue during a traffic stop when the suspects discarded their weapons and fled […]

Documentary shows media’s responsibility


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Fifty Shades of Grey aside, the biggest gender-related film in the news this week was The Hunting Ground, the 2014 Sundance documentary that hit theaters in Los Angeles and New York City this past Friday. The Hunting Ground, which provides firsthand accounts of campus sexual assaults and their mishandlings at universities across the nation, has […]

A trek through the sands of Wadi Rum


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This weekend was our first time out of Amman, far from the blaring car horns and endless dust that define our everyday lives in the city. We traveled about three hours south to Wadi Rum, Jordan’s famous, immense desert and the a film site in Lawrence of Arabia. Think flat, red sand for as far as […]