COLUMN: Melbourne street art is a unifying agent for people in the city


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Some may regard it as an indication of a pending criminal invasion, while others regard it as an art form. Nevertheless, graffiti reflects the artistic essence of Melbourne. Despite the State of Victoria’s zero-tolerance policy toward defacement of property, graffiti seamlessly melds into the urban district. The presence of graffiti is neither indicative of class […]

COLUMN: Administrators need to enact tuition freezes


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“Money, money, money / must be funny / in a rich man’s world,” the popular Swedish pop group ABBA declared in their hit single, “Money, Money, Money.” ABBA may remind you of embarrassing nights of impromptu karaoke with your parents, but their song still resonates today, when the income gap is ever-widening and the cost […]

Trojans facing historic schedule


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If we judged teams off the performance on just two weeks, USC would be leading the pack by far. The Trojans put up back-to-back 50-point games while holding both of their opponents under double digits. In other words, the Trojans dominated from start to finish. Albeit, both of those games were against subpar competition, two […]

Grammar’s difficult dilemmas — repetition and redundancy


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It’s a common phrase: difficult dilemma. But it’s also wrong — at least in the grammatical sense since a dilemma is, by definition, difficult. It’s what we call a redundant phrase, and they’re rampant in our speech and writing. We crank our phrases like “actual facts,” “added bonuses” and “basic necessities” without realizing that we’re actually repeating […]