Aspiring singer addresses racial identity
Junior Leo Xia has pursued his passion for music since middle school.
Avicii’s new album promises to push boundaries
The artist follows True with his highly anticipated sophomore album, Stories.
Remedies for Apartment Realities
You slowly see your friends trickle in over the course of the week as you take your time with unpacking and purchasing items for your new abode. The posters and room decorations seem to burgeon like flowers upon the walls just as you yourself seem to flourish as an independent individual capable of buying your […]
City of Angels Boxing provides fitness alternative for students
With a huge mural of great fighters such as Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, City of Angels Boxing is hard to miss. New to the USC area, but not to boxing, City of Angels opened a location in downtown L.A. just a few months ago. Just blocks from campus, it’s no wonder the gym has […]
FIGHT ON: Trojan Spirit Tips To Fight Procrastination
Laziness will be the death of you. As a theatre student, I may be overdramatizing, but I believe some of the greatest qualities a person can display are motivation and persistence. These qualities are unparalleled when compared to the intelligent, yet lazy lifestyle that seems to permeate college culture. According to a study from The […]
Trigger warnings are helpful, not coddling
Students on college campuses around the nation and here at USC are asking for trigger warnings and trying to reduce microaggressions from faculty members and fellow students. Recently, this has stirred up backlash among opponents of “political correctness” and self-described intellectual freedom activists. Most notably, in this month’s issue of The Atlantic, Greg Lukianoff and […]
Electric car rebates fail state’s policy goals
Despite California’s efforts, rebates yield more green for people with more green.
Vine’s new music features rock the innovative factor
The social media app, Vine, has become one of the most popular and versatile platforms of social media. Since its inception in 2013, Vine is now one of the most lucrative avenues for artists and musicians to break out into the industry. Viral cute boy duo, Jack and Jack, along with now super-star Shawn Mendes […]
The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness delivers deeply moving hits
Beauty Behind the Madness, the highly anticipated album by Canadian singer The Weeknd (also known as Abel Tesfaye) hit shelves last week, with Nielsen Music reporting an estimated 412,000 album sales. This was The Weeknd’s second studio release, following his critically acclaimed but less commercially successful albums, Kiss Land and Trilogy, a compilation of three […]
Wandering with no endpoint: The best way to discover London
A few days ago in class, our professor asked us about our first impression or memory of London. Immediately, my mind jumped back to the summer of 2012, the last time I was in the UK. I was participating in a summer program at Oxford, and on a free day decided to take a bus […]