Code the Change develops software for nonprofits


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In January 2015, two USC computer science majors, Liam Duffy and Bernard Xie, wanted to utilize their digital skills for good. After putting together a team, they’ve been able to impact the community, and nonprofits, around them and are continuing their efforts with two new projects. Duffy and Bernard are the founders of Code the […]

Disaster preparedness needs attention


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In the wake of the shooting at Umpqua Community College, media coverage has sensationalized the deaths of nine students and a professor into a defamation of the mentally ill, unfairly portraying an entire group of people to avoid the intersecting issues of gun control, political dysfunction and racism. It is time for policymakers, health professionals […]

COLUMN: Los Angeles County must do more to address domestic violence


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The Los Angeles Police Department receives 48,088 calls each year in response to domestic violence. Yet, initiatives and funding for this issue have not been effectively prioritized. LAPD must be trained to relocate victims to safe houses and funding must be used to create adequate shelters. Domestic violence is preventable, and our local city officials […]

New suspense genre falsely reflects modern day women


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A new genre of books has emerged in the last couple of years. The incredible and exponential success of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl and, more recently, Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train has spawned a new category of thriller novels. These novels are all alike in one way: They feature leading female characters who are […]

Enemy territory: Misconceptions and explorations


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Walking on to UCLA’s campus felt beyond strange. I felt like someone should be yelling “Trojans aren’t invited!” at me or jeering at my obvious lack of UCLA gear. Instead, I just strolled down Bruin Walk, a place I never expected to find myself, and into the UCLA Garba. Garba is a festival celebrated in […]

College Football Pick’em: Week of 10/5


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Almost halfway into the college football season, some things are starting to become quite clear — namely that every single team is vulnerable in some way, shape or form. Last weekend was a case study of this as previously unbeaten teams Ole Miss, Georgia, Notre Dame, and UCLA all lost. Cal is undefeated, Florida is […]

COLUMN: Thursday games jeopardize the ‘student’ in ‘student-athlete’


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“First and foremost that the participants in college athletics have to be full-time students at their universities participating in sport, and second that they be amateurs, that they not be professionals,” Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, declared last year as he testified in the Ed O’Bannon trial. In an op-ed in the Wall Street […]