Twitter Turns 10: Trojans’ First Tweets


This past Monday, Twitter celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first-ever tweet. Since then, the microblogging site has grown to host over 320 million active users a month and employs 3,900 employees at over 35 offices around the world. Here’s a look back at the first tweets of USC’s favorite accounts. In 2012, Athletic Director Pat […]

Journey to Middle Earth


Most people have only seen New Zealand in movies — specifically, the Lord of the Rings series. After spending the past weekend visiting two of the most famous Lord of the Rings shooting locations in New Zealand, I’m happy to report that the country looks exactly like it does in the movies. Now, I’m not a […]

A capella group travels to Hong Kong to perform


The SoCal VoCals, a USC a cappella group, will complete their tour of Hong Kong and be back in Los Angeles on Wednesday after performing at the 2016 Hong Kong International A Cappella Festival on March 11 and 12. The group, on the heels of its victory in the 2015 International Championship of Collegiate A […]

USC Security Roundup


The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Thursday, March 10, and Monday, March 21.  Crimes against a person At 1:03 p.m. on March 11, a student at the Lorenzo Apartments reported having an argument with his roommate, in which he was punched and elbowed in the […]