USC LEADS IN NEW TECH FRONTIERS


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Over the past twenty years, the Silicon Valley tech boom has laid out the foundations for technologies like iPhones, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and many other internet-enabled services that are now a part of daily life for many Americans. Unfortunately, today’s smartphones have fewer groundbreaking features, sales are beginning to slow, and venture capital cash for […]

Black students settle lawsuit against police


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Six USC students successfully passed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday after a 2013 incident in which LAPD officers allegedly raided an off-campus party and used excessive force against the mostly-black attendees. The settlement for $450,000 was approved by LA City Council according to the Los Angeles Times. Around 2 a.m. […]

Students teach health with soccer in Uganda


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Approximately eight USC graduate and undergraduate students traveled to a Ugandan camp for a week this summer to educate children living in rural areas about health and well-being through the universal language of soccer. The camp was located outside of the capital city of Kampala in a small farming town called Mpigi. Heather Wipfli, associate […]

Olympic spirit should exist for all

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The Olympic spirit is a phrase liberally tossed around to describe the athletes at the world’s greatest athletic stage every four summers. As defined by the Olympic Creed, the Olympic spirit is: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part, just as the most important thing in […]