For the love of jazz: Peter Erskine on ninth Grammy nomination
The professor’s album, Dr. Um, is nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Misunderstood art: There’s more to jazz than La La Land
La La Land’s watered-down jazz disappoints hardcore fans, but its representation might attract newcomers to the genre.
COLUMN: Grammys do not equate to success
When Taylor Swift’s 1989 won Album of the Year at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, I was livid. Despite being the first time I had ever seen the Grammys live on TV, I felt personally cheated, and part of me is still a little peeved about it. To Pimp a Butterfly is a modern masterpiece […]
EDITORIAL BOARD: Amid USG elections, the Daily Trojan remains committed to responsible reporting
Thursday marks the final day of voting for Undergraduate Student Government candidates. Looking back on the election cycle as students cast their last ballots, the campaign process has been filled with intense vitriol, especially in the face of accusations made by the tickets against one another. At the beginning of the semester, for our first editorial […]
COLUMN: Media selectively ignores sex workers
On Monday, gender studies lecturer Heather Berg hosted a talk in Taper Hall on sex work, a profession mired in controversy. Berg presented the field through an objectively economic lens — a consensual exchange of goods that is perhaps disproportionately stigmatized by men in positions of lawmaking power and is too often falsely equated with […]
Vanity and Plastic Surgery in L.A.
Any time the song “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People is on, I can’t help but add my own twist to the song: “All the other kids with the pumped up lips, better run, better run…” Who could blame me, especially living in Los Angeles? One simply has to open Instagram to see that […]
Senator resigns from USG before presidential election
Daniel Million said he felt that the organization was unfair and not inclusive.
Unruh event discusses Los Angeles homelessness
Expert Mark Ridley-Thomas explained recent legislation addressing poverty issue.
USC study links pollution and Type 2 diabetes
Researchers studied over 300 children for an average of 3.4 years.
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