Day’s Den: LA teams open NFL season on good note


Two weeks into the NFL regular season, fans of the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams shouldn’t be extremely unhappy with the teams’ 0-2 and 1-1 records, respectively. On Sunday, the Bolts lost to the Miami Dolphins, 19-17, while the Washington Redskins edged the Rams, 27-20. The Redskins and Dolphins aren’t powerhouse teams, and the Chargers […]

Rostam showcases explosive skill in new album


Whether they know it or not, pop music listeners have been affected by Rostam’s explosive creativity and musical talent. Although he’s most famously known as an ex-member of indie rock band Vampire Weekend, he’s also responsible for delivering some of the most transformative sounds in contemporary music. With every artist vying to cut through pop’s […]

COUNTERPOINT: College campus polarization stems from misunderstanding


Provocative far-right speakers Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter and Steve Bannon are slated to speak at “Free Speech Week” next week at UC Berkeley. The organizing group, Berkeley Patriot, has had some logistical difficulties, but if it pulls off even a scaled-back version of this event, it’ll be controversial. There are significant divides within the campus […]

POINT: Free speech rights should not justify bigotry on campus


Like many other Trojans, I’ll be making the drive up the California coast this weekend for the Weekender, the annual football game that USC plays at either Stanford University or UC Berkeley. It’s at Berkeley this year, so when I leave the campus on Sunday, it’ll also be the first day of its Free Speech […]
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