Sephora hosts annual beauty event at the Shrine Auditorium


“It feels like Christmas morning.”  Gathered outside the Shrine Auditorium, waiting for the ushers to throw open the doors, there was, indeed, an excited energy to the crowd. The anticipation in the air was palpable — the kind of anticipation where you know you’re about to secure a lot of shit you really, really want.  […]

School Spotlight: A timeline of the Thornton School of Music


1880 — On Sept. 14, 1880, USC established its very first structure, later known as Widney Hall. The building originally accommodated USC’s School of Music.  1884 — The USC School of Music was founded, making it the first professional school at the University. Of USC’s first 100 graduates, music students made up around half of […]

New student consulting group to focus on startups


 When then-sophomore Jonathan Lu looked through the list of consulting services group students could join at USC, he realized that none of them cater to startups, a market that he saw potential to grow.  He then talked with his roommate Zach Mollo as well as Chloe Hsu and John McCubbin, and the group created RISE […]