Entries by gosorio

Reading habits in a state of flux

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A recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows that e-readers are gaining ground on traditional print media, but USC students and
university librarians tell a different story.

What we read is a picture of who we are

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Books are all about learning and escaping to alternate realities — past or future, real or imaginary, possible or impossible. So what do the books that we are reading say about the state of our reality? More importantly, what do they say about us? Best-sellers lists, in a way, could be reflections of the national […]

In Photos: LAPD/USC press conference

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LAPD and USC held a press conference Friday to announce a $125, 000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for the deaths of graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu. The LAPD deputy chief, USC administrators, and Wu’s host mother spoke at the conference.     […]

USC offers $125,000 reward

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The Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday that USC will offer a $125,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of those found guilty of the murder of two USC graduate students. Ying Wu and Ming Qu, second-year electrical engineering graduate students, were fatally shot Wednesday morning. LAPD will hold a press conference Friday […]

Updated: Former USC student found dead

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a body found Thursday floating in the Dominguez Channel is that of 23-year-old Elgin Stafford, a former USC graduate student who went missing from his home in Carson on March 20. A cause of death has not been determined, Lt. Arthur Escamillas said. According to the Daily […]

No. 2 Women of Troy battle top-ranked Bruins, USD at home this weekend

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Coming off of a rousing 4-3 win against California last weekend, the now-No. 2 USC women’s tennis team host top-ranked UCLA in an early-season showdown of the Pac-12’s two best teams this Thursday, with the University of San Diego to follow on Saturday. Last Saturday USC (9-1) once again fell behind early, losing a hotly […]

Trojans gear up for Bay Area back-to-back

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This weekend the USC men’s volleyball team will take its talents to the Bay Area for its most challenging road trip of the season. The Trojans (7-4, 5-4) will be in Stockton Friday night to play No. 11 Pacific, and will turn around and head about 80 miles south to Palo Alto on Saturday to […]