For American households, the college experience means an investment, a mark of wealth and a time for growth. Its importance is rarely understated; degrees go hand in hand with higher incomes for graduates and open up unparalleled professional opportunities. The White House announced plans earlier this month to open funding for college-level education for prison […]
USC football head coach Steve Sarkisian has issued an apology for inappropriate behavior at Saturday night’s Salute to Troy event that was held on campus. According to event attendees, Sarkisian looked to be inebriated and was slurring his words while he delivered a speech to the crowd that included many USC alumni and donors. Sarkisian’s speech […]
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USC is allowing former USC footballer Bryce Dixon to re-enroll in the university after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge put his expulsion on hold Wednesday, but he will not be put back on the football team. “While we will comply with the judge’s order staying the expulsion, Mr. Dixon will not be reinstated as a student-athlete,” a USC statement read. […]
The closing ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games on Aug. 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concluded the world’s largest humanitarian and sports event of the year. Yet the spirit of inclusivity and determination that characterized the eight-day competition can be seen in programs that live on at USC, which acted as the […]
Indie pop band PHASES was created at a karaoke bar. A group of close friends decided the bar was too crowded — so they went home and formed a band. After coming from unique beginnings, the band also has found success in its unique sound. PHASES’s latest singles, “I’m in Love with My Life,” “Betty […]
Marshall School of Business’s associate dean for undergraduate programs, Kim West, died this weekend from an unrevealed illness, according to a letter to the community from Dean James G. Ellis. West had served as the Associate Dean for Marshall’s undergraduate program since 2007. Prior to that she had worked at universities include SUNY Stony Brook and […]
This year, Insomniac hosted its 19th annual Electric Daisy Carnival. Approximately 400,000 fans swarmed the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on June 19 to celebrate music, life, individuality and escape. At 7:30 p.m., EDC warmly opened its doors to welcome this year’s headliners, a term used by Insomniac CEO Pasquale Rotella to describe the festival’s attendants, […]
Cancer researcher and the soon to be former president of the Alumni Association Board of Governors Amy Ross was elected to the Board of Trustees on Wednesday. A first generation college student, Ross attended California State University, Northridge before receiving her Ph.D. in experimental pathology from the Keck School of Medicine in 1986. Following her […]
USC Trustee and namesake of the Marshall School of Business Gordon S. Marshall died on Tuesday at the age of 95. A World War II veteran, Marshall graduated from USC with an accounting degree in 1946 before starting Marshall Industries, an electronic distribution company, in 1953. Marshall Industries grew into a $3 billion company and […]