Work-study under threat in latest college funding proposals
USC students received $632 million from federal financial aid programs in 2020-21, the highest and four times the average among other elite universities.
Entries by Jonathan Park
Stuffed animals are not just for kids
Sometimes it can be healing to let yourself look at the world with childlike wonder and embrace the silly things.
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ is blindingly brilliant
Cillian Murphy brilliantly plays the eponymous tortured genius, delivering a film that lives up to the “Barbenheimer” hype.
The journey to Barbie Land is well worth it
Greta Gerwig’s take on the classic doll is fresh and funny.
Final verdicts on Trojan Hall, Marks Hall
Countless freshmen have walked the halls, terrorized the communal bathrooms, sweated profusely in rooms with no AC, contracted “mold induced asthma” and, in all that chaos, made friends along the way.
Affirmative action at USC is dead. Now what?
I’m a first-generation, low-income student from Illinois. For people like me, the future is bleak.
USC to restrict TikTok on certain devices, complying with federal ban
The move follows mounting concerns at the federal and state level that TikTok — and, by extension, ByteDance — was harvesting and sharing users’ personal data.
AI’s positive impacts
Amid a flurry of revelations around artificial intelligence and mounting concerns about its ethics, one student organization is working to show that the technology can do some good.
Judge denies bid to overturn Ridley-Thomas verdict
Sentencing for seven felony corruption charges to remain scheduled for Aug 21.
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action — future of USC admissions remains unclear
University officials are releasing statements vowing to commit to diversity regardless of the ruling, but prior experience in other states says the prospects are grim.