Entries by Kastalia Medrano

GPSS launches discounted Metro TAP cards for grad students

USC’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate, in partnership with USC Transportation and Los Angeles County Metro, has launched a program that provides discounted Metro TAP cards to full-time graduate students. A launch party took place at The Lab Gastropub on Oct. 20. Typically, Metro TAP cards for students cost about $75 for 9 weeks. Under […]

Four burning questions: Notre Dame

Who will be the best receiver on the field? Similar to USC’s contest against Cal last week, Saturday’s game features a wealth of talent at the wide receiver position. USC sophomore Robert Woods and Notre Dame junior Michael Floyd are among some of the best wide receivers in the country. Woods looks to rebound after […]

USC off and running at Titan Invitational

The USC cross-country team looks to follow up last week’s impressive second place at the Titan Invitational on the Cal State Fullerton campus, the last non-championship race of the season this weekend. The 5k race will begin at 5:00 p.m. today on the Cal State Fullerton campus. This is the first night race this season, […]

USC preps for Pac-12/SEC Challenge

The USC women’s golf team, still seeking its first tournament victory, concludes the fall season this weekend as it participates in the Pac-12/SEC Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn., starting today through Sunday. After notching an eighth-place finish in the Fall Mason Rudolph Preview to begin the season, the Women of Troy recorded a sixth place finish […]

Women of Troy kick off ITA Regionals

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Southwest Regional Championships kicked off on Thursday in San Diego, Calif. in what is shaping up to be an action-packed event featuring 81 participants in the women’s singles bracket and 39 teams in the women’s doubles bracket. Six Women of Troy are competing in the tournament, which runs through Oct. 23. […]

49 animals killed in Zanesville zoo rampage

In a bizarre incident Wednesday afternoon in Zanesville, Ohio, 56 exotic animals including wolves, monkeys, bears and 18 Bengal tigers were set free from a private reserve and subsequently either shot or tranquilized by police. The animals were let out of their pens by Terry Thompson, 62, who died in an apparent suicide after freeing the animals. […]

Album leaks plague Clarkson, Coldplay

On Oct. 17, the music world went up in arms as two of the most anticipated albums of the season were leaked online a week before their intended debuts. Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger and Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto are the latest victims of the bittersweet Internet album leak. Both albums were slated for release Oct. 24. Clarkson […]