Entries by Kastalia Medrano

Video interview: Kiffin

USC coach Lane Kiffin speaks after Tuesday’s practice about the upcoming game against Washington and the team’s current state.

Students get an education in “Financial Swagger”

“Banks prey on students just like us.” That’s what Gabe Albarian, a graduate student at the USC Marshall School of Business and author of Financial Swagger, is trying to tell students. On Nov. 8 at 7:00 p.m., Albarian gave a presentation that spelled out how undergraduates should take care of their financial education and learning […]

USC nabs top junior college recruit

On the first day of the early signing period, USC basketball coach Kevin O’Neill announced he received signed National Letters of Intent from two players, guard J.T. Terrell and forward Strahinja Gavrilovic. The 6-foot-3 Terrell, who attends Peninsula Junior College in Washington, was the No. 1 junior college player in America by Swannys Roundball Review. […]

Behind enemy lines: Washington

The last two times USC has met Washington on the gridiron, things did not end well for the Trojans. Former USC coordinators and current Washington coaches Steve Sarkisian and Nick Holt have gotten the better of the Trojans two straight years, notching a 16-13 win in Seattle in 2009 and a 32-31 victory in Los […]

Admissions Office hosts Twitter dialogue with students, parents

In a network-savvy move, the USC Admissions Office took its question-and-answer session online from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. The Twitter-based information session allowed interested applicants and families to sit in on an admissions answer session remotely, as officers tweeted updates. From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the floor belonged to those remote Twitter […]

Production mogul to potentially work exclusively with Sony

A few songs that you might or might not have heard on the radio in the last year: “Till the World Ends,” “Blow,” “Price Tag,” “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” and basically every other Katy Perry hit to dominate airplay. So what do these songs have in common? They are all mainstream, pop, Top 40 material for sure, but […]

“Personhood” measure fails in Mississippi

Voters in Mississippi struck down the controversial “personhood” ballot initiative Nov. 8, which would have effectively banned abortion in all cases including incest and rape, among other forms of birth control. Initiative 26 would have amended the state constitution to define “personhood” at the moment an egg is fertilized, making it illegal to harm or […]

Paterno faces fallout from Penn State scandal

Legendary coach Joe Paterno might be fired in the coming weeks, according to The New York Times. This is the latest news in the Penn State scandal that unfolded this weekend over the alleged sexual assault of boys by former defensive coach Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky is accused of sexually assaulting, on university grounds, young boys […]

Pro recap — week 9

Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush (Bush had a second consecutive great week, touching the ball 16 times for 142 yards and a score in a shocking 31-3 Miami victory against the Chiefs.) Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel (20/39, 253 yards) Kansas City wide receiver Keary Colbert (one catch, five yards) Atlanta Falcons offensive […]