President’s Day weekend movie sales down


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According to TheHollywoodReporter.com, preliminary box office results show a 30% decrease from last year’s President Day Weekend. Though the reasons are unclear as to why, the performers this weekend seem to go against expectations. At number one with an estimated $21 million was the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown followed by the much buzzed about teen […]

USG polls close, about 5,600 votes cast


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An estimated 5,129 students voted online and approximately 500 voted using paper ballots for the Undergraduate Student Government elections. The polls closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, according to Juan Orjuela, Elections and Recruitment co-chair. USG hoped to get 6,000 votes, over one third of the undergraduate population. “We’re pretty happy with the numbers right now,” […]

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio cry wolf


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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite once again and their next film together has officially been announced. The frequent collaborators will join forces with Terrence Winter,  writer of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, on The Wolf of Wall Street, which will focus on a Long Island stockbroker who spent time in prison for a […]

Introducing Lady Danville


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Lady Danville has the perfect success story for the modern college band. In 2006, students Daniel Chang and Michael Garner collaborated to make indie pop music together after meeting in UCLA’s a capella group Awaken. They wrote a hit song called “Cast Away” which took the gold in UCLA’s Spring Sing talent competition, a competition […]

USC University Hospital workers picket outside hospital


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Approximately 100 nurses and medical staff gathered outside of the USC University Hospital Tuesday to hold an informational picket. The nurses and medical staff are demanding an increase in staffing levels in order to minimize patient risk. Although the medical staff, represented by the members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers and the registered […]