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USC ranks among top entrepreneurship schools


College review website Unigo ranked USC third on its list of Top 10 Colleges for Aspiring Entrepreneurs, the Huffington Post reported Saturday. More than 30,000 college students voted on top schools for entrepreneurs on the site. The University of Oklahoma and the University of Pennsylvania beat out USC for the top two spots. U.S. News […]

USC Credit Union moves to Campus Center


The USC Credit Union moved its University Park Campus office to the Campus Center Courtyard after 15 years in King’s Hall. The branch office was moved to accommodate summer renovations to King’s Hall, which included a revamp of Café 84. USC Credit Union President and CEO Gary Perez said the non-profit financial cooperative was happy […]

USC’s oldest alumnus dies at 109


Victor Wellington Peters, USC’s oldest alumnus who graduated in the class of 1924, died Aug. 12, according to USC News. He was 109. After studying at the newly created University of California, Los Angeles campus for two years, Peters took a year off from school to build houses with his father in the nearby area. He returned […]

Student Affairs, USG implement new bike lanes


As students flock to the University Park Campus for classes this fall, they will find new, portable bike lanes flanking Trousdale Parkway. A joint project by the Office of Student Affairs and the Undergraduate Student Government, the bike lanes, marked with “bike sharrows,” enable students to bike up and down Trousdale without interfering with pedestrian […]

DPS detains suspect connected with McKay Center burglary


The Dept. of Public Safety apprehended a suspect Wednesday afternoon in connection with last week’s theft of laptops and smartphones from offices in the John McKay Center, a newly constructed $70 million, 110,000-square-foot athletic facility west of Heritage Hall, DPS Captain David Carlisle told the Daily Trojan on Thursday. Malachi Whalen, a 22-year-old from Long […]

Updated: Police pursuit ends at University Park Campus


The Los Angeles Police Department was in pursuit of a stolen vehicle at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect pulled into Parking Structure X, according to DPS Captain David Carlisle. PSX is adjacent to Figueroa Street, near Gate 3 on USC’s University Park Campus. The black 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer was reported stolen from Santa […]

Suspects arrested for the deaths of USC graduate students


The Los Angeles Police Department arrested two men Friday afternoon believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of two international graduate students in April, LAPD Detective David Garrido said. Garrido said the suspects, who are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, are Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19. Though the suspects, who are being held […]

Parents of shooting victims file suit against USC


USC will move to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of two international graduate students who were fatally shot off campus last month, according to a statement released on behalf of the university. The 15-page suit filed Wednesday states that the university makes false assertions about safety Ming Qu and Ying Wu, […]