USC fires O’Neill after three-plus seasons
USC Athletic Director Pat Haden names Bob Cantu interim head coach, as men’s basketball continues Pac-12 slate.
Peter Pan soars in its latest production
The latest production reunites old castmates to tell the familiar tale of the Darlings and their adventures in Neverland.
Online piracy poses little risk to business
When 26-year-old computer programmer and political activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide last Friday, news of his death spread across the Internet with the same speed as the viral videos and the applications he had helped to produce. At the time of his death, he faced unnecessarily harsh felony charges entailing a possible 35-year sentence and […]
USC men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill fired
USC men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill was fired Monday morning, athletic director Pat Haden announced. O’Neill was midway through his fourth season with the team and compiled a 48-65 record overall. The Trojans are coming off a 76-59 road victory over Utah and are 7-10 (2-2) on the season. In a press release, Haden thanked […]
Georgia Tech wrecks uninspired Trojans in Sun Bowl
For a team that started the season ranked the No. 1 squad in the country, the 2012 USC Trojans’ fall might be unparalleled. And the fiasco reached its climax in El Paso on a windy Monday afternoon. After a season that saw USC (7-6, 5-4 Pac-12) lose five games for the first time since 2001, […]
City council approves $1 billion plan to build The Village
After more than a decade of planning, USC’s $1 billion plan to turn the University Village into The Village at USC was approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council. The $1 billion project is expected to create approximately 4,000 new construction jobs and 8,000 permanent jobs, with a 30 percent local hiring promise. The […]
Trojans bested by undefeated Lobos
New Mexico players nailed 11 3-pointers in their 75-67 win on Wednesday night.
Students react to Measure J
Had Measure J passed, the city would have extended a half-cent tax for transportation.
Surrealist styles elevate French romance
Fierce performances from Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts drive this heart-wrenching emotional drama.
Education is essential to prison reform
In 1989, five 14-to 15-year-old boys, four black and one Hispanic, were convicted of a crime they did not commit. They spent between five and 11 years in juvenile delinquent centers and prisons in New York. Though the boys were victims of institutional racism and a flawed justice system that robbed them of a significant […]