USC should emphasize cleanliness


The university issued an email to all students Wednesday before the UC Berkeley football game about an outbreak of mumps at the California campus. Many USC students traveled to Berkeley for the Weekender trip and could have brought back this virus.  The email warned students to be aware of the common means of mumps transmission: […]

DREAM Act milestone for equality


Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act into law, which will allow undocumented college students to apply for financial aid at state universities. The act, first introduced in 2001, has two parts: AB130 and AB131. AB130 was signed into law in July […]

Turnovers key USC’s victory over Golden Bears


For a split second, Zach Maynard almost made it close. With the Golden Bears trailing USC 20-0 late in the second quarter, the Cal quarterback completed three straight passes, moving the ball down to the USC 10-yard line. On the next play, however, the junior signal caller’s pass was intercepted by freshman linebacker Dion Bailey, […]