‘Trigger warnings’ spark a battle in the classroom
Prepping students for graphic content has professors questioning their level of academic freedom.
How USC plans to rehabilitate the college brain
Social media is overstimulating the minds of college students. The Health Center hopes to combat that.
Good-bye, for now: taking a leave of absence
For students facing mental illness, taking time off can be the only solution.
Is mindfulness the answer to stress?
A method rooted in meditation and living in the present could quell student anxiety.
The Counseling Center’s mission for more resources
The center’s single floor is quickly outgrowing its space as it looks to hires more counselors.
Reconsidering greek recruitment for fall freshmen
Incoming students share difficulties juggling a new school alongside the rush process.
A letter from the Editors
Mental illness is an epidemic on college campuses across the nation, and USC is no exception. With an understaffed counseling center and rising need for mental health services, the University is facing a growing crisis. It’s not hard to explain the rise, either. Modern college students’ juggling of classes, jobs, internships and extracurriculars is increasingly […]
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Politics at USC
If you were to ask a college-educated person about politically active campuses in the United States, the University of Southern California might not be the first school that comes to mind. In recent years, however, USC has become a student body that is not only aware of social and political issues, but actively engaging […]
Organizations mobilize for midterm elections
With the 2014 midterm elections quickly approaching, political partisanship has made its way back to the forefront of the national stage. Though USC’s campus community may seem more interested in football than politics at times, the political fervor hasn’t been lost on students — particularly for those in the College Democrats and College Republicans. As […]