COUNTERPOINT: In campus programming, it’s important to address diversity
The postponement of a game design panel demonstrates a commitment from USC to improving diversity.
In uncertainty of college, newspapers provide identity
At a party last week, I tried to introduce myself to someone. When I attempted to tell the person my name, he said, “Oh, I know who you are. You’re a writer, right?” I smiled and then asked how he knew that. “Oh, I read the Daily Trojan all the time,” he said. My job […]
This primary season, get involved in politics
It is with a bittersweet sadness and burgeoning nostalgia that I acknowledge not only the end of the school year, but also the final episode of “Playing Politics.” I had scarcely arrived back in sunny Los Angeles in the early days of the semester when I began penning its first installment. So it is with […]
Scandal at UC Davis points to larger issues
As former Undergraduate Student Government President Rini Sampath penned in a recent Facebook post, “University administrators, whose primary concern should be their work with student scholars, have shifted their priorities to running a multi-billion dollar business.” Last Wednesday, the Sacramento Bee brought to light a stark reminder of that progression — UC Davis’ costly efforts […]
POINT: Coachella should feature more female headline acts
It’s been nearly 10 years since the last Coachella headliner was female.
COUNTERPOINT: Impromptu woman-led shows give ample exposure
Coachella successfully blended entertainment and representation.
Millennials can still be inspired, even in tragedy
Last Saturday while I was out with friends, I received a harrowing text message. It was from my one of my cousins in Ohio whom I haven’t talked to in a few months. “Strange,” I thought before swiping right to open the text. The text said that my older cousin Will Smith, the former NFL […]
UCSD Trump chalkings are latest case of racism
Congratulations again to Donald Trump, who has once more successfully received the negative national attention his campaign so clearly craves. Earlier this week, UC San Diego became the latest scene in a string of pro-Trump chalkings, in which racially motivated and hateful messages could be found on university grounds — most recently (and unsurprisingly) in […]
Campus mental health ignores emotional intelligence
During my first month at USC, I watched Gilmore Girls on Netflix — all six seasons, with 22 episodes per season. I followed that closely with all seven seasons of the Aaron Sorkin masterpiece The West Wing and all seven seasons of the NBC fan-favorite Parks and Recreation, all in the span of a few […]
POINT: The safe space revolution will devour its own roots
“Freedom from oppression” actually serves to stifle discourse and predicts a potentially dangerous future.