POINT: Endowment should pay for tuition
The funding at prestigious private universities needs to contribute to tuition for low-income students.
COUNTERPOINT: Making college free isn’t realistic
Endowments exist for a reason — we can’t just liquidate them whenever we feel like doing so.
Millennials are like the world of virtual reality
This past Saturday at the Los Angeles Convention Center thousands of techies, college students and execs peered into the future together. At Virtual Reality Los Angeles, billed as the world’s largest independent VR conference, producers, directors and creatives showed off their latest 360-degree work. Nokia pulled out its new camera, filmmakers screened their refined work […]
Shunning inclusion is trendy but unproductive
Undergraduate Student Government President Rini Sampath issued her State of the Student Body address Tuesday, during which she commended USG’s work on addressing racial inequality at USC as well as Provost Michael Quick’s efforts to create a more inclusive campus environment. Her efforts to highlight issues of diversity run headlong to constant criticism of political […]
SoulCycle apparel commodifies fitness and health
Target has collaborated with high-end brands and designers in the past, but its recent partnership with SoulCycle will be its first time teaming up with a fitness company. The boutique fitness chain’s 10-city tour, complete with six free classes a day and a capsule collection of lower-priced Soul-branded apparel at select Target locations, stops by […]
Charlie Hebdo cartoon perpetuates deplorable stereotypes
The image of a drowned Syrian-Kurdish Alan Kurdi — lifeless and face down on a Turkish beach — has become a symbol of the refugee crisis. The media coverage of his death constructed a single tragedy into a unifying narrative, which not only brought attention to the gravity of the situation but also humanized the […]
On tuition, Sanders plan is superior
As a word to the wise, you probably shouldn’t major in basket weaving. Despite being quite the niche career track, it’s also not a degree you might want to spend an upwards of $100,000 to receive. If you’re pursuing higher education today, you will very quickly be faced with the highest tuition and student debt […]
Sustainability 2020 is a step in the right direction for USC
As the fall semester came to a close, the Daily Trojan entered its winter hiatus,and students across campus started to leave for other parts of the country and world, thousands of students — I’m sure — clicked “trash” when they saw yet another memo from Provost Michael Quick. Unfortunately, doing so may have neglected one […]
Wheaton discipline reveals Islamophobia
Larycia Hawkins, a political science professor at Wheaton College, was suspended last month for a Facebook post that read: “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book. And as Pope Francis stated … We worship the same God.” At the same time, she announced that […]
COUNTERPOINT: Fair market produces surge prices
High transit charges are simply the result of a market working properly.