Motor voter bill holds partisan motivations


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For the past decade, Los Angeles has been plagued with upsetting records of low voter turnout. When citizens fail to exercise their right to play a role in the electoral process, they forfeit their ability to criticize the process’s main working components. It’s been years, however, since California policymakers have truly taken a bipartisan initiative […]

COLUMN: Does greek life still have a place on our campus?


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This month, we’ve seen a string of incidents on college campuses related to greek life that have sparked controversy. Recently, a UCLA fraternity hosted a “Kanye Western” themed party that featured students wearing blackface and dressed to imitate Kanye West’s wife, reality star Kim Kardashian. Late last month, Undergraduate Student Government President Rini Sampath experienced […]

COLUMN: Students should relax more, multitask less


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Exactly a week ago, I dropped my brand new iPhone into a toilet — a clean toilet, but a toilet nonetheless. As it turns out, iPhones don’t like being dropped in toilets, even if they’re put in rice for the next 48 hours. After self-loathing and tears, I began to reflect on my time with […]

COUNTERPOINT: In wake of transportation policy change, the University should offer employees housing


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In June, the University revoked its monthly $30 stipend to employees who purchase transit passes. To compensate for the subsidy cut, USC is offering three free parking passes per month for the University Park Campus only. In the absence of a concrete transit support system, the University should instead give all employees the option to […]

POINT: Removal of employee transit subsidies endangers sustainability and justice


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The past month just hasn’t been great PR for sustainability at USC. A few weeks ago, a protest by Environmental Core put the University’s lack of renewable energy infrastructure under the microscope. The event reinvigorated students’ requests to bring solar power to campus. And on Sept. 29, associate professor Lisa Schweitzer began the first of […]

COLUMN: Los Angeles County must do more to address domestic violence


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The Los Angeles Police Department receives 48,088 calls each year in response to domestic violence. Yet, initiatives and funding for this issue have not been effectively prioritized. LAPD must be trained to relocate victims to safe houses and funding must be used to create adequate shelters. Domestic violence is preventable, and our local city officials […]

COLUMN: Campus needs to be more bike-friendly


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As college students, bikes are a big part of our culture. They’re a fast, easy way to get around campus. Unlike our crosstown rivals, we enjoy a flat, level campus that is easy to maneuver with almost any mode of transportation. With a sizable amount of students utilizing a bicycle to get from point A […]

COLUMN: Suppressing anti-Israel voices is unproductive


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At a University of California Regents meeting last month, Regent Richard Blum suggested suspension and expulsion as imperative punishments for students engaging in activities critical of Israel. He also invoked the political power of his wife, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, which many took to be a threat of negative consequences for the publicly funded university. This, […]

COLUMN: Support systems lessen stress of young adults


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Today is the first Tuesday of October, which just serves as another reminder of how much closer I am to needing to have my life figured out. I think that many people in my situation are feeling the same way. This past weekend, several of my peers took the LSAT, and the quickly approaching Nov. […]