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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: USC strives to provide accessibility to all students

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 22, 2015 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

This letter is written in response to the April 8 Letter to the Editor that ran in the Daily Trojan. USC takes great pride in its efforts to provide substantial services, aids and academic adjustments for its students with disabilities. The staff in the Disabilities Services and Programs office work closely with students in need […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: USC should invest in solar energy

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 16, 2015 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

As Trojans, we strive to be the best. USC is universally known as a world-renowned research institution, but in one area it has fallen behind. While universities like Stanford and the UC system have made major investments in solar energy, USC has yet to take action. In 2010, the USC Board of Trustees approved a […]

USC ignores students with disabilities

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 8, 2015 2 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

There are over 1,200 USC students living with disabilities. A disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities — including seeing, hearing, sleeping and more. Considering the difficulties that are an inherent part of life for a student with […]

Israeli organizations seek to better human lives

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 1, 2015 2 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

No doubt about it, Israel lives is in a dangerous neighborhood, surrounded by countries that want her to cease to exist. She faces enormous hate from her neighbors, is regularly threatened with annihilation, and is forced to defend herself too often, most recently this past summer when thousands of missiles were being shot into civilian […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: USG unfairly disperses funds

By DAN MORGAN-RUSSELL
March 30, 2015 3 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Last week Judah Joseph, public relations director of the Concerts Committee, wrote a letter to the Daily Trojan lamenting the lack of funding for his organization. He has a point: The 2014-2015 total USG budget increased by $71,273.03 (3.76 percent) compared to 2013-2014, but the Concerts Committee budget decreased by $2,908.09 (1.06 percent) over the […]

Letter to the Editor: Concerts committee in need of better understanding

By Daily Trojan Staff
March 26, 2015 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

As a committee operating under USC Program Board, Concerts Committee was created to serve the programming needs of the undergraduate student body. Concerts Committee firmly believes in access to live music being a programming need of undergraduate students, which is why we work so hard to bring students the best live music we possibly can. […]

USC College Republicans respond to DT column

By Daily Trojan Staff
March 1, 2015 3 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

This past Friday, Nathaniel Haas, an opinion columnist for the Daily Trojan, attacked the USC College Republicans for being “blatantly hypocritical,” and even called on some members to resign due to a photo posted on social media. Ultimately, we made the decision to remove the photo because of numerous comments attacking African American members of […]

Sororities are more than image

By Daily Trojan Staff
February 3, 2015 2 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Since the Jezebel article pertaining to USC Alpha Chi Omega’s Rush Email surfaced, members not affiliated with the Panhellenic community have used the information to reaffirm their opinions on the “superficial Greek system.” After reading the Daily Trojan’s recent article “Alpha Chi Omega’s standards create unhealthy images” by Sonali Seth, I felt the issue needed […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nikias should raise wages

By Daily Trojan Staff
February 1, 2015 15 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

As a member of the Trojan Family, I ask you simply to take a stand with the workers who keep our university running. I ask you to publicly declare your support of a living wage for the campus workers who maintain our beautiful campus, and feed our students for a living; a wage they and their families deserve.

Spring admits in need of different treatment

By Daily Trojan Staff
January 27, 2015 5 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

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