Letters to the Editor Archives - Page 16 of 23

In response to “Harvard’s sexual assault policies reflect larger issue”

By Daily Trojan Staff
October 29, 2014 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

In November of my freshman year at USC, a fellow student raped me. I was intoxicated, meaning I was drunk. I was also incapacitated, meaning I was intoxicated to the extent that I was no longer capable of normal activity such as consenting to sex. Many of us have gotten intoxicated to the point of […]

Strong U.S.-Israeli ties must continue to be sustained

By Daily Trojan Staff
October 23, 2014 2 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

On the evening of Oct. 22, Trojans for Israel (TFI) — the USC student group dedicated to spreading awareness of the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship — hosted its annual dinner gala. This year’s event was dedicated to creating a dialogue about American-Israeli partnerships and research on keeping servicemen healthy and emotionally stable on and […]

Right to health deserves more action and attention

By Daily Trojan Staff
October 22, 2014 3 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Meet Oxana and Pavel Rucsineanu. The couple met and fell in love at a tuberculosis clinic in Moldova. Oxana was cured of her TB, but Pavel found he had developed a form of drug-resistant TB. The drugs that Pavel needed existed, but because of price and Moldovan laws, were unavailable to him. So, the government […]

Game day experience in need of serious reform

By Daily Trojan Staff
October 16, 2014 7 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

This letter isn’t about the play-calling or defensive schemes of our football team. There are plenty of USC Alumni and fans that have stated their strong opinions about those topics. Rather, this is about the game day environment that unfortunately promotes the team’s lack of focus and intensity brought forth by the USC administration. While […]

The University needs to revive student activism

By Daily Trojan Staff
September 28, 2014 11 Comments/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

This 1st of October marks the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement that began at the University of California, Berkeley. On that day, thousands of Berkeley students surrounded a police car on Sproul Plaza and held it captive for 33 hours in protest of university bans against political activities on campus. The Free Speech […]

Letter to the editor

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 30, 2014 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

In response to “Students Should Broaden View of Political Activism” As the current director of the Political Student Assembly, I read the criticisms that Luke Phillips, my successor, presented regarding recent campus protests and sit-ins with a mixture of excitement and concern. Though much of what Luke points out has a great deal of merit […]

Students should broaden view of political activism

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 27, 2014 1 Comment/in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

In light of the impassioned protests and sit-ins here on campus these last few weeks, I feel it is my duty to articulate an alternative viewpoint to the one that most of this paper’s coverage has featured. The Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation, as I understand it, wants USC to cancel its contract with JanSport. […]

Boston Stronger — 1 Year after Marathon Bombing

By Alexis Driggs
April 23, 2014 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

An open letter of gratitude to all ’SC students, alumni and faculty, who stood up or reached out to help Boston, and one of our own who was badly injured, become stronger after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing: Thank you! Though it has been many years since I attended my last class on campus and returned […]

USG responds to Greek tax resolution

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 21, 2014 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

As members of the Undergraduate Student Government Senate, we wish to address the concerns raised by Tara Campbell in Eric Wendorf’s article “USG Senate rejects tax resolution.” USG’s mission is to represent and advocate on behalf of the entire undergraduate population. No beneﬁt for any group in the student body, regardless of size, is too […]

In Response to “The Faces of Greek Life”

By Daily Trojan Staff
April 16, 2014 in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I read the Greek Life supplement in the April 15 edition of the Daily Trojan and appreciated the candor with which the writers were able to tackle some of the goings-on within the fraternity and sorority community. As a volunteer for a national fraternity, I spend much of my spare time mentoring Greek leaders and […]

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