Letter to the Editor: Why Greek life should be abolished
Until Greek life is banned at USC, the University is actively endorsing classism and racism.
Letter to the Editor: USC administration must stop exploiting international students
You can help by begging University officials to stop seizing the earnings of international students with part-time jobs or internships. This kind of leverage over any student must not be tolerated. And yet, it’s happening across the country before our very eyes.
Letter to Editor: My personal attempt to make Black history ‘real’
And it seems to me, incumbent in the 21st century that, certainly in the collegial environment, we collectively move beyond the superficial to do the hard work of undoing moral confusion caused by the devaluation and dismissal of heritage that may not be shared.
Letter to Editor: On-campus job fairs promote career diversity
The Daily Trojan recently published an op-ed written by Ramona Amely, titled, “On-Campus Job Fairs Lack Career Diversity.” The writer addressed a concern with the variety of employers that recruit on campus. On behalf of the USC Career Center, I would like to describe the range of employers that recruit our Trojans through our on-campus […]
The RSVP Center needs campus-wide recognition
RSVP has tremendous value to offer our student body.
Letter to the Editor: USC is not meaningfully addressing sustainability
The first step in solving a problem is acknowledging there is one. That is why at the end of last semester, we, the Environmental Student Assembly and the USC Environmental Core, authored a letter to President Carol Folt asking for public disclosure of the University’s endowment investments into the energy sector, and in particular, fossil […]
Letter to the Editor: The cost of SCA’s culture of competition
Cultivating a more supportive culture where students are able to make mistakes and able to step back when necessary is what so many students not only want but need — and we need it right now.
Letter to the Editor: What is college for?
In many ways, this article is a letter to our fellow students. College-bound students can seem like zombies wandering aimlessly into universities without questioning why. For many students, getting to college is only the first step in a journey of exploration — joining a club, making new friends or finding one’s passion. These years are […]
Letter to the Editor: School of International Relations merges with Dept. of Political Science
Your Sept. 17 article on the merging of the School of International Relations with the Department of Political Science describes “strong support of the majority of the faculty” and hopes for “more resources” for students. In fact, SIR faculty was not strongly supportive of the merger. Many had serious reservations given SIR’s tradition of rich […]
Letter to the Editor: There’s no need to vandalize VKC
By believing you have the power to forge a better future for USC, you have already embodied von KleinSmid’s greatest fear.