Program shows potential
Venture for America, a new business version of Teach for America, shows promise.
Postseason football injuries need attention
The story of a football game doesn’t end with a mark in the win/lose column. The story ends 30 years later, when a victorious receiver’s life takes a hypothetical turn for the worse. After a successful football career and numerous concussions, this player develops early-onset Alzheimer’s and forgets his wife’s name — or he becomes […]
Local violence poses health concerns
This week, the USC community mourned the death of two graduate students, Ying Wu and Ming Qu, after a fatal shooting in the area west of USC’s campus. There was no denying that a dark cloud hung over campus. Grieving is a natural process that most of us have been through at some point in […]
USC tragedy demands unity, not division
On Wednesday, graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu were fatally shot in front of Wu’s residence west of campus. The university has delivered a heartwarming response to the shooting. But varying community responses have also highlighted campus divisions. Wu and Qu were international students from China — and that fact has received more attention […]
Campus Reaction
The USC community responds to the deaths of Ying Wu and Ming Qu through online comments, interviews and statements.
Letters to the editor
American grocery stores use too many plastic bags. I am an international USC student from Korea. Since many Koreans are familiar with American culture through movies and music, things haven’t looked that weird to me since I arrived here. Well, one thing has. In supermarkets, all the cashiers double-bag nearly everything, including gallons of milk, […]
Not all classroom technology is equal
The reformation of American education usually comes with technological changes. Educational institutions search for ways to use technology to effectively improve teaching and learning. Although the efforts are well-intentioned, how much technology is truly necessary? Some professors allow laptops as an option for note-taking — giving students the chance to use them for social networking […]
Letter to the editor
Seniors with A’s shouldn’t have to take their finals. I’m sitting on my bed, rushing to read the first and last pages of the reading for a class I have in 20 minutes, completely overwhelmed, stressed — yet convinced that somehow it will get done. When did this sudden change of heart and perseverance occur? […]
Newspapers can’t rely on subscriptions
Subscriptions are tiding them over right now, but newspapers will have to keep up on digital trends and attract younger consumers.
Homeless ex-convicts deserve second chance
Homelessness is a very difficult problem to combat and one that raises many different reactions. To some, the homeless are seen as people stuck in a cyclical system caused by mistakes or sheer bad luck. To others, the homeless symbolize a lazy resistance because of their inactivity and inability to find jobs, exacerbated by drug […]