December 2024
December 5, 2024
Deon Botshekan, Nicholas Corral and Fiona Feingold on the future of the copy desk. Sammy Bovitz on Xbox’s identity crisis. Jennifer Nehrer on Donald Trump and the media. Abby Weiland on the people behind Yoboseyo Superette. Lilah Keating on what students watch in the dining halls. Jake Berg on exploring LA at night. Daniel Pons on fire and loss. Sundiata Enuke on the battle between Godzilla and her attention span. Amelia Neilson-Slabach on getting back up.
November 2024
November 7, 2024
Jensen Manelski on “The Myth of Getting Better”; India Brown on the college loneliness crisis; Enzo Luna on how undocumented students feel about the presidential election; Henry Kofman on living with Type 1 Diabetes; Julia Marell on the dangers of social media; Kendall Bradwell on the struggles of obtaining proper hair care; Alexa Rubinstein on the evolution of electronic dance music; Jake Berg and Teo Gonzales with a photo essay on USC’s unofficial icons; Yoon Lee with a comic on overcoming life’s hurdles; Allison Yen with a comic on seasons in L.A.; Amelia Neilson-Slabach with a comic on the L.A. difference.
October 2024
October 1, 2024
Henry Kofman on writing letters to strangers; Sammy Bovitz unpacking the “Age of the Vanilla DJ”; Miranda Huang on celebrating Halloween as a college student; Jennifer Nehrer on her love for license plates; Reo on the recent delays in the recognized student organization application process; Jake Berg, Bryce Dechert, Tai Lyn Sandhu & Mallory Snyder with a photo essay shot on film; Amelia Neilson-Slabach on finding your people.
Summer 2024
July 4, 2024
The Daily Trojan Spring 2024 Editorial Board on how the Neighborhood Academic Initiative falls short in addressing systemic issues; Sammy Bovitz on the quest to find USC’s smallest major; Reo on how USC ups its profit margins; Jonathan Park on Folt’s five years; Jennifer Nehrer on Armenian History Month at USC — 100 years in the making and What Pride Month means to queer athletes; Daniel Pons on why We cannot let LA become the new Cabo; The Student Community of the LGBTQ+ Student Center and Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion at USC on why our queer leaders cannot be collateral; Rachel Kozik on ‘The Baby-Sitter’s Club’; The Daily Trojan photography team shares a new edition of Summer Frame
February/March 2024
April 3, 2024
Sullivan Barthel on the excessive selectivity of some recognized student organizations; Shruti Shakthivel on the big question of free will vs. determinism; Yingying Yuan on a new kind of dating adventure at USC; Daniel Pons on how ‘Telegraph Road’ changed the way he thinks about music; Trenyce Tong on learning to be an “adult” after graduation; Rachael Kozik pens an open letter to the person next to her on the airplane watching a movie with recurring sex scenes in it.
January 2024
February 12, 2024
Veronique Louis-Jacques on breaking down the ‘brick wall’ of African American genealogy; Yingying Yuan on the future of haptic technology; Nathan Elias & Reo on the ridiculous history of campus squirrels; Jennifer Nehrer on the importance of student journalism as local newspapers collapse; and Christina Chkarboul on adolescents becoming the targets of online beauty trends.
October/November 2023
November 30, 2023
Daniel Pons on the past, present and future of USC architecture; Jason Pham on sustainable fashion; a former admissions officer on the Supreme Court’s overturn of affirmative action; a community reels from an event featuring the Turkish ambassador to the United States; David Rendon on students creating a home through dance.
September 2023
September 12, 2023
Nathan Elias, Jennifer Nehrer & Jonathan Park on Carol Folt’s four years as president; Victoria Lee, Daniel Pons & Sparsh Sharma on the lasting impacts of the Maui wildfires; Danielle Jones on the long journey to establishing a South Asian studies minor; Noah Danesh speaks with the USC researchers behind a new Alzheimer’s drug; Eva Hartman on her looming postgraduate anxiety
Summer 2023
August 7, 2023
Sparsh Sharma on the other way USC is funding its largest projects; Danielle Jones on AI’s positive impacts; Faith San Martin on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action overturn; Kate McQuarrie on her love of stuffed animals as an adult; Eva Hartman on the Wagner Group’s coup that never was; Jenna Peterson on her cross-country road trip