This Week in Photos: Jan. 30 – Feb. 3
“This Week in Photos” highlights the biggest stories of the week.
Trojans upend Utah to end losing streak>>
![The USC men’s basketball team put an end to a nine-game losing streak on Saturday night with a decisive 62-45 victory over the Utah Utes (5-16, 2-7) at the Galen Center.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-0128-USC-vs-Utah-Mens-Bball-26-1024x685.jpg)
Worth the wait · Sophomore forward Garrett Jackson scored 16 points in Saturday’s win against the Utes, their first Pac-12 win in nine attempts. - Luciano Nunez | Daily Trojan
USC Pharmacy to launch web-based application>>
![USC Pharmacy is developing a web-based application that will allow patrons to order their prescriptions electronically.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pharmacy-AniKolangian_web1.jpg)
Prescription · USC Pharmacy is creating a mobile application that will allow customers to order prescriptions and to check their status online. - Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Online education provides an education>>
![With college tuition continuing to rise with no guarantee for jobs after graduation, some prospective college students might choose alternative paths to education. Because of the increase in costs, enrolling for a postsecondary education online has become an attractive option — not a last resort.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jovanna-web1.jpg)
With college tuition continuing to rise with no guarantee for jobs after graduation, some prospective college students might choose alternative paths to education. Because of the increase in costs, enrolling for a postsecondary education online has become an attractive option — not a last resort. - Jovanna Tosello | Daily Trojan
Screen Actors Guild Awards plays it safe again>>
![That magical time of year has once again come and gone — the time when all the good street parking outside of Superior Grocers is taken by stretch limousines and low-flying choppers aren’t looking for fugitives, but a photo op instead.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SAG_ChrisPham_web1.jpg)
Sensational · Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (pictured above) attended Sunday’s SAG Awards, which honored many previous big-name winners. - Chris Pham | Daily Trojan
Study finds less drinking on campus>>
![Parties on campus tend to involve less drinking than those held off campus, according to the Dept. of Public Safety and “Drinking at College Parties: Examining the Influence of Student Host-Status and Party-Location,” a recent study from Ohio State University.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DPS_OfficerHynes_web.jpg)
Partying · Dept. of Public Safety said it rarely receives complaints about on-campus parties because of the supervision of residential advisors and coordinators in on-campus housing, according to DPS Capt. David Carlisle. - Jaspreet Singh | Daily Trojan
Rockers find success despite struggles>>
![Grammy Award-nominated, alternative-rock band MuteMath’s 2012 tour features state-of-the-art, 3-D projection technology, with visual content crafted by drummer Darren King (center) in addition to their critically acclaimed musical collection.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mutemath_web.jpg)
Cutting-edge rock · Grammy Award-nominated, alternative-rock band MuteMath’s 2012 tour features state-of-the-art, 3-D projection technology, with visual content crafted by drummer Darren King (center) in addition to their critically acclaimed musical collection. - Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Jackson discusses love, leadership, spirituality>>
![Vice President for Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson spoke of his focus on leadership, love and faith as part of the What Matters to Me and Why lectures series on Wednesday.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/What-Matters-MJ_CoreyMarquetti_web1.jpg)
Leader · Michael Jackson, vice president for student affairs, spoke about his activism during his time at a Calif. boarding school and Stanford University. - Corey Marquetti | Daily Trojan
Spring Awakening lives up to the original>>
![USC’s reproduction of the Tony award-winning musical, Spring Awakening, stands apart as a dynamic work. The talented cast brings difficult subject matter to life, blowing audiences away.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/spring_web1.jpg)
Touch me · USC’s reproduction of the Tony award-winning musical, Spring Awakening, stands apart as a dynamic work. The talented cast brings difficult subject matter to life, blowing audiences away. - Matthew Wunderlich | Daily Trojan
USC worker fled a civil war before working at EVK>>
![Today, most students know Mirian Mejia as the friendly, smiling EVK Restaurant and Grill cashier, but 30 years ago she found herself making the life-changing decision to leave everything she knew in El Salvador to escape a civil war.](https://dailytrojan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/EVK_web1.jpg)
Everybody’s cashier · Mirian Mejia talks to Vanessa Wilkins, a freshman majoring in print and digital journalism, outside the EVK Restaurant and Grill worker’s station. - Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan