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COLUMN: Planned Parenthood’s opponents are playing themselves

By KYLIE CHEUNG
March 8, 2017 3 Comments/in Columns, Opinion

After playing hide-and-seek with the estimated 18 million Americans slated to lose access to healthcare via the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans finally, unceremoniously unveiled a provisional replacement plan on Monday evening. Many are already celebrating the bill as a bipartisan victory, as it will respect some of the ACA’s most popular […]

Column: NBA should nix stadium theatrics, follow college basketball’s lead

By JULIA POE
March 7, 2017 1 Comment/in Columns, Sports

I’m not a huge NBA fan. Before moving to Los Angeles, I never lived in a state with a team, and the Big-12 filled all of my basketball needs during the winter and spring. So I’m never particularly tuned into the world of professional basketball unless I’m trying to tease my associate managing editor Eric […]

COLUMN: Get Out highlights racial fetishes

By ZOE CHENG
March 7, 2017 in Arts & Entertainment, Columns

The word “uncanny” is thrown around a lot in both an artistic and everyday context, but it wasn’t until a Thematic Option course last semester that I was introduced to the term’s Freudian definition. According to Freud, uncanniness occurs when an unfamiliar, repressed truth comes to light in a familiar environment. When this happens, you […]

COUNTERPOINT: Compressing midterms may not solve the issue

By TREVOR KEHRER
March 7, 2017 in Columns, Opinion, Point/Counterpoint

It is unlikely that scheduling examination weeks for midterms will improve student performance.

POINT: USC should treat midterms like finals with scheduling

By ERIN RODE
March 7, 2017 in Columns, Opinion, Point/Counterpoint

Students shouldn’t have to juggle tedious projects and assignments with studying for their midterms.

COLUMN: Weekend workouts can help de-stress

By MEGHAN COYLE
March 6, 2017 in Arts & Entertainment, Columns

While short runs get the job done, there’s a difference between making running a part of your life and making it a part of your life that you enjoy.

COLUMN: Men’s basketball still has plenty to prove in postseason

By ANGEL VISCARRA
March 6, 2017 in Columns, Sports

While the gut punch of a first-round exit in last year’s tournament may have been acceptable, this season is the time for USC to establish itself as a respectable postseason threat.

COLUMN: USC has a wealth of NFL Draft prospects

By JAKE DAVIDSON
March 5, 2017 in Columns, Sports

USC is so deep at certain positions, like receiver, that sometimes the players have to wait until the NFL for their talent to shine through.

COLUMN: Tuition increase at USC affects food insecurity

By BAILEE AHERN
March 5, 2017 in Columns, Opinion

The government and educational institutions will most effectively tackle the issue of food insecurity if they work together.

COLUMN: Mockery of Asian accents fosters shame in cultural identity

By TERRY NGUYEN
March 5, 2017 1 Comment/in Arts & Entertainment, Columns

The foreign stigma never escapes any Asian American; these stereotypes prevail through the mockery of Asian immigrant accents, the fetishization of Asian women and the generalization of Asians into homogeneous ethnic categories.