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View Roundup in a larger map The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Monday, March 4, and Tuesday, March 5.  Crimes against a person at 2:25 p.m. on March 4, DPS officers responded to a student who sustained an injury to his foot when a vehicle […]

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View Roundup in a larger map The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Tuesday, Feb. 19, and Friday, Feb. 22.  Crimes against a person At 10:17 p.m. on Feb. 22, a female student on 3036 Hoover St. reported receiving an annoying phone call from an unknown person […]

Dorner escapade reveals racial problems


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The death of ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer and murder suspect Christopher Dorner provided closure for the families and friends of those who were murdered at his hands, not to mention the Southern Californian community at large.   His actions? Inexcusable. Yet the entire Dorner debacle has forced dialogue regarding the effect race has in […]

Vigilante cop doesn’t deserve admiration


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After six bloody days in which four people were killed, former Los Angeles Police Department officer and accused murderer Christopher Jordan Dorner’s body burned in a cabin in Big Bear. It’s quite difficult to pick just one insane moment from his murderous rampage: Was it his merciless killing of an LAPD officer’s daughter and her […]

Metal detectors are necessary in hospitals


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Two decades since gun violence erupted on the scene at the USC Medical Center in 1993, Los Angeles County has decided to move on from the incident by planning to remove metal detectors and scanners from many major medical centers by the beginning of this summer. According to the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County plans […]

Should students learn of campus crimes immediately?


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Curry College was right in its decision to not inform its students of a gang rape until six days later. The Department of Public Safety at Curry College, a small liberal arts college in Milton, Mass., waited nearly a week to notify students about a group rape of a highly intoxicated college student, according to […]