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Fatal traffic collision occurs on Exposition


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A fatal motorcycle accident occurred at approximately 9:40 a.m. Tuesday on Exposition Boulevard near South Figueroa Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD and Los Angeles Fire Department are investigating the accident at the scene. The victim’s name is being withheld until notification of next-of-kin. Westbound Exposition Boulevard will be closed between Watt […]

Non-Greeks can still maintain a social life


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Going Greek remains a part of the college cliché: Join a house, get wasted every weekend, schlep your way through classes and make lifelong friends — essentially, Animal House but in real life. Last week, an article from a website called Betches Love This highlighted USC as a top national school, worthy of the “betchiest […]

Students must be wary of LAPD violence


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Three incidents of police violence caught on tape that emerged last week have renewed a decades-long controversy over how the Los Angeles Police Department conducts itself. One incident, captured on a cellphone, involved 20-year-old Ronald Weekley Jr., who police officers said was skateboarding on the wrong side of the street in Venice. Weekley refused to […]

Suspects arrested for the deaths of USC graduate students


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The Los Angeles Police Department arrested two men Friday afternoon believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of two international graduate students in April, LAPD Detective David Garrido said. Garrido said the suspects, who are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, are Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19. Though the suspects, who are being held […]

Parents of shooting victims file suit against USC


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USC will move to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of two international graduate students who were fatally shot off campus last month, according to a statement released on behalf of the university. The 15-page suit filed Wednesday states that the university makes false assertions about safety Ming Qu and Ying Wu, […]

LAPD, DPS officers to be added to USC area


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Numerous measures will be added to secure public safety in and around the university, including additional Los Angeles Police Department officers, technology and education. At a press conference in Town & Gown on Thursday, President C.L. Max Nikias, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa addressed safety of students and southwest Los […]