Tag Archive for: ming qu
USC’s Asian community accounts for about 23 percent of the university’s student population.
Two men will stand trial for USC students’ deaths
What should the university’s approach to security be?
By ELENA KADVANY, POINT / BURKE GIBSON, COUNTERPOINT
12 Comments/in Columns, Featured, Opinion
The last year at USC has been marked by two major violent crimes: the tragic killings of two graduate students in April and the shooting on Halloween night. USC was also marked by increased security measures, both on and off campus. The Los Angeles Police Department added extra patrols in addition to 30 officers, a […]
Judge says preliminary hearing is on track
By KASTALIA MEDRANO
in Blogs, CampusNow
Preparations for the preliminary hearing of two suspects accused of killing two USC graduate students in April are moving forward as scheduled, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Shelly Torri Alba confirmed at a short hearing on Tuesday. Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, were arrested in May and charged with first-degree murder in connection […]
Short film honors slain Chinese grad students
By KRISTEN HERNANDEZ
2 Comments/in News
Three USC students created a film to honor the deaths of Ying Wu and Ming Qu.
President Nikias addresses Halloween shooting
By ANNALISE MANTZ
37 Comments/in Blogs, CampusNow, Crime, Halloween Shooting, Special Topics
In a statement posted Thursday, USC President C. L. Max Nikias addressed the shootings that occurred on campus and assured parents and students of USC’s continued safety. Nikias wrote that the individuals involved in the shooting were not affiliated with the university. USC’s policy allows student parties to be open to USC students and students […]
Preliminary hearing date pushed back
By ALEXIS DRIGGS
in News
The two men charged with the murder of two USC students will return to court on Nov. 20.
Master Plan is a positive, crucial step forward
By PAYAL MUKERJI
4 Comments/in Featured, Opinion
The university’s Master Plan will bring much-needed changes in safety, as well as key growth to USC and the neighboring area.
Suspects plead not guilty in shooting of two USC students
By RACHEL BRACKER
in News, Raymond Avenue Shooting, Special Topics
Two men charged in the killing of two USC graduate students pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges. Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, were arrested in May for the deaths of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, graduate students studying electrical engineering. Qu and Wu were 23. Barnes and Bolden are being held without […]
USC murders question issue of race, crime
By SHERIDAN WATSON
21 Comments/in Opinion
Racial profiling has no place in our evaluation of the community, regardless of tragic crimes.