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Candidates begin campaigning for USG elections

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

Yesterday at 11:32 am

Candidates begin campaigning for USG elections

Voting will be held at polls and online Feb. 14 through 16.

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CNN host Christiane Amanpour to speak at USC commencement

By Sean Fitz-Gerald · Daily Trojan

February 4, 2012 (3 days ago) at 10:49 pm

CNN host Christiane Amanpour to speak at USC commencement

Journalist Christiane Amanpour will address USC’s graduating class as the 2012 commencement speaker on May 11, the Daily Trojan has learned. The speech will take place in Alumni Park. [Click here for an updated version of the article.] Currently, Amanpour serves as the chief international correspondent for CNN International and as the global affairs anchor for [...]

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Collision near campus shuts down traffic Friday night

By Jared Servantez · Daily Trojan

February 4, 2012 (3 days ago) at 1:29 am

Collision near campus shuts down traffic Friday night

A collision involving a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser and a civilian vehicle at the intersection of McClintock Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard shut down traffic in all directions shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. Ambulances were called to the scene for two police officers who sustained moderate injuries, according to the LAPD. They were taken to [...]

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Administration responds to controversial web series based on USC

By David Lowenstein · Daily Trojan

January 26, 2012 (2 weeks ago) at 6:18 pm

Administration responds to controversial web series based on USC

James Franco’s new web series “Undergrads,” which the video says will air Thursday at 8 p.m. on www.jamesfrancotv.com, follows the lives of several USC  students. In an interview with MTV, Dave Franco, James Franco’s brother, said he helped film, direct and produce the web series. “This past semester, I was working more behind the camera, [...]

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Trader Joe’s CEO to receive top alumni award

By Rachel Bracker · Daily Trojan

January 26, 2012 (2 weeks ago) at 1:01 am

The CEO of Trader Joe’s is slated to receive USC’s highest alumni honor on April 28, the university announced this week. ’69 alumnus Dan Bane, who serves on the USC Leventhal School of Accounting Board of Advisors, will receive the Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award, named for the 1931-32 president of the Alumni Association, [...]

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Campus Calendar: Dec. 1

November 30, 2011 at 11:37 am

Find out what’s going on around campus each day

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Campus Calendar: Nov. 30

November 29, 2011 at 6:02 pm

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Campus Calendar: Nov. 29

November 28, 2011 at 6:03 pm

Find out what’s going on around campus each day

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Bartner and The Spirit of Troy celebrate milestone

By Andrew Gomez · Daily Trojan

November 26, 2011 at 11:51 am

Dr. Arthur C. Bartner, director of The Spirit of Troy, will celebrate his 250th home game today as USC hosts UCLA at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Dr. Bartner has directed The Trojan Marching Band for 42 seasons and has only missed one game when in 1982 he led the All-American College Band for the [...]

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USC, UCLA set rivalry aside to fight heart problems in LA

By jaspreet singh · Daily Trojan

November 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm

The Center for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) at USC and UCLA are making a combined effort to take on cardiovascular diseases in Los Angeles. The organization, which came up in May 2010, is currently examining eight grocery stores in the eastern part of the city as part of its efforts to provide healthy food [...]

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Sugar rush

Sugar rush

Students from Gertz-Ressler High School, located on Union Avenue and 21st Street, enjoy free frozen yogurt and toppings at Yogurtland in University Gateway as part ...

Researchers at Keck discover new stem cell

Keck School of Medicine of USC announced last week that researchers discovered a stem cell that can be used as an effective cell model to ...

Amanpour to speak at USC graduation

Journalist Christiane Amanpour will address USC’s graduating class as the 2012 commencement speaker on May 11, the Daily Trojan has learned. The speech will take ...

Roundup

The following incidents were reported in the USC Department of Public Safety daily incident log between Thursday, Feb. 2, and Friday, Feb. 3.Miscellaneous incidentsat 3:11 ...

Dental school provides free care for local children

Before Ostrow School of Dentistry’s Give Kids a Smile Day on Friday, Jessica Garcia had never been to the dentist.“They were nice,” said Garcia, 5, a ...

Eco-friendly mug ready for purchase

Undergraduate Student Government and USC Hospitality launched a reusable mug program in a joint effort to promote sustainability on campus Monday. The launch ends USG’s ...

Opinion

USC promotes healthy eating, doesn’t deliver

Fun fact: If you type “fast food desert” into the Google image search bar, an image of Figueroa Street pops up.The three-block stretch of Figueroa ...

Smartphone use slowly turning into abuse

We’ve all seen comics of bathroom stalls featuring people poring over newspapers, but the bathroom might actually be a more popular destination for checking Facebook.[caption ...

USC should pick more women for its commencement

The 2012 commencement speaker is, by most measures, a tenacious individual. This year’s speaker is a journalist who has worked in crisis zones ranging from ...

If sex is a gamble, improve your odds

There are certain things we’re supposed to take risks with: playing the lottery, asking someone out or an “educated” multiple choice guess. Young adults often ...

How much does anti-gay rhetoric set back the GOP?

I’m fiscally conservative, but socially liberal.” The number of times I’ve heard fellow students use this line to describe their political views has led me ...

How much does anti-gay rhetoric set back the GOP?

As students at a college with a vibrant queer community, we hear a lot about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered activism. We can recognize the ...

Sports

Trojans earn No. 1 spot in ESPN’s latest rankings

USC moved to No. 1 in ESPN’s Top-25 Preseason Poll, released Monday. Previously ranked No. 2, USC ousted LSU from the No. 1 spot.With a ...

Two USC greats to have numbers retired

Pam and Paula McGee, two All-Americans and national champions for the Women of Troy, will have their jerseys retired at halftime when USC takes on ...

Trojans ready to hit the diamond

Football season is over and basketball is less than a month away from post-season play. Now it is time to focus on America’s pastime: baseball.  ...

USC finishes third at Stanford Invite

Sophomore two-meter Kaleigh Gilchrist scored five goals to lead the Women of Troy in two convincing wins in the final day of the Stanford Invitational ...

Women of Troy Can’t Get Past Washington

With an impending matchup against No. 4 Stanford on Thursday, the USC Women of Troy had hoped to carry a three-game winning streak into the ...

Lifestyle

Provocative play explores race

Provocative play explores race

The classic theater production A Raisin in the Sun, written by the late Lorraine Hansberry, is running at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City. ...

New show Smash revives TV musicals

If you happened to watch NBC on Sunday, you might have noticed a sporting event that  was going on in the interim between on-air promos ...

Chronicle embraces gritty filmmaking

In a time when most superhero stories come swaddled in plastic predictability and giant budgets, sometimes a messier, rougher film comes as a refreshing relief.[caption ...

Woman haunts viewers

Daniel Radcliffe warned fans before watching his new movie The Woman in Black at the Los Angeles premiere: “I hope you enjoy screaming, or if ...

Gallery presents rare glimpses of cultural icons

Certain figures’ legacies have survived decades of new movies, new hit songs and new famous faces, remaining bona fide icons whose fame continues today despite ...

Photos

This Week in Photos: Jan. 30 – Feb. 3

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>>[caption id="attachment_44062" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Worth the wait · Sophomore ...

Slideshow: Spring Awakening

Selling out just 36 hours after reservations opened, Cardinal Theatre Productions’ presentation of the rock musical Spring Awakening had to meet some pretty big expectations. ...

Slideshow: USC Men’s Basketball vs. Utah

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 ...

Slideshow: USC Women’s Basketball vs. Oregon

The Women of Troy had let a 13-point halftime lead slip all the way down to one in the second half. The Ducks were surging ...

KXSC Fest

KXSC held their annual music festival, KXSC Fest, on Sunday in EF Hutton Park. The festival, now in its third year, included artists Flying Lotus, ...