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 Iraq to Somalia, places that regularly bring grown men to their knees. CNN host Christiane Amanpour also happens to be a woman — one of USC’s six female commencement speakers [...]
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DPS response must be quick and informative
Some students woke up Sunday morning still shaken by the events of the previous night, during which an armed gunman wounded two USC students after a confrontation escalated at a party at West 37th Place and Catalina Street. But when most reached for their phones, there was no Trojans Alert to be found, no email [...]
Read the rest of this article »International student body is a positive step
We live in an increasingly globalized world. Generation Z has created an interconnected society, and people will point to Twitter, Facebook and Google-Plus. USC is making a transition from a primarily Californian school to one that has the largest international student body in the nation. There are many positive aspects to the ever-growing international population [...]
Read the rest of this article »Students need better warning about shootings
Students at a party on 29th Street on Friday night hit the ground when they heard gunshots fired around 12:30 a.m. They didn’t know what was happening or if they were safe. And because USC’s Dept. of Public Safety never issued a Trojans Alert, those students were never given an easy way to get answers [...]
Read the rest of this article »Endorsement: Burse-Greos for USG office
The Daily Trojan is proud to endorse Eric Burse and Andy Greos for USG president and vice president.
Read the rest of this article »Nikias quick in responding to safety concerns
President C. L. Max Nikias told the Daily Trojan last week that he has decided to invest a significant amount of money into increasing off-campus security, including in the area west of Vermont Avenue, where the university’s presence has long been conspicuously absent. This is the right decision for students, for the community and for [...]
Read the rest of this article »Looking forward by looking back
You can’t blame USC for looking forward. Our university is still rising in stature at a breakneck pace. In two decades we have begun to transition from a commuter to a residential school, seen our admission rate plummet by 46 percent and leapfrogged over our crosstown rival in the U.S. News & Word Report rankings, [...]
Read the rest of this article »State’s students shouldn’t be left behind in UCs
It’s no secret that the University of California school system is struggling financially. The impact of the recession on education has been so thoroughly canvassed that “UC” and “budget cuts” go conversationally hand-in-hand. In the latest turn of events, UC regents are voting on whether or not undergraduate fees should be raised 8 percent. To [...]
Read the rest of this article »Poll problems cast pall on USC turnout
Leading up to Tuesday’s midterm elections, expectations for youth turnout at USC were predictably dismal. In the last few weeks, pundits have accused youth voters of everything from crippling laziness to lack of enthusiasm to naïve assumptions that the state will fix itself. But around campus on Tuesday, the problem was not getting students to [...]
Read the rest of this article »Endorsement: Jerry Brown for CA governor
One of the most common motifs in California’s 2010 gubernatorial race is that the state is at a critical juncture. Unemployment, healthcare costs, taxes, crime rates and pollution are rising. Pensions, water supply, government services and job opportunities are not. It’s imperative that we keep these issues in mind as we select the next California [...]
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