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GELLER: “The combination of the artwork within the museum and calming yoga postures provides students with an alternative workout experience.” explains columnist Mimi Geller in her story about the refreshing and innovative yoga classes ongoing at the USC Fisher Museum of Art.
Free, yoga classes at the USC Fisher Museum help students de-stress.
The USC baseball team is set to open the 2020 season with new head coach Jason Gill at the helm. Despite losing several talented players from 2019, the Trojans are returning some key assets and are confident ahead of the season opener.
With a new head coach at the helm, USC welcomes Western Michigan for three.
USC snapped its three-game losing streak with a 62-56 victory over Washington Thursday night. The Trojans’ exceptional defense was a crucial element in helping the team secure a much-needed Pac-12 victory.
An exceptional defensive effort by the Trojans helped USC secure the crucial win.
USC Schwarzenegger Institute and the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation hosted “Unhoused: Addressing Homelessness in California,” inviting government officials including former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti to discuss the current homelessness crisis in California.
The Sol Price Center and USC Schwarzenegger Institute organized the panel.
For Roski student Alexis McDonald, fashion serves as a way to empower women. McDonald plans to launch her women’s boutique Street Madonnas in April to pay homage to Black women by showcasing iconic styles and bringing attention to their historical fashion sense.
Street Madonnas by Alexis McDonald will form community through fashion.
OPINION: It’s important to consider how the transition into college may be different according to a student’s cultural background. Second-generation immigrant students may face a unique set of challenges compared to their peers.
The University ought to help students better embrace the second-generation immigrant version of the college experience.
OPINION: Students in Marshall and Annenberg are provided with study spaces in their department-specific buildings, while students of many other majors lack these amenities. The University ought to expand the amount of spaces offered on campus, to better build community.
Increasing study spaces can foster community and help commuter students.
Performances will be held around campus Feb. 13 as part of “Dancing the Archives: Emerging Choreographers and Living History.” The project is a collaboration between USC Kaufman School of Dance and the USC Libraries in which artists will combine their study of archival materials with chosen surroundings on campus to create original performances.
Dancing the Archives connects students to archival tools at USC.
“You really feel for her — her desire to be a good girlfriend, her nerves and insecurities around this being her first relationship. Lara Jean makes you feel like a teenager again and you catch yourself not only rooting for the guys she’s falling for, but falling for them yourself,” said staff writer Krupa Naik. While certainly not an Oscar-worthy performance, “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,” released on Netflix on Feb. 12, is the perfect late-night, feel-good Galentine’s Day flick to enjoy with your friends this Valentine’s Day.
Lara Jean makes you feel like a teenager again and you catch yourself not only rooting for the guys she’s falling for but falling for them yourself.
THE CHOSEN ONE: Columnist Harrison Cho discusses the new XFL league and its potential to succeed, unlike its predecessors.
The XFL offers a style of football that fans love, and looking back at its inaugural weekend, it has succeeded so far in creating a distinct kind of football with its modified rules.
Jason Gill, the newest head coach of USC’s baseball team, spoke about his coaching style, what he expects from the program during this new chapter of his career, and what it means to coach the Trojans.
New head coach Jason Gill's experience has led him to his dream job.
Margot May, a sophomore majoring in public policy, founded Fit Like A Girl to empower college-aged women to engage in fitness. After discovering that USC lacked an all-girl community in fitness, May decided to build a group workout system and promote active lifestyles.
USC Fit Like A Girl is a group workout system for girls that encourages active lifestyles.
Four graduate students from the Iovine and Young Academy founded Infinity Boxx, a startup aiming at replacing single-use cardboard boxes with zero-waste alternatives made from post-consumer plastic. Applying the technology skills learned in IYA’s classes, four students also want to reframe the mindset of packaging business from packaging as an object to packaging as a service.
Lynn Helding, a professor of voice, was named 2020 Contemporary Commercial Music Institute Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by Shenandoah University. She has applied her studies in the intersections between cognitive neuroscience and vocology to protect the vocal health of singers and strengthen the wellness of students.
Lynn Helding also added a vocal health component to Thornton’s wellness program.
GRAY MATTER: In her column, Jessica He discusses gender bias in neuroscience and the vast consequences it has for feminism. “A wide body of research has shown that doctors are more likely to downplay women’s reports of pain than in male patients, resulting in fewer pain medication prescriptions and more misdiagnoses.
The interplay between gender bias in medicine and sex-difference research is a harmful one, in which ostensible neurological evidence of gendered behavior gives scientists and doctors a basis to justify discriminatory practices, even if those biases manifest subconsciously.
OPINION: USG has lost sight of the true meaning of democracy. By lobbying with special interest groups to win the vote, USG has effectively excluded a large portion of USC students. This may be a sign of a broken governmental organization.
Elected student officials too easily escape the burden of responsibility.
FICTION BUT FACT: Aisha Patel urges students to "dream big" reflection on lessons from “The Great Gatsby.”
Fitzgerald’s novel still carries a continuing legacy almost 100 years since its first release in 1925.
Lover's day is right around the corner. And whether you're ready or not, our staff has some suggestions.
As college students, procrastination is arguably what we excel at the most. If you’re stuck on Valentine’s Day plans for your significant other, or if you just want to get together with some pals, the Daily Trojan editors have got you covered – we brainstormed, so you don’t have to.
After losing three in a row, men’s basketball is desperate for a win heading into their next game against the Washington Huskies. Washington is in a rut of its own, having lost six of its last seven. USC will need to capitalize on the Huskies’ recent struggles if it has any hope of making the Pac-12 Tournament.
The Trojans are hoping to rebound Thursday after losing three straight games.
THE STATE OF PLAY: In the midst of a football hiatus, columnist Stuart Carson talks about the implications that turnout has had on both Super Bowl LIV and the 2020 Iowa caucuses.
Unfortunately, unlike Super Bowl LIV, where the NFL orchestrated a flawless halftime show and succeeded in making droves of straight white males feel like strong, independent Latinx women, the Iowa caucuses were a disaster.
USC Undergraduate Student Government discussed a project to establish a “syllabus bank” that compiles syllabi from previous classes into a single unit for students to refer to when registering for classes. A student interest survey revealed a majority of students feel that access to this resource would aid in individual academic performance.
The bank would let students view syllabuses during the course registration process.
USC Keck health care workers protested a new University policy that imposed tighter punishment for unexcused absences and lower sick leave allowances. Protestors claim the policy, effective Feb. 16, will lead workers to work through their sickness and pose health risks to patients.
The policy change tightens expectations for unexcused absences and tardies.
The Bar-On Brief: Columnist Shauli Bar-On explores the erosion of secularity in education, and what that means for the University.
Separation of church and state is beneficial to both society and religion.
OPINION: USC has failed to welcome the surrounding South L.A. community into its space, and doing so would benefit both parties.
Located in the South L.A. community, USC must foster better engagement.
Pop-Up Magazine started its live project in 2009 as a means to connect people together, in 2020 their audience and content continues to grow.
The magazine event aims to tell unconventional stories.
Pop culture columnist Rachel McKenzie explores how and why divisive social media figures manage to stay in the spotlight - and what can be done to diffuse the attention they garner.
Contentious social debates are often multi-faceted and, well, contended; they aren’t conducive to the knee-jerk, emotionally-fuelled responses that characterize public sentiment toward viral content.
Columnist Joe Skinner describes how the career of Trojan alumna Jeanie Buss “tells a more complex story about the collectively shifting paradigm of gender politics.”
The sports industry has traditionally been seen as hypermasculine, and sports are still considered one of the most socially acceptable forms of “masculine” entertainment to this day.
USC Women’s Basketball split their Bay Area road games 1-1, defeating Cal Friday and falling to Stanford Sunday.
The Trojans were victorious in Berkeley but lost to the Cardinal two days later.
USC Hotel earned a silver-level Green Seal certification in January for its implementation of sustainable practices and technologies including a flow restrictor to save water and multi-use toiletry products including reusable shampoo bottles.
The hotel was recognized by a nonprofit that analyzed its environmental practices.
USC students showed support for the LGBT community at counter-protest against Westboro Baptist Church. The Queer and Ally Student Assembly, Trojan Advocates for Political Progress, OUTreach and LGBT Resource Center stood alongside students to promote positivity and advocate for marginalized groups.
Westboro Baptist Church members rallied against the LGBTQ community Monday.
Fashion columnist Kitty Guo breaks down New York Fashion Week and questions how much longer the once-prestigious event will remain relevant.
Fashion Week happens twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and it’s a whirlwind of runway shows, street-style candids and cocktail parties, where everyone jostles to see and be seen.
“Birds of Prey,” Cathy Yan’s supervillain team-up film, is an explosive, hectic ride, bolstered by its diverse cast and dynamic, empowering female protagonists.
Quinn’s character is interwoven with a need to express her chaotic personality through colors and sparkles.
In “Court in Session,” columnist Jacob Mequet discusses the growing legal sports gambling industry and the regulations that keep it sustainable.
Twenty states and counting have legalized sports gambling in some form since the Murphy ruling less than two years ago.
Senior guard Jonah Mathews dropped 22 points in USC’s loss to Arizona State Saturday. USC finished its Grand Canyon State road trip 0-2 and is now tied with UCLA for fifth place in the Pac-12 conference standings.
USC is now tied with UCLA for fifth place in the Pac-12 after three straight losses.
Parent Douglas Hodge received the longest sentence in the admissions scandal to date in federal court Friday. He will serve nine months in prison and pay a $850,000 fine for paying to secure four of his children’s college admissions: two to USC and two to Georgetown University.
Douglas Hodge arranged for four of his children’s college admissions over seven years.
This week, students will cast their vote for the 2020-21 USG president and vice president and senators. In our special voters’ guide on stands today, the Daily Trojan interviewed each ticket, followed a day in the life of the the current USG president, broke down the USG budget and traced back the history of student government at USC. You can find all of these stories here:
This week, students will cast their vote for the 2020-21 USG president and vice president and senators. In our special voters’ guide, the Daily Trojan interviewed each ticket, followed a day in the life of the the current USG president, broke down the USG budget and traced back the history of stud...
The eighth annual Latinx Empowerment Conference drew more than 80 students and community members, including President Carol Folt and Trustee Michael Felix, to discuss Latinx representation at USC. The conference featured financial literacy workshops and an alumni panel.
Those in attendance talked about Latinx representation and racist campus incidents.
OPINION: “The next time you are deciding on an alternative to a traditional gym workout, consider taking a dance class.”
Studies have shown that taking a dance class can improve one’s health.
Expat Generation: “The further we march into new and unventured territories, the further away we are from what was once known to us.”
There’s nothing quite like coming back home to lay your roots once more from where you came, from where they belong.
To Be Blunt: Columnist Natalie Oganesyan examines the relationship between cannabis and Black culture through the lens of jazz music’s history. “Cannabis helped the Jazz Age flourish, serving as a conduit for creativity, music production and performance,” Oganesyan writes.
Cannabis helped the Jazz Age flourish, serving as a conduit for creativity, music production and performance.
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With the Trojans looking to reclaim the Victory Bell following last year’s loss against crosstown rivals UCLA, watch some players talk about their expectations for tomorrow’s big showdown.
In advance of this week's rivalry game against UCLA, sports editors Amanda Sturges and Nathan Ackerman sit down with Daily Bruin sports editor Sam Connon to talk UCLA's prospects against USC. Read the Daily Trojan/Daily Bruin collaborative issue this Friday. Check out the podcast here: https://buff.ly/37rc2dy
The fifth floor of the Engemann Student Health Center will open Monday, offering counseling and other mental health services. Currently, one full-time and one part-time psychiatrist as well as four therapists will work on the floor, but more staff will be hired in the future. The floor also houses 18 counseling rooms, a group therapy room, nurses stations and a waiting room with a fireplace and a living wall of moss and plants. Read the story here: bit.ly/37jCMwO
GENERAL EDUCATION: USC’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom brought far-right conservative speaker Michael Knowles to campus last week. 30 students walked out shortly into the speech, and several student groups asked USC to revoke YAF’s status as a registered student organization.
Thousands of students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered in Alumni Park Friday to watch Carol Folt’s inauguration as the 12th president and first female president of USC. Students, faculty and staff expressed support for Folt’s campus-centered approach to decision making. In her speech, she emphasized several goals for her presidency including increasing sustainability initiatives and rebuilding trust in the University. Read more here: https://buff.ly/2l4ALkA
TALKIN' TROY: Sports Editors Nathan Ackerman and Amanda Struges have some bold predictions for the rest of the football season. Check out the rest of the episode for more about Lynn Swann’s departure and Kedon Slovis’s rapid rise.
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“This is a place where we treat you as part of our family.” In this installment of South L.A. Food Diaries, the Daily Trojan spoke with Danny Hizami, owner of family-run cheesesteak diner Figueroa Philly Cheese Steak.
"...I finally turned around to see who was the person asking all these questions and I saw Terry and I thought, 'Well, he's kinda cute but boy he asks a lot of questions...'" Director of Student Publications Mona Cravens and USC Thornton School of Music professor Terry Cravens recount the story of how they met — in September of 1964.
USC alumni Danny and Bobby Kronfli went from owning a single restaurant locale to opening five all around L.A. In this installment of South L.A. Food Diaries, the brothers chronicle their journey up to their latest venture, Bacari West Adams on South Union Avenue. Read the full story online: https://bit.ly/2GtwrUq
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Freshman Raquel Lázaro moved from Spain to Los Angeles to lead the USC women's volleyball offense with her engaging personality and strong sets. After spending the summer practicing in Spain, she arrived at USC only three days before team picture day and has played a prominent role on the court since. “There have been moments where I feel like a stranger here, but others that I feel like I was back … home,” Lázaro said.
On this week's General Education, Online Editor Eileen Toh explores whether the Engemann Student Health Center's mental health services are adequate for student needs. Listen to the full story here: https://buff.ly/2Eon88Q
“In any given day or week if you just sat here and saw the customers, you’ve never seen a more diverse space,” said Susan Park, who co-founded Revolutionario North African Tacos with her husband in 2015. In the third installment of South LA Food Diaries, we explore a taco joint filling Jefferson Boulevard with North African flavors. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2C3aQQo
Check out the latest analysis from columnist Trevor Denton and sports editor Sam Arslanian before USC takes on Arizona tomorrow. Listen to the full podcast here: https://buff.ly/2Ok6xql
When the tenants on Exposition Boulevard learned they were to be evicted, they experienced a whirlwind of emotion. Listen to the full story here: https://buff.ly/2xO7HjL
On this week's Talkin' Troy, sports editor Sam Arslanian is joined by managing editor Eric He and sports columnist Jimmy Goodman to discuss what the football team needs to do after two major losses. They also talk about the win streaks of USC women’s soccer and men’s water polo. Listen here: https://buff.ly/2I37myg
During her free time, sophomore Danielle Boyce creates a diverse array of earrings and sells them online as part of her business Muchacha. Read the full feature here: https://bit.ly/2NuivOD
Introducing South L.A. Food Diaries, a weekly series featuring local restaurants around USC. This week, John Papachristos of Olympian Burgers on Vermont Avenue talks about his journey from Greece to Los Angeles and his family-style approach to running his longtime burger joint. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2OEdgbV
Los Angeles Times reporter Harriet Ryan first started investigating former gynecologist George Tyndall when she got an anonymous tip from someone at USC. Listen to the full interview here: https://buff.ly/2D6w5CY
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