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Though Amélie’s origins date back to Fall 2023, the student band has taken a more permanent shape over the past year. In...
09/22/2026

Though Amélie’s origins date back to Fall 2023, the student band has taken a more permanent shape over the past year. In 2025, Amélie played several concerts around Los Angeles, ranging from KXSC Radio house shows to a Battle of the Bands competition at the Troubadour.

“Being invited to play music with these guys is such a gift,” said Michael Tringale, a guitarist for the band and a senior majoring in music industry.. “It's great to be able to look beyond that, but ultimately, if I could do that every day of my life and be alive, that would be heaven on earth.”

Amélie’s Troubadour debut was their most recent performance, but the band is gearing up for more shows this fall, as well as releasing a music video and recording original songs, Tringale said.

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USC rose one spot in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Rankings released Monday evening. The University sits at 27th, up...
09/22/2026

USC rose one spot in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Rankings released Monday evening. The University sits at 27th, up from 28th in 2026, tied with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

USC has placed in the mid-20s for the past few years, ranking No. 27 in 2025, No. 28 in 2024 and No. 25 in 2023. Other top-rated California schools in 2027 include the California Institute of Technology and Stanford, tied at No. 5, and UCLA and UC Berkeley, tied at No. 20.

The U.S. News & World Report ranking includes 400 universities in the National University category and uses 17 measures to evaluate them, according to the outlet’s methodology page.

The 2027 report includes a new Earnings by Major measurement, looking at earnings four years after graduation for employed students who received federal financial aid and whose highest degree is a bachelor’s. The outlet wrote that it dropped the Graduate Indebtedness measure due to a lack of available federal data.

Los Angeles City Council District 9 encompasses most of South Central, spanning from L.A. Live in the north to Avalon Ga...
09/22/2026

Los Angeles City Council District 9 encompasses most of South Central, spanning from L.A. Live in the north to Avalon Gardens in the south, including the entirety of University Park Campus. Two candidates advanced from the June 2 primary: career public servant Jose Ugarte and community organizer Estuardo Mazariegos.

Ugarte received 39.45% of primary votes, while Mazariegos came in second with 26.21%. Although Ugarte appears to be ahead given his lead in June, another four candidates in that race won a combined 34.34% of the total vote. Either of the two candidates could win those extra votes in the Nov. 3 election.

Read more about the candidates’ platforms at the link in our bio.

Photo: Los Angeles City Council District 9 / Wikimedia Commons and Mike Dennis. Modified.

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09/21/2026

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Sen. Gary Peters will take over as director of the Center for the Political Future following the end of his term in Cong...
09/21/2026

Sen. Gary Peters will take over as director of the Center for the Political Future following the end of his term in Congress in January 2027, according to a press release from the CPF on Monday. Peters will take over for the CPF’s founding director Robert Shrum, who is retiring at the end of 2026.

The Michigan Democratic senator has served terms in the Senate as well as three terms in the House of Representatives, and is known for working across partisan lines. Peters was rated the most effective senator in Congress three times in a row by the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a joint project by Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia to evaluate the effectiveness of United States legislatures.

Peters will join current co-director Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist, to continue the CPF’s tradition of being jointly led by a Republican and Democrat.

As the new director, Peter plans to split his time between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., teaching at both USC’s home campus and the Capital Campus. In addition to serving as the CPF’s director, Peters will also hold the Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Endowed Chair in Practical Politics, through which he will work to get students more civically active. The Warschaw Chair is currently held by Shrum.

Photo: Rebecca Hammel / U.S. Senate Photographic Studio

When juniors Lucas Marcelo Milk and Kasey Day wrote the script for their short film “Strays,” they knew the project was ...
09/21/2026

When juniors Lucas Marcelo Milk and Kasey Day wrote the script for their short film “Strays,” they knew the project was something special. The story follows four children in the foster care system who sneak out of their house the day before one of them is set to be adopted. Along the way, they find a dead stray cat and, with a homeless man called “The General,” the children decide to hold a burial.

To complete the film, the group enlisted the help of friends and family at USC and around Los Angeles. Whether it meant hosting house shows where attendees could get $40 permanent tattoos, holding a clothing drive or throwing a bake sale, “Strays” was going to get made no matter what. Milk and Day even handed out cat portraits on campus to raise funds for the film.

By the end, “Strays” no longer belonged to the group; it was a community affair.

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Photo: Teo Gonzales

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This midterm season is gearing up to be a busy one. In November, every competitive race counts, and with redistricting e...
09/17/2026

This midterm season is gearing up to be a busy one.

In November, every competitive race counts, and with redistricting efforts across the country coming into play this election cycle, races are especially competitive.

Midterm elections tend to have lower voter turnout — only 46% of eligible voters voted in the 2022 midterm elections, according to the US Elections Project. Young voters showed up even less, according to Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Here are answers to the most common questions about voter registration, getting a ballot and casting a vote.

Students who have more questions about voting this year can send email questions to [email protected].

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In Fall 2025, the Department of Public Safety recorded 29 total collisions involving bicycles, scooters and skateboards ...
09/17/2026

In Fall 2025, the Department of Public Safety recorded 29 total collisions involving bicycles, scooters and skateboards on campus. Of those collisions, 27 resulted in injuries, some of which were severe, DPS Assistant Chief David Carlisle wrote in a statement to the Daily Trojan.

According to Carlisle, students at University Park Campus take an estimated 9,000 to 15,000 personal mobility vehicle trips each day during the school year. PMVs include bicycles, skateboards and electric scooters.

Colette Keller, a sophomore majoring in business administration, said she has repeatedly encountered scooter riders traveling at unsafe speeds on her walk to campus. “Scooter use on campus is slightly out of hand,” Keller said. “I’ve been walking to campus many times and [have seen] scooters driving at unsafe speeds, swerving in between people.”

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When Montserrat De Allende Silva moved into a new apartment near USC in August 2025, she found herself surrounded by str...
09/16/2026

When Montserrat De Allende Silva moved into a new apartment near USC in August 2025, she found herself surrounded by stray cats. Among them, Tito stood apart. He was unusually friendly despite having a pink nose that had been so damaged by skin cancer that part of it was missing. De Allende Silva wanted to help, but she didn’t know who to call, where to take him or how to afford his treatment.

“I quickly realized how much of a disconnect there is between wanting to help a stray cat and actually being able to,” said De Allende Silva, a second-year Ph.D. student studying geological sciences and the president of Cats of USC.

Although Tito has since died, his story became the catalyst for Cats of USC. The student-led organization connects community cats around University Park Campus with trapping, adoption, fostering and veterinary resources.

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Photo: Cats of USC

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USC Career Center announced its plan to launch a new artificial intelligence-powered career preparation platform this fa...
09/16/2026

USC Career Center announced its plan to launch a new artificial intelligence-powered career preparation platform this fall. The platform, Quinncia, will include features like resume reviews, mock interviews and LinkedIn profile revision suggestions — and will be available to all current USC students.

Quinncia evaluates resumes and gives feedback that’s optimized for applicant tracking systems, which employers use to review application materials. The platform is intended to help students understand those systems and tailor their resumes to specific positions.

Senior Director of Career Engagement Lori Shreve Blake said the launch of Quinncia is part of an effort to make career guidance available outside the Career Center’s regular operating hours, and they have been “leaning into AI” to achieve that.

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