Antonio Wu

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Stay true to your call to action

Dec 4, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Antonio Wu |Solange Aguero

When I first joined the Daily Trojan as a staff writer for the opinion section, I had no shortage of self-doubt. To find my bearings, I gravitated toward what felt the most organic to myself and my college experience at the time by writing about the lack of LGBTQIA+ community and inclusivity at USC. My first article, once posted on our Instagram account, garnered far more attention than I expected and incurred countless angry commentators.
Forming an opinion is evolutionary

Dec 3, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Solange Aguero |Antonio Wu

Before becoming one of the opinion editors at the Daily Trojan, I lacked an understanding of the impact this section holds. But, as I have learned throughout the semester, and if the opinion inbox is any indication, opinions are quite reactionary. They propel our conversations and live in the public consciousness. Opinions are scientific feats, a product of our evolution as humans.
Multiracial white privilege is real

Nov 26, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Emi Guzman |Antonio Wu

I am a multiracial person. I am Asian, Latina and white. Like many other multiracial folks, I have experienced a lifelong struggle with feeling like I do not truly belong to any single racial or ethnic group. At the core of my racial experience lies a dissonance between how others perceive me and how I perceive myself. Nobody knows the full breadth of my experience unless I offer an explanation, because I appear racially ambiguous.
Nuclear is the future of renewable energy

Nov 26, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Dor Peretz |Antonio Wu

In wake of the recent election, news of Donald Trump’s picks for cabinet and senior staff has been trickling in over the past few weeks. Among these picks is Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Energy, Chris Wright. As The New York Times reported, Wright has expressly denied the climate crisis as well as shifting energy goals.
Forgive your opps, they aren't worth it

Nov 13, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Edhita Singhal |Antonio Wu

No one saunters around campus having been burned by none or accumulating zero opps (short for “opposition”). People will hurt you — that’s the simple truth, and you can do absolutely nothing about it. What you can do, though, is decide how you deal with the hurt — cliche, I am well aware, but hear me out. Whenever someone hurts me, my go-to strategy is to avoid them at all costs, even if it means I have to take a very dramatic U-turn to avoid eye contact.
Why you should take a gap year before grad school

Nov 7, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Emi Guzman |Antonio Wu

Are you thinking of applying to graduate school? Pursuing an advanced degree can be helpful toward expanding your knowledge, opening professional doors and diving deeper into research interests, but it is also a commitment that demands apt physical and emotional readiness.
All the walls have got to go

Nov 7, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Antonio Wu

As a child, after visiting my relatives in El Paso, Texas, my father would point out the mountains alongside the Rio Grande: on one side, the star marking the city of El Paso, and on the other, a message from Ciudad Juárez to read the Bible. Though the river runs right between them, it is the United States-Mexico border wall that truly separates the two. The wall itself isn’t too daunting looking from the inside, where I’ve mostly seen it from.
Pursuing democracy goes beyond the ballot box

Nov 5, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Antonio Wu

Election Day is here, and many are riddled with anxiety over the battle between Vice President Harris and former President Trump. As Trump has taken marginal leads in swing states such as Pennsylvania and Georgia, Democrats have started to rally around “fight for democracy” messaging as a last stand to support Harris’ campaign, emphasizing Trump’s fascist nature and the loss of rights his administration would incur.
English shouldn’t be the United States’ official language

Nov 5, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Peyton Dacy |Antonio Wu

In my home state of Illinois, the official language was “American” from 1923 to 1969. To many, this may seem like an absolutely ridiculous official language, and the Illinois government would agree with you — it changed the official language to English in 1969. I, however, think that there could not be a better official language of a state.
USC must redesign sexual violence prevention

Oct 31, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Dor Peretz |Antonio Wu

Content warning: this article contains references to sexual assault and violence. It practically goes without saying that sexual violence is a problem on college campuses. Across all genders, 18- to 24-year olds are at a higher risk of experiencing sexual violence than any other adult age demographic in the general population.