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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Regina Stela Corrêa |Kate Mcquarrie
At the beginning of this season, I never would’ve thought that McLaren’s Lando Norris had a strong shot at winning the Formula One World Championship. But as the season progressed, he got his maiden win and started having intense battles with three-time world champion, Max Verstappen. Norris has shown consistent results, winning three races this season and proving he can go toe-to-toe with Verstappen. His performance this season is something we hadn’t quite seen from him in previous seasons.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Peyton Dacy |Kate Mcquarrie
Earlier this year, the Daily Trojan’s season preview for soccer closed out with this statement: “With this season being USC’s inaugural season in the Big Ten, the Trojans have a chance of cementing themselves as the team to beat in their new conference.” On Sunday, the Trojans — after beating UCLA 1-0 at Dignity Health Sports Park — did just that.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Bella Borgomini |Kate Mcquarrie
My whole life, I have waited for a love story like the ones in the movies. I found it easy to be swept away by the promise of a happy ending, the comforting idea of one true love. Reality today feels more and more dissonant with the feel-good films I grew up watching. The film industry seems to reflect this, moving away from rom-coms in recent years. I confess I understand why. It’s difficult to root for something that increasingly feels like a pipe dream.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Heydy Vasquez |Kate Mcquarrie
As the presidential election comes into full swing in the next couple of weeks, debates on the border have once again been at the forefront of political discourse. Candidates from local, state and federal levels are weighing in on the conversation. However, the conversation tends to not consider the humanitarian issue unfolding at the border, so let’s talk about it.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Mateo Jimenez |Kate Mcquarrie
Media literacy is a dying skill, and we need to save it. While Gen Z may have been taught by our teachers in grade school to avoid Wikipedia when researching, that is about as far as many of us have received in terms of online media literacy education. California is now making strides to require media literacy lessons in K-12 public schools via Assembly Bill No. 873, which recently went into effect this school year.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | David Sosa |Kate Mcquarrie
After being exposed for taking part in racist conversations that led to other council members resigning or losing their incumbency, Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León is walking on a tightrope. De León, formerly a rising star with enough momentum to challenge the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, is fighting tooth and nail to keep his City Council seat in November’s election.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Aditi Chopra |Kate Mcquarrie
Content warning: This article contains references to sexual assault and violence. The recent surge in popularity of the Menendez brothers’ case, sparked by Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” has reignited public interest in the infamous 1989 murders. This production, however, has sparked controversy and criticism for its lack of authenticity to the real events, questionable portrayal of the brothers and producer Ryan Murphy’s track record of sensationalizing real-life cases.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Charles Lundman |Kate Mcquarrie
At a short political lecture during a public relations event at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism this week, an Annenberg professor stressed to listeners that politics are downstream from culture. In my view, you can make the argument both ways, and tracking exactly what is downstream can be tough — as culture often reacts to politics.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Emi Guzman |Kate Mcquarrie
As artificial intelligence becomes more developed, it holds the potential to become a powerful tool for enhancing daily life. But with power comes great responsibility. AI developers need to start considering the negative implications that AI software can have on social progress. The term “AI Revolution” has been coined to describe the rise of AI technology, garnering comparisons to the Industrial Revolution.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Peyton Dacy |Kate Mcquarrie
Music has always been an important part of the Irish cultural landscape. For many generations, music has been the medium through which stories of war, religion, mythological creatures and resistance have been shared. In this generation, a trio from the north of Ireland is using music to breathe a breath of fresh air into the Irish language.
