Makayla Idelburg

Nov 5, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Jason Goode |Aditya Thiyag |Makayla Idelburg

As the vote count rolls, our journalists roll out across the county to get a snapshot of what L.A. election day looks like as we near the end of this election season. California voting centers will close at 8 p.m. tonight before the ballots are processed, meanwhile several election watch parties are occurring. This is a momentous election where uncertainty turns everyone’s eyes to what our next four years will look like.

Nov 2, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Makayla Idelburg

“Just because someone is queer doesn’t mean there is any difference as to how we must remember them,” USC sophomore Jacqueline Gatica said. “They deserve to be remembered like everyone else.”Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a Latine tradition widely celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries.

May 30, 2024 | lapublicpress.org | Mariah Castaneda |Makayla Idelburg |Henry Kofman

Over the last month, students across the nation set up encampments on their campuses, protesting Israeli assaults and genocide in Gaza. As students demanded their universities divest from weapons manufacturers and other companies linked to the Israeli military, they were met with violence, both from police and counter protestors. After USC canceled its 2024 valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s commencement speech, student journalists found themselves uniquely positioned to cover a national news story.

Apr 30, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Aditya Thiyag |Makayla Idelburg

DPS officers detained two USC students at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday behind the Ronald Tutor Campus Center for stealing wooden pallets outside of the USC bookstore. Eight officers were called to respond to a theft investigation and were present behind the Campus Center when detaining the students. Reporters on the scene witnessed officers tackling one of the suspects next to encampment protesters and then escorting the person into a DPS vehicle.

Apr 22, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Nicki Berelson |Makayla Idelburg |Malcolm Caminero

Wherever you go on campus, there are a multitude of trash bins, all separated into categories in order to be more friendly to the environment. As USC continues to celebrate Earth Day, we looked at how sustainable Trojans really are. Freshman Joy Wang has a few ways she is able to practice sustainability. Fellow freshman Egan Waklole chooses to change her diet in order to be more in tune with the earth. Other students, Like Sandy Cull feel that we still have more to accomplish.