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Oct 28, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Antonio Wu
The value of what you learn should not hinge on your ability to monetize it. Education, especially higher education, is a privilege — and forming a well-rounded education goes far beyond learning skills to get you into the career you’ll be working in for 40 years. The USC graduates of today earn degrees in business and computer science more than any other field.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
In the realm of heterosexual dating, men and women are locked in an eternal dance. They are the sun and the moon, the sky and the earth, and the binary at the center of our society. Torn between what society tells them their relationship should look like and what they actually want, it is no longer as simple as “men provide” and “women receive.” In modern dating, is it inherently wrong to want to split a relationship down the middle?
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
In the grueling search for a partner, desperate singles are afforded certain privileges to help them find someone they’re compatible with. We’re allowed to filter for height, political views, education level and many other seemingly harmless things. But when it comes to love, is it acceptable to filter our potential partners by what race they are? Babies are not born with an understanding of what race is and its various social implications.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
Adoption has brought together thousands of beautiful families in the world, but it isn’t as magical as it appears to be. Parents considering adoption, especially transracial adoption, should be aware of the reality and the damage it can inflict on the child, especially in a racially charged United States.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
Tipping culture has gotten out of control. Specifically in regards to the food industry, the tipping model in the United States is fundamentally broken and unsustainable — placing undue pressure on patrons to provide a livable wage to workers and creating a stressful social ritual in the lives of ordinary people. The practice originated in Europe during the Middle Ages when wealthy elites would give extra money to the working class for their services.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Lana Diab |Marcel Lacey
99 Cents Only Stores have recently announced the closure of all 371 of their stores located in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas. Customers of the store are mourning the loss of this economic chain which sold produce, merchandise, and other goods at a reasonable price. The shutdown of the company raises concerns of problems with the economy and whether an inexpensive alternative exists.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jinny Kim |Marcel Lacey
Mark your calendar: The first total solar eclipse visible from the U-S in seven years is happening Monday on April 8th. That’s one week from today!And USC students are already preparing for it. Yi Chen, a graduate student studying business analytics, said she’s already made plans to see the solar eclipse. Yi Chen: I do have three classes in on one day. And I am probably going to skip one because I’m just like, I need to see this. Like, I don’t know when I’m going to see it again.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Lana Diab |Marcel Lacey
Today while USC President Carol Folt delivered her State of the University address inside Bovard auditorium, USC faculty members protested outside. The professors are members of the Palestine Justice Faculty group. They sported academic robes and colorful Keffiyehs. Members gathered outside of Bovard auditorium to protest the University’s response to the Israel-Palestine conflict and commemorate the lives of academics killed in the conflict, holding up signs with their faces and names.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
Artificial intelligence has changed the world of language learning, seemingly for the better, but it has its limitations. No matter how advanced, AI can’t replicate learning a language in the classroom. As it functions today, ChatGPT — a chatbot OpenAI launched in 2022 — is capable of everything from answering homework questions to making an itinerary for a two-week trip to Milan. In either case, the bot pulls data from the internet, sometimes resulting in inaccurate information.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
dailytrojan.com | Marcel Lacey |Kate Mcquarrie
Forgetting to recycle your morning coffee cup doesn’t make you a bad person — it makes you human. As citizens of a climate-conscious world, we are all collectively responsible for how much we contribute to climate change, but we place too much importance on our day-to-day choices. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2023 Synthesis Report outlines the shortening window humans have to curb the effects of climate change.
