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USC sustainability leaders talk goals post Folt’s tenure

6 days ago | dailytrojan.com | David Rendon

The Student Sustainability Committee and Environmental Student Assembly hosted the fourth annual Student Sustainability Town Hall on Wednesday night at the Davidson Continuing Education Center. Students engaged in a Q&A with President Carol Folt and faculty leaders in sustainability to gain insight into the University’s current progress and future goals.
Don’t be shocked if we enter a recession

1 week ago | dailytrojan.com | Janette Fu |Dor Peretz

The United States hits the ball to China: 104% tariffs. China hits back: 125% tariffs. The U.S. retaliates: 145% tariffs. The trade war has felt like a game of ping pong the past few days. “Liberation Day” meant imposing tariffs on 90 nations. Because of that, experts are predicting that a recession will occur. Stock values are volatile. Consumer sentiment is plunging, even lower than what was seen during the Great Recession.
Another cavewoman vindicated

1 week ago | dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Ethan Inman

Rory McIlroy finally pulled it off. In unfamiliar fashion, Wee-Mac’s major pain train rumbled through the Augusta National Golf Club and ground to a halt Sunday — he disembarked, suited in Masters green. McIlroy’s Masters championship makes him the sixth man with a career Grand Slam and the first since Tiger Woods in 2000. But it took an apocalyptic series of major meltdowns for McIlroy to don that elusive Pantone 342. By age 25, he’d already won four majors.
‘A real blow’: Scholars lose federal humanities funding

1 week ago | dailytrojan.com | Christina Chkarboul

Receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities was a monumental, career-altering opportunity for Ginger Nolan, an assistant professor of architecture. A $45,000 NEH grant gave Nolan the funding she needed to take time off from teaching and devote herself entirely to researching and writing a book for a year — something tenure-track faculty at the School of Architecture aren’t typically able to do, she said.
Tell me a joke - Daily Trojan

1 week ago | dailytrojan.com | Fabian Gutierrez |David Rendon |Henry Mode

Wayne Brady, a singer, actor and longtime improv comic — as well as an adjunct lecturer at the School of Dramatic Arts — has been on television making people laugh for over 35 years. When asked by three Daily Trojan reporters to tell his favorite joke, he mustered the following. “Oh, wait, wait, wait. Then, then the guy, he said, he said, ‘Your mama!’” Brady said. Everyone laughs. It’s something that everyone can understand regardless of language.
USC celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

2 weeks ago | dailytrojan.com | David Rendon

Loud music, performances and food filled Founders Park as lively crowds hovered around tables of different Asian Pacific Islander cultural clubs to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Wednesday afternoon. The event featured performances from several Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi cultures, with Asian Pacific Islander Desi American clubs tabling, as well as free food and drinks.
How, why and where does USC test its wastewater?

2 weeks ago | dailytrojan.com | David Rendon

Every weekday at USC, there’s a group of undergraduate students who embark on an early-morning walk, not to grab coffee or rush to an 8 a.m. class, but to collect and examine wastewater samples from USC student housing. Their work fueled the once-frequent emails from Student Health that alerted residents when coronavirus is present in their building’s wastewater, and can be used to test for nearly any infectious disease on campus — should the need arise.
USG hears presentations on senators’ final projects

2 weeks ago | dailytrojan.com | David Rendon

On Tuesday night, the Undergraduate Student Government senate heard presentations from senator Patrick Nguyen, senator Jackalyn Karamanougian, external affairs committee chair Karen Borglund and accessibility committee chair Izzy Del Gaudio. During his presentation, Nguyen said he completed a project to provide transparency on financial aid call wait times that is set to begin this fall. Nguyen said he found out the Financial Aid Office was understaffed after conversations with the office.
Barstool Barometer tests NCAA free agency

3 weeks ago | dailytrojan.com | Leila Mackenzie |Henry Mode

You got centel’d …Tuesday morning, my friends sent a frenzy of frantic messages about a Barstool USC Instagram post. Plastered in bold capital letters across an image of superstar sophomore guard JuJu Watkins was the word: “Transferring.” The fine print elaborated, “JuJu Watkins has announced she will be transferring schools following a season-ending injury that has reshaped her path forward.”Despite my absent digital literacy, I addressed the post with a JuJu-esque nonchalance.
Corporate responsibility is being lost to greenwashing

3 weeks ago | dailytrojan.com | Janette Fu |Dor Peretz

Back in 2022, electric car manufacturer Tesla was dropped from the S&P 500 Environmental, Social, and Governance Index. Tesla’s lack of a low-carbon strategy and reports of racism and poor working conditions at its Fremont, California factory affected its score. However, believe it or not, unlike Tesla, oil and gas company ExxonMobil is still included, which can feel counterintuitive. As it turns out, ESG has become a buzzword with good intentions but shaky execution.