For the first time since USC started school, there was a student demonstration. There was some question over how a demonstration would look with the new security measures and checkpoints to get on campus and I’m sure Carol Folt and Co. were nervous. Here are some photos. Note USC security prevented any protests near Tommy Trojan and Alumni Park was sealed shut. Continue reading USC Has First Protest Of School Year

USC is holding its New Student Convocation on Friday morning at the Coliseum. This is unprecedented. It’s usually held on campus. So why the change? Well, family members like to come to the event so it draws a crowd. And I bet USC wants to control that crowd, still smarting from last spring’s protests and the awful decision to cancel graduation. It doesn’t want any … Continue reading Just Call It Paranoid U.

No sooner had Rai Benjamin won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles, did the battle to claim begin. Benjamin spent two years at UCLA, transferred to USC for one season, graduated from USC and has worked as a volunteer coach with the USC track team. So that means he counts twice when colleges tally their Olympic medal winners. If UCLA has a ceremony for … Continue reading A Crosstown Rivalry On Olympic Medal Winner

Rai Benjamin dominated the field in the 400-meter hurdles to win the gold medal in Paris, which was USC’s first individual gold at the Olympics. It was a good day on the track for USC as Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown won gold for Canada in the 4×100 relay. De Grasse earned his 7th medal to tie Penny Oleksiak as Canada’s most decorated Olympian. … Continue reading USC Gets First Individual Gold!

Anna Cockrell of USC finished second in the 400-meter hurdles to win a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. It is USC’s second medal at the Olympics in track and field. Jasmine Jones of USC, who won the NCAA title this season, finished fourth. Her time of 52.29 is the fastest-ever time by a collegian on an all-dates basis. Continue reading USC Gets Silver Medal In Paris

It was a disastrous Olympics for former USC track star Michael Norman, who finished eighth in the final of the 400 meters in Paris. Norman was considered a gold-medal contender. USC overall has had a quiet Olympics overall but there are still some medal opportunities, notably Rai Benjamin in the 400 hurdles. On the other hand, Marko Vavic of USC scored the game-winning penalty shot … Continue reading A Setback In Paris