The Trojan Knights, who have been at USC for 101 years, have admitted women this semester for the first time in history. Out of a class of 25, five of the new members are women. Traditionally, women join the Helenes, which is a partner organization of the Knights. The Knights has had non-male and non-binary members, but women hadn’t previously been accepted to its ranks. … Continue reading Trojan Knights Welcome Women

Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix and actor-director Ron Howard are among six recipients of USC honorary degrees to be awarded at the graduation ceremony on May 13, the first in-person commencement event on campus since 2019. Felix is also going to be USC’s commencement speaker. She never actually ran track at USC but was a student. Howard also attended USC. Also getting degrees are Howard’s movie-making … Continue reading Allyson Felix And Ron Howard Headline USC Honorary Degrees

Carol Folt seems to have stepped up sports tweets in recent months. Whether it was Lincoln Riley, Caleb Williams, spring football or today’s coaches confab. What’s the explanation? She always liked sports. She is promoting sports because she sees its importance at USC. Or maybe sports is a way to talk about USC and take people’s minds off some of the other things a President … Continue reading The Sports President!

The Jovan Vavic trial has caused the release of a new batch of emails tied to the Varsity Blues scandal USC associate athletic director Alexandra Reisman is a key figure in the emails according to the Wall Street Journal. “Will be at least a $1 million ask if we get her in,” Reisman wrote in 2013 to Donna Heinel regarding a potential student’s family. In … Continue reading New Scandal Emails Reveal How USC Did Business

I have been asked many times when former USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic will go to trial in the Varsity Blues scandal. The answer: Today. It’s a risk for Vavic. The two toughest sentences so far in the scandal went to parents who went to trial and lost. Ex-casino executive Gamal Abdelaziz was sentenced to one year and one day and private-equity financier John … Continue reading Jovan Vavic Finally Goes To Trial

USC students might not spend the night waiting to get into the Galen Center but they will wait in line for cookies. At 2 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of students were lined up around the USC Village for the opening of Insomnia Cookies. Beats going to the Galen Center. Christina Chkarboul/Daily Trojan Continue reading USC Students Craving Cookies