For more than 80 years, a staple of the Crosstown Rivalry is the Trojan Knights guarding Tommy Trojan 24 hours a day. Well, nothing is sacred these days and USC has decided the Knights must abandon Tommy Trojan at 11:30 p.m. each night this week. Why? In typical USC fashion, no specific policy was stated as being violated. Public safety officials told the Knights they … Continue reading Another Tradition Bites Dust
USC shot putter Dallas Long, who won the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Rome, has died. He was 84. Long also won a bronze medal in the 1960 Olympics. He was a three-time NCAA champion in the shot put. He probably would have been a four-time champion but freshman were ineligible in those days. Long was the last of the great USC throwers … Continue reading USC Great Dallas Long Dies
USC president Carol Folt announced she is retiring at the end of the academic year in July 2025. The writing was on the wall back in July when I wrote that she received a one-year contract extension. She sought three years. But this was on the heels of the mismanagement of the protests on campus regarding Gaza and her hasty decision to cancel graduation ceremonies, … Continue reading Carol Folt Retiring At End Of School Year
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
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 