Lessons from a significant oil spill in Orange County
31 years ago, there was a devastating oil spill in Southern California, but despite the preventative measures put in place since then, there was another spill reported near Huntington Beach recently. ...
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Disconnected: Facebook platforms experience unexpected outage
As millions of users from across the world opened their phones for the occasional scroll this morning, they were met with that startling, dreaded message: “Could not refresh feed.” Facebook, Instagram...
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Freshmen Worldwide: Incoming Class of 2025 is the most diverse to date
2025: a year that seems way in the future, but somehow it’s a benchmark that’s already breaking barriers for USC. The class of 2025 -- also known as the current freshman class-- is the most diverse gr...
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How is Title IX incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion after the USC Song Girls investigation?
Following the Title Nine investigation regarding the USC Song Girls, there have been conversations on campus amongst students and faculty on how USC addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI....
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The great fertility crisis: Why students should start taking their reproductive health more seriously
Did you know that male sperm density has declined by more than 55 percent over the last 50 years? This is making fertility, typically defined by child birth rates, plummet throughout the global west. ...
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Beyond the filter: How Instagram affects mental health
A whistleblower exposed that Facebook had covered up research on Instagram’s negative impact on teen mental health. One study revealed that thirty-two percent of teen girls who felt bad about their bo...
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No shot, no pay: Students weigh in on NBA vaccine requirements
Unvaccinated celebrities have been a hot topic in the news this year. In professional basketball, multiple big stars have refused to get the shot. The NBA announced a new policy on this. Aedan Henry h...
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Entertainment industry crews decry ‘exhausting’ working conditions and will take a strike vote
IATSE, the largest entertainment union in the country, voted over the weekend to authorize a strike for thousands of crew members. Months of negotiations with major producers ended unsuccessfully for ...
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