I wanted to share a wonderful speech by my friend Maria Shriver from her daughter's graduation from my alma mater USC. There is wonderful wisdom in h...
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.04.2012
Have you ever had a conversation with a computer that wasn't one-sided? Virtual humans are the newest attempt to cross the uncanny valley and present ...
The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 05.02.2012
The death of former football star Junior Seau on Wednesday caused a rush of emotional reactions from both retired and current NFL players, along with ...
Joel Epstein | Posted 04.30.2012
How was the Bruce Springsteen show? Probably the best I have ever seen. While that's no understatement, the real show in L.A. opened this morning at 5 am when the Expo Line started running between downtown and La Cienega Blvd.
Posted 04.27.2012
The timing couldn't be worse. The day after the Los Angeles Police Department announced increased security measures for the University of Southern Cal...
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.23.2012
The worlds we can now enter with virtual reality technology are so stunningly authentic, it's hard to tell where true life ends and the virtual landscape begins.
Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.21.2012
In discussing Rodney King's new book and her upcoming conversation at the festival, columnist Patt Morrison shared some thoughts on how we look at Rodney King and what's happened in L.A. since the riots in 1992.
Noel Irwin Hentschel | Posted 04.19.2012
How many more senseless violent crimes will it take to realize that children in our inner cities are dying? Generations are being lost but it is preventable, if we demonstrate that we care and we take action.
Neon Tommy | Posted 04.18.2012
On the eve of a memorial service for two USC international students shot and killed last week near the South Los Angeles campus, another shooting incident -- this time involving campus police -- has taken place a few blocks from the university.
The Daily Trojan | Posted 04.17.2012
USC needs to realize that neighborhood safety is also important in the context of the greater student body's mental and physical health. The impact of violence in a neighborhood goes beyond the first few weeks.
The Daily Trojan | Posted 04.15.2012
As we cope with the aftermath, we can't lose sight of the fact that the shooting isn't just a tragedy for the international student community: It's a tragedy for the entire Trojan Family.
Neon Tommy | Posted 04.13.2012
Before the shooting, Yi didn't worry too much about the safety of his neighborhood. Then the shooting of two Chinese graduate students happened seven blocks west of his street.
Neon Tommy | Posted 04.12.2012
At the intersection of 27th Street and Raymond Avenue, two USC graduate students were killed Wednesday morning after a possible carjacking, leaving residents horrified by the news and seeking more information.
AP | DIDI TANG | Posted 04.12.2012
BEIJING — Shaken by the shooting deaths of two Chinese students near the University of Southern California, China is unlikely to slow its pace o...
Jay Weston | Posted 04.11.2012
Friends of mine, a lovely talented couple who teach Angelinos to paint, say that anyone can learn to paint... and it will provide a deep, satisfying emotional release which will flow over into your everyday life.
Posted 04.09.2012
Eric Yahnker's exhibition "Party Sub / Sub Party" presents a playful look at the United States in a time when celebs, sports and sandwiches rule. ...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.27.2012
California, you're dirty. LA, you're even dirtier. The state of California houses eight out of the top ten U.S. cities that "value sex most." What'...
James Marshall Crotty | Posted 05.23.2012
Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.
Nicholas Warner | Posted 05.22.2012
USC students and spring break have stereotypical incarnations as bacchanalia at places like Cabo San Lucas, but this spring break I had the pleasure of sharing a day with a group of USC students who were spending their week volunteering for the National Park Service in Death Valley.
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.29.2012
This team of undergraduate researchers with a bold mission: to design, build, and launch high powered rockets from scratch, and eventually reach the outer limits of Earth's atmosphere.
Voto Latino | Posted 04.23.2012
Did you know the señora you bought a taco, fruta mixta, churro, or tamale from could be fined up to $1,000 and do jail time for selling food on an L.A. sidewalk or 500 feet from a school?
AP | JOHN MARSHALL and GREG RISLING | Posted 02.21.2012
LOS ANGELES — Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley believed he was prepared to play in the NFL and the draft prognosticators agreed with...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 12.21.2011
What's the first thing homeless youth in Los Angeles spend their money on? Food, shelter, clothes? No, a cell phone. According to a USC study publi...
Posted 12.21.2011
As high schools seniors across the country receive responses to early decision applications and get one step closer to their ultimate choices, one of...
Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 01.28.2012
Despite having an empire that itself is devoid of independent scrutiny or oversight, the NCAA has failed to come up with any real modern solution.
Posted 05.18.2012