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Rodriguez named to Olympic roster
Living the dream | After helping lead the USC women's soccer team to its first national championship, senior Amy Rodriguez is now trying to help the U.S. Women's Soccer Olympic Team win gold in Beijing.

Rodriguez named to Olympic roster

Senior Amy Rodriguez was selected to the U.S. women's Olympic soccer team.

It's been a big week for USC senior soccer player Amy Rodriguez. While her USC teammates were honored at the White House for winning the 2007 National Championship, Rodriguez was named to the U.S. Women's Soccer Olympic Team on Monday. "I thought winning the national championship was good and a long shot," Rodriguez said to USC Sports Information.…

News

Area businesses feel the summer pinch

Area businesses feel the summer pinch

Business owners say international USC students drive summer business.

As summer sets in and the number of students on campus decreases, so do the sales of local businesses around USC, according to local business owners. Insinity Communications' owner Carlos Huezo said his business, located in the University Village, next to Baskin-Robbins and across from Superior, drops almost 45 percent in revenue during the summer.…

Sports

Trojans abound in U.S. Olympic Trials

Trojans abound in U.S. Olympic Trials

USC swimming and track and field athletes try to qualify for the Olympics this weekend.

This weekend marks the beginning of the swimming and track and field U.S. Olympic Trials where several Trojan athletes are looking to secure their spots on the U.S. Olympic team. The swimming trials run from June 29 through July 6, while the track and field trials run from June 27 through July 6.…

Lifestyle

'Get Smart' needs higher IQ

'Get Smart' needs higher IQ

Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway blunder '60's TV remake as secret agents.

"Get Smart" is one of those movies that is so tragically mediocre that it is difficult to find anything interesting to say about it. With Steve Carell as the lead, "Get Smart" instantly goes the comedy route, yet it also tries to be an action movie. It doesn't, however, really succeed in being either.…

Opinion

Super Soak the heat and fun out of L.A.'s stifling summer

With résumés to boost, summer is a far off cry from our childhood memories.

The heat wave that paralyzed Los Angeles over the weekend gave USC a surprisingly bitter taste of what appeared to be nothing but a sweet, blissful summer. Droves of students pained with lethargy, either in their homes, slovenly sprawled across the sofa, or in their cars, inching along the 10 freeway in hopes of finding just a smidgen of free space on a packed strip of sand.…

 

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