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Morning, Trojan |
Seven stories with Tomoki Chien. |
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📰 Editor’s note |
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đź“Ť On campus |
Hearings begin this week in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the NCAA by the widow of former USC linebacker Matthew Gee. Gee died in his sleep four years ago at age 49, and was posthumously diagnosed with CTE. In the suit, the Gee family will attempt to prove that football-related head trauma led to Gee’s premature death — but it won’t be an easy case to make. Regardless, the suit could put pressure on the NCAA and university administrators to update concussion protocol. (Kelsey Dallas / Deseret News)
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USC is rolling out a new master’s program in addiction science, a joint venture between the Keck School of Medicine, the Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the School of Pharmacy. The program starts next fall. (Grace Harrington / Daily Trojan)
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🌴 In L.A. |
L.A. City Councilmember Nury Martinez announced Tuesday that she was taking a leave of absence from the council. Earlier this week, Martinez stepped down as president after she was heard making racist remarks and denigrating colleagues in a leaked audio recording that’s since rocked the city. A boisterous crowd filled the council chamber at Tuesday’s meeting, demanding that Martinez and two other council members heard in the recording resign altogether. (Benjamin Oreskes, David Zahniser, Julia Wick, Dakota Smith and Libor Jany / Los Angeles Times)
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President Biden joined the chorus of prominent politicians calling for Martinez and two other council members implicated in the leaked recording to resign. Some of those other leaders include L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, and both Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, the two candidates running to replace Garcetti in November. (Joey Garrison / USA Today)
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Separately, Biden is slated to visit L.A. and Orange counties on a two-day trip starting Wednesday. The President will discuss “historic investments in our nation’s infrastructure” in L.A. on Thursday; attend a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser later that day; then travel to Orange County on Friday to discuss “lowering costs for American families.” (Staff report / Los Angeles Daily News)
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🌅 California |
The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could upend their industry and raise grocery store prices — but the court’s ruling will have implications far beyond just bacon. Californians consume 13% of the pork eaten in the United States, but nearly 100% of it comes from hogs raised outside the state; the heart of the matter is to what extent California can regulate the practices of out-of-state farmers, and what that might mean for interstate commerce more broadly. (Jessica Gresko / Associated Press)
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An overwhelming demand for online classes is reshaping California’s community colleges. In the pre-pandemic fall of 2019, 80% of community college classes were fully in person, 15% were fully remote and 5% were hybrid. Two years later, 25% were in person, 65% remote and 10% hybrid. (Debbie Truong / Los Angeles Times)
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