View this email in your browser

Morning, Trojan.

Seven stories for today, Oct. 4

đź“Ť On campus

  1. The Marshall Class of 2025 is the first class in the business school’s history to reach gender parity, with women making up 52% of its population. But for some, solving disparities means more than just the numbers. (Dana Hammerstrom, Safira Khan and Kimberly Aguirre / Annenberg Media)

  1. USC will receive $8.8 million in funds for three sustainability research projects, including an initiative to plant 400 trees in East and South L.A. communities. The university said the funding was the result of a settlement from a class-action lawsuit in 2016, but declined to specify who was providing the funding. (City News Service)

🌴 In L.A.

  1. L.A. Unified officials said that a criminal syndicate largely failed to steal valuable data in a ransomware attack on district servers, save for a relatively small number of people who had sensitive personal information compromised. The Monday announcement came two days after the hackers released the district data on the dark web — and after Supt. Alberto Carvalho said publicly that the district would not negotiate or pay the ransom. (Howard Blume, Terry Castleman and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde / Los Angeles Times)

  1. Thousands took to the L.A. streets this weekend to protest a young woman’s in-custody death in Iran, which many suspect was a result of torture. The march began at Pershing Square and ended at City Hall. (Brian Feinzimer / LAist)

  1. In the latest polling, retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna holds a 10-point lead among likely voters over the incumbent, Alex Villanueva, in the L.A. County sheriff’s race. The election is largely shaping up to be a referendum on Villanueva, who’s been mired in controversy since the start of his tenure most recently in his confrontation with county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. (Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times)

🌅 California

  1. San Diego County is paying $1 million for dozens of local early childhood teachers to get free higher education. The initiative is meant to improve the quality of child care and bolster an understaffed and underpaid child care workforce. (Kristen Taketa / San Diego Union-Tribune)

  1. California has decriminalized jaywalking, allowing pedestrians to informally cross streets “as long as it’s safe to do so.” The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023. (Jordan Mendoza / USA Today)

📰 Editor’s note

  • Chris and I have decided to make “The Sports Corner” a weekly column rather than daily — for the time being. The segment will run every Monday.

🚨 In case you missed it

  • The Office of Sustainability is launching its second annual “Green Week” Monday, which will feature bonuses like free vegan food and complimentary Metro rides for students. (Skye Lee and Shaudeh Farjami / Annenberg Media)

  • The southern section of the California Interscholastic Federation voted to make girls flag football an official fall sport, paving the way for the broader state federation to do the same in February. The federation will do a first read on the proposal this week. (Tarek Fattal / Daily News)

Forward this email to a friend who might enjoy! Click here to subscribe.

Morning, Trojan is curated and edited by Tomoki Chien. Chris Bibona writes The Sports Corner. Questions, concerns or feedback? You can reach me by replying to this email.

USC students can click the following links to access free newspaper subscriptions: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal.