Raising Cane's fanatic wins USG election
Tomo Chien
September 25, 2024
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m reading about the best free table bread in Los Angeles. Onto the five USC, LA, and California stories you need to know for today.
Congrats to the winners of the sticker giveaway: Erin Caparrelli, Sofia Coen, Alex Evans, Aidan Feighery, Annabelle Le Roux, Joel Morales, Eleanor Tupper, Jennifer Wheelock, and two recipients who wished to remain anonymous.
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The dude who promised to bring a Raising Cane’s to campus was elected to the Undergraduate Student Government senate in a special election. The Phi Delt sophomore’s “Hungry for Change, Hungry for Canes” slogan powered him to a blowout win, including over the girl who was disqualified for passing out cookies in Leavey.
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A gunman hijacked a Metro bus and killed one passenger early this morning. Video shows a fleet of cops chasing the vehicle from South LA to downtown during an hourslong pursuit that ended around 2 a.m. when a SWAT team stormed inside with shields. The hijacker is in custody.
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Students identified Brianna Gallimore, 24, as the person who allegedly bashed her public policy professor with a water bottle on Tuesday. Classmates described her as a “loner” who said USC President “Carol Folt is going to hear about this” before she attacked.
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USC eked out a 27th-place finish in the latest U.S. News college rankings. That’s a full 12 slots behind UCLA, which nabbed the highest score of any public university for the eighth year in a row. The smug assholes are quite pleased with themselves.
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A USC study found that you can convince people of climate-denying beliefs simply by repeating them twice — echoing a known phenomenon called the “illusory truth effect.” This is evidently what Folt was going for when she twice insisted that ID checks and metal detectors on campus will foster a “safe and welcoming” environment.
