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FORMER Gould offers new undergraduate minors STUDENT SUES The Gould School of Law will offer the new undergraduate PROFESSOR, USC minors starting in Fall 2021. By LAUREN MATTICE By FRANCESCA DE NES Digital Managing Editor Assistant News Editor Content warning: This article After a year of offering the le- has mentions situations of sexu- gal studies minor and in response al harassment and assault. to students’ increased interests in A former Marshall School social justice and immigration- of Business student is suing related issues, the USC Gould USC and a former professor she School of Law will offer two more worked for over allegations of specialized minors. sexual harassment and assault. Gould’s new law and social jus- The conduct spanned three years tice and law and migration stud- and is alleged to have been per- ies minors will be offered begin- petrated on other women who ning in Fall 2021. According to held similar student assistant Robert Rasmussen, the J. Thomas jobs, according to the lawsuit McCarthy Trustee chair in law filed through the Los Angeles and political science, it is ben- Superior Court Tuesday. eficial for people to familiarize Professor C.W. Park, the themselves with the law, regard- Robert E. Brooker professor of less of their professional back- marketing and the director of ground. the Global Branding Center, is “We added the specialized named in the suit, facing charges minors, each for an independent including sexual abuse and ha- reason ... The immigration minor rassment, civil rights violations, is really targeted for people who failure to prevent discrimina- want to understand some of Beth Mosch | Daily Trojan tion and harassment, gender vio- the complexities of the current Courses that satisfy requirements for the three undergraduate minors offered through the Gould School of lence, sexual assault and battery immigration crisis in this Law are taught mainly by Gould faculty, who also teach in the juris doctor degree. and intentional and negligent in- country,” Rasmussen said. “The fliction of emotional distress and second minor is a touch broader, of teamwork and collaboration know basic concepts of law in or- While Tyler originally went to a negligence. it’s focused on issues of social from Gould faculty. Zamany be- der to help them through their political science adviser to de- The plaintiff, unnamed in the justice, and our conception of lieves that the minors will be at- education and also through life.” clare a political science minor, suit, was hired to be Park’s stu- that is the required courses give tractive to undergraduate stu- The law and social justice mi- she ended up signing up for a mi- dent assistant in August 2016, you a background in law and dents because Gould is one of the nor is an 18-unit program that nor in Gould because she said it and, from then on, targeted by then the elective courses you top 20 law schools in the country. will teach students about the offered exactly what she wanted. Park who “used his position of can decide what aspect of social She also believes the minors are present justice system and pro- “I’m very interested in social power and authority over (the justice you want to learn more unique because 95% of the fac- vide critical-analytical skills justice,” Tyler said. “As a minority, plaintiff) to repeatedly sexual- about.” ulty that teach the courses are to understand where chang- it’s important to understand the ly abuse, assault and harass her Most of Gould’s students are full-time Gould faculty that also es to society must be made. law, and be educated on what on USC’s premises,” according to pursuing juris doctor degrees, teach J.D. students. The minor also provides an in- your rights are, and I’ve always the complaint. and the school does not offer any “It all goes back to our mis- terdisciplinary approach, as wanted to fight for people who The suit also alleges that undergraduate majors. Gould sion statement for the office of it can be satisfied by elective look like me.” three other women, all Korean began offering undergraduate the undergraduate programs at courses from the Annenberg The 20-unit law and migration American like Park, faced the minors because law affects Gould, which is to educate un- School for Communication and studies minor introduces stu- same violence as undergradu- everyone, and students can dergraduate students [and] to in- Journalism, the Dana and David dents to the American legal sys- ate student assistants. The filing broaden their education by troduce them to the concepts of Dornsife College of Letters, Arts tem by looking at it through the points to previous complaints by understanding the concept of law law early on in their education so and Sciences and the Suzanne lens of immigration law, how it af- other students to establish USC’s and its impact on society. that they can contribute to soci- Dworak-Peck School of Social fects communities in the United culpability. Maddy Zamany, the director ety in a more meaningful way as Work. States and the consequences it According to the suit, USC of undergraduate programs at informed citizens,” Zamany said. Olivia Tyler, a sophomore ma- has for society, both domestically knew Park had a “dangerous Gould, said getting the new mi- “Law is everywhere, so we want joring in journalism, was one of and internationally. propensity to sexually assault nors added to the undergradu- to make sure that our undergrad- the first students to declare a The curriculum for the minor and harass USC’s young female ate programs was the product uate students are informed, they minor in law and social justice. | see GOULD, page 2 | | see LAWSUIT, page 2 |

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Vincent Leo | Daily Trojan The new minors offered are law and social justice and law and migration studies and are being offered this fall in response to students’ increased interests in social justice and immigration-related issues.

| continued from page 1 | “Part [of this minor] is cours- should our stance be as a country allows students to understand the es about immigration law, so peo- towards immigration?’” complex concepts of immigration ple know the parameters, and Rasmussen said that he hopes law and migration studies, and then there are also courses not undergraduate students who take also equips stu- taught by the law school, but by Gould’s courses dents with an in- “understand how t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y “I think for too long, when you look at undergrad education, law impacts what approach through they’re doing,” elective courses there wasn’t enough … opportunities to understand how law even if they’re offered through fits into what you’re learning as an undergraduate. Law is a not going to law Dornsife and the social product. It shapes our society, and if you think a lot of school or plan- Sol Price School of what we’re studying as undergrads are issues that affect our ning on pursuing Public Policy. law further. Rasmussen said society, law is part of that.” “I think for too that the law and · · · long, when you look at undergrad migration studies ROBERT RASMUSSEN minor “allows for education, there people who care J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee chair in law and political science wasn’t enough … a lot about issues opportunities to of immigration to understand how be “sophisticated law fits into what other parts of USC, about some of consumers on the news.” He said you’re learning as an undergrad- the policy choices that we make,” that sometimes, people hear uate,” Rasmussen said. “Law is a Rasmussen said. “Law is how we about immigration on the news social product. It shapes our soci- implement the policy choices, but but do not understand what ety, and if you think a lot of what law doesn’t determine what they the ground rules are or who the we’re studying as undergrads are are … and the other courses help major stakeholders are in these issues that affect our society, law frame your thinking of, ‘What situations. is part of that.”

| continued from page 2 | students before it hired (the plaintiff) to serve as Park’s stu- dent assistant.” The plaintiff seeks compen- satory and punitive damages, alleging that her employment and financial development suf- fered irreparable harm due to the abuse. The suit states that Park limited the opportunities she had to speak with a supervisor HOUSING about the conduct, and was “lim- ited in her ability to meaningful- ly interact with others due to the GUIDE trauma of this molestation and abuse.” Though they have not yet been served with the lawuit, USC is aware of the filing and issued a statement that the school “takes allegations of sexual harassment very seriously, and when reports are filed, [the University has] a comprehensive process for re- Advertising Supplement Spring 2021 viewing them and for providing supportive measures to involved parties through our Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Title IX.” AVAILABLE ONLINE: Park did not respond to the Beth Mosch | Daily Trojan Daily Trojan’s request for com- Professor C.W. Park and USC face several allegations including ment in time for publication. dailytrojan.com/housing gender violence and failure to prevent discrimination and harassment. PAGEO 3 | Monday,pini April 26, 2021 | WWW.DAILYTROJAN.COM/OPINIONon

LETTER TO THE EDITOR USC must show solidarity with Armenian community

Throughout the last year, I the indigenous Armenians of have watched students from mar- Artsakh as pests and unveiled a ginalized groups grapple with museum that glorifies genocidal entrenched systems of racial vi- imagery of Armenians. Visitors olence and inequity, both on to the “Military Trophy Park” in and off the USC campus. As an Azerbaijan enter through an al- Armenian-American, disposses- leyway constructed from the hel- sion, genocide and institutional mets of Armenian troops killed in erasure are familiar concepts to battle. Inside the museum, multi- my community as well. ple exhibitions feature highly de- On Sept. 27, Armenians around grading figurines of Armenian the world woke up to a war in our prisoners of war, many of whom ancestral homeland. Azerbaijan, are shackled and in the midst of with military support from death. Perhaps most disturbing Turkey, had launched a full-scale were the images of Azerbaijani offensive against the indige- children touring the park, posing nous Armenian population of the with seized Armenian military Republic of Artsakh, also known equipment and playing with the as Nagorno-Karabakh. helmets of fallen servicemen. At the same time, Armenians Nearly 1,500 ancient Armenian living in the diaspora were tar- historical monuments in Artsakh geted by numerous hate crimes, have fallen under the jurisdiction including the vandalization and of the Azerbaijani government, Photo courtesy of Maral Tavitian shooting of an Armenian school which has already begun the pro- USC is located in a city with one of the largest Armenian populations in the country, and it has a and arson at an Armenian church cess of erasing our cultural heri- responsibility to set an example of inclusion and justice for the academic community. in San Francisco, the desecration tage. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan of an Armenian Genocide me- share a well-established record of From the onset of the 44-day group at the Gould School of Law continue to bear the responsibil- morial in France and a march of destroying and illicitly confiscat- Artsakh War, Armenian students co-signed the Armenian Law ity of educating our University nearly 300 Turkish ultranational- ing Armenian heritage sites in the demanded a substantive response Students Association’s joint about our experiences and his- ists in France who shouted, “We region. Between 1997 and 2006, to this tragedy that continues statement on Artsakh. I was hum- tory. are going to kill the Armenians.” the Azerbaijani government de- to affect so many of our lives. bled by the strong statements is- As leaders of an elite research The Second Artsakh War end- stroyed 89 Armenian church- Instead, the administration rele- sued by USC’s Undergraduate and institution that hosts one of the ed in a ceasefire on Nov. 9, in es, 5,840 khachkars (Armenian gated our pain to a Twitter thread Graduate Student Governments, largest archives of genocide sur- which Azerbaijan regained con- stone crosses) and 22,000 tomb- that failed to rise to the gravity who unequivocally stood behind vivor testimonies, the USC ad- trol of most of the mountain- stones in Nakhichevan, a his- of the situation. What is the pur- the Armenian community. ministration must set an exam- ous enclave. At a victory parade torically Armenian enclave con- pose of removing the names of Even in April, designated as ple for the academic community in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, trolled by Azerbaijan. problematic figures from our Armenian History Month in Los and demonstrate how serious it is Turkish President Recep Tayyip USC, which is in a city with one buildings and announcing di- Angeles County with Armenian about justice, inclusion and con- Erdogan praised the Ottoman of the largest Armenian student versity initiatives if you cannot Genocide Remembrance Day fronting uncomfortable truths. Turkish leader who orchestrat- populations in the country and speak out against atrocities in commemorated on April 24, the The eyes of history, and those of ed the Armenian Genocide that has benefited from the talents real time? University has failed to mean- USC’s Armenian students, faculty murdered 1.5 million Armenians and contributions of our commu- While the administration ingfully include Armenians in its and alumni, are upon you. from 1915 to 1923. nity, has largely ignored the his- largely remained silent during recent commitments to diversi- MARAL TAVITIAN The Azerbaijani government torical trauma that Armenian the war, fellow students sup- ty, equity and inclusion. Instead, 2L, GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW has published stamps depicting students are carrying. ported us. Every cultural affinity Armenian students at USC must USC should invest in Exposition Park

Parks have many benefits that distance of a park. For USC stu- park nicer, which will eventually dangerous Hyde Park region. It Park, it needs to ensure it is con- make them key to improving dents, this would be our very incentivize more visitors to removed derelict buildings, re- tributing to green gentrification. own Exposition Park. A 160-hect- come to the park. Local parks placing them with the green new South Central is a historically South Central neighborhood. are urban park, Expo Park has have generated more than $166 wave. Hyde Park experienced an underserved area, and without all the potential to be the South billion in economic activity and economic boom, bringing a sta- By MATILDA JARVIS proper foresight, Expo Park may Central escape. However, 6.3 vi- supported more than 1.1 million bility and safety that has turned fall victim to the same fate as Staff Writer olent crimes occur every week. jobs since 2017. Surprisingly, it into one of the most sought- USC Village. It must make sure it To those who have visited, Expo parks are more than a force of after urban residential areas. The coronavirus ripped away does not drive up housing prices the ubiquitous luxuries of cafes, Park is a sad backdrop to the nature; they are a force of profit. This is promising for the South Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Socially, the revival of parks Central neighborhood and USC. and push out the local residents. restaurants and movie theaters. USC should thus integrate com- Instead, parks became the new Now, it needs to be brought to the could even be a tool to achieve eq- Furthermore, parks are envi- munity involvement into their in- normal. High school football forefront. uity. Community engagement ini- ronmental miracle workers. Over Unknown to most people, tiatives may help foster a sense of a 50 year lifetime, one tree gen- vestment. fields became the backdrop parks are vital to our own pros- community, bridging the wealth erates $31,250 worth of oxygen, USC should partner with L.A. for college students playing perity. USC needs to invest in differences between neighbor- provides $62,000 worth of air pol- ultimate frisbee. Lakes were County to revamp Expo Park. The Exposition Park because it will hoods. A USC-Expo Park part- lution control, recycles $37,500 danger of the South Central area the accompaniment to idyllic be a huge source of economic, so- nership would nurture the South worth of water and controls picnics and barbecues in the late is often touted as the main down- cial and environmental benefits. Central area, making it a safer lo- $31,250 worth of soil erosion. side of USC; revamping the local summer. Playgrounds became The more parks are used, the cation for residents and students For us, the air is breathable, the area by way of investing in parks the escape for toddlers to frolic more personal economic benefits alike. ground walkable and the trees in, and parents to tire in. In the are gained. It’s a simple feedback In the late 1950s, the University pleasurable. Both the aesthet- can only be beneficial. It is time South Central community, parks loop: As more people go to the of Chicago undertook the first ic and environmental benefits of the parks become our ubiquitous even became safe havens from parks, demand for services will park renewal initiative. Through parks make it an unmissable op- luxuries, and it is time USC be- crime and violence. increase, so more firms will come joint projects with the City of portunity for our future and that gins to take a role in making its In fact, three in four to the area, who will then invest Chicago, the University physical- of the planet. community happier, healthier Americans live within walking in local initiatives that make the ly reshaped the low-income, very Before USC invests in Expo and safer.

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Mackenzie Starr uses art and objects to capture her world Starr utilizes her didn’t even think of,” Nassiri knowledge of art and said. “So I think that makes her someone who will have a very big painting in her endeavors. impact in working with directors on really unique genre or period By BELLA DURGIN-JOHNSON Staff Writer films, because she really is able to collaborate.” Visual artist, production Karen Liebowitz, a professor designer and Roski senior at the Roski School of Art and Mackenzie Starr has found art Design, has worked with Starr for as a way to conceptualize diffi- several years as a professor and cult emotions and ideas of life to mentor. She has seen her grow share with the public. tremendously in talent and the Growing up, Starr’s grandma way she represents diverse stories was a painter and a sculptor. and perspectives through her art. Since early childhood, she grew “Historically there have only up doing art of all different been certain voices that have re- kinds, particularly paintings. Her ally gotten center stage and the supportive family allowed her to world has been changing and it’s stay passionate about art for so still in need of more change and I long that she ended up pursuing know that Mackenzie cares a lot a fine arts major at USC. about representation and not just Starr has a variety of medi- ums she is passionate about when within aspects of her own iden- it comes to art, including mixed tity like queer and female, but media, oil paintings, sound art just with any underrepresented and installation. groups,” Liebowitz said. “I antici- “I really like combining differ- pate her to be a champion for new ent things with art and interdis- perspectives.” ciplinary studies ... I’ve combined Liebowitz also mentions that sound art with a lot of my paint- as a very young artist, Starr has ings,” Starr said. her whole career ahead of her to Starr draws her inspiration for be a refreshing and needed voice her art from the people around Photo courtesy of Mackenzie Starr in the art world. her. She uses them as inspiration In “Beyond the Bay,” artist Mackenzie Starr combines realism with oil painting to depict a moment in nature. In order to further share her work, Starr has jumped onto so- to explore themes of memory and other people and having other simultaneously had to endure the Magic,” a proof of concept about loss through her artwork. cial media. She recently got back people see your art and resonate difficulties of creating inspiring five women who practice magic “Oftentimes, I’m interviewing on Instagram and has been cre- with it,” Starr said. art this year when life has felt and experienced racism and sex- friends, or kind of taking deep ating a website for her artwork As a result of being stuck in- paused, challenging her to pro- ism along the way, hired Starr as dives into myself, or researching as well, finding a new outlet be- side because of the pandemic, duce even when she hasn’t felt artists, and drawing inspiration his production designer. Starr yond Roski to connect with the from what’s already been done,” Starr has been devoting much of like it. was in charge of props, costumes art community. Starr said. her time to oil painting. However, Many aspects of art apply to and designing sets, all while stay- Moving forward, Starr wants Art is so important to Starr she has also been dedicating a production design, like color the- ing under budget. to use her art to be a part of the because it’s become a way for her lot of time to production design, ory, aesthetics and telling stories “She tells a story with her set positive push towards moral- to understand complicated and which is how she hopes to contin- visually. A lot of Starr’s paint- design and I think that’s really ity, diversity and inclusivity in difficult things. She views her ue her art career professionally. ings don’t depict people, they are special and it’s really unique to Hollywood that’s happening now. artwork as a productive way to Starr has been working on sev- mostly object-based and tell hu- the point where she brought out She wants to help create impact- connect with other people. eral undergraduate and gradu- man stories. through the props and through ful films that are ethically made, “I find that the most gratify- ate student films, making post- Nerris Nassiri, who created a the set decoration facets of the while continuously sharing her ing part of art is connecting with ers and designing sets. She has film known as “Brokenhearted character that I wrote that I art with the world. Advice and reflections on reading while at USC If someone had told me that okay to put a book down. Again, Stuart a year ago, I would’ve run, con- about two years ago, I would’ve vinced that they had been sent to assumed that anyone trumpeting Carson tempt me into descending into could’ve accurately been labeled POLITICS reading ruin. How would I be a schmuck or a reading-light- AND PROSE able to keep multiple narratives weight, but my reading habits and characters straight across have changed dramatically in several books along with the al- the past year or so, and learn- am typically not one to give ready voluminous and disparate ing when to put a book down has advice, but seeing as this col- sets of information and tomes been the biggest reason for that. I umn will likely be the last that were already being foisted Previously, I believed that thing I will ever write at the onto me by my professors? once I had begun a book, it had Daily Trojan, it feels appropri- Well, the answer was and is: to be completed, no matter how ate to reflect on some of my ex- quite easily. Even though I’ve boring or arduous reading be- periences and share what I’ve only recently begun practicing came. Starting a book was like learned. this reading tenet, it’s drastical- entering into a sacred blood pact I realize that, given the name ly improved my reading stamina or starting a new season of “Love of this column and its theme and, to an extent, the enjoyment Island” — no matter how diffi- Photo courtesy of Creative Commons throughout the semester, some I derive from reading. Also, lon- cult things became or how horri- Carson advises that reading is valuable to better comprehend grand treatise on political lit- ger reads become far more bear- fying what took place on screen politics and influence political debate. erature and its significance able when they can be broken up was, you had to finish what you history. I don’t mean “democra- challenges we face are potential- might’ve been more apt. I’ll by the likes of Tolkien or Carver signed up for. As you might ex- touch on that idea before this is tized” in the sense that voting is ly calamitous, and solving them whenever your primary book of pect, this conviction was re- more accessible than ever — the requires a level of nuance that over, but it won’t be some grand choice begins to feel like more of markably wrong-headed. treatise, and if a USC educa- Republican party appears to be is seldom captured through the a chore than a treat. Put simply, if you’re not enjoy- working quite hard to halt and common mediums many now un- tion is still worth anything, it I would caution, however, to ing a book or just don’t really feel shouldn’t take my column for reverse democratization in that derstand politics through, such make sure that two books of the like reading it anymore, just call arena. I mean “democratized” as social media, television and you to already recognize the sig- same genre are not read at the it quits and put the damn thing nificance for yourself. in the sense that the informa- quick explainers, to name a few. same time. I admit, keeping two down. The same goes for “Love tion, both good and bad, and the So, please, if the future of the None of the suggestions I will books of the same genre straight Island,” less so for blood pacts. provide are gospel. However, I do means necessary to effectively U.S. and its nearly 330 million is not the hardest thing to do in Finally, do the reading. contribute, participate and in- residents mean anything to you, feel pretty confident about them, the world — after all, classes at I’ll admit, I’m borrowing a bit and I’d venture to say that most fluence public political discourse pick up a newspaper, magazine USC frequently require you to from Ezra Klein here (this was is more accessible than ever. or book and actually do the read- of them — assuming you don’t read and comprehend approxi- one the final lessons he offered follow them already — will make As a result, it often feels that ing. mately 1,200 books at a time. listeners during his final podcast slogans, buzzwords, personali- your reading life easier and a bit Still, splitting genres does make on Vox), but the lesson directly more enjoyable. ties, summaries and summaries Stuart Carson is a senior writing reading just a bit less mentally touched on a general feeling of of summaries have begun to dic- about political literature. He is I’ll begin with a maxim that I taxing, and reading two biogra- mine that developed toward the only recently began to adhere to, tate our political views, rather also an associate managing phies or two novels at a time just end of the fall semester. than merely inform them. editor of the Daily Trojan. His and it’s one that has drastically sounds tedious and excruciating. Today, politics is seeming- changed my reading life: Read This is why actually doing column, “Politics and Prose,” My second bit of advice is to ly more democratized than the reading is so invaluable. The ran every other Monday. more than one book at a time. understand that it’s perfectly it ever has been in American A & E April 26, 2021 | WWW.DAILYTROJAN.COM PAGE 5 REVIEW ‘RuPaul’s ’ celebrates queer joy

TELEVISION was questionable at times as well, but “Drag Race” fans have come to RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE expect this. landed in the Genre: REALITY/GAME SHOW bottom twice for minor offens- Release Date: April 22, 2021 es while judges seemed to over- look flaws in other queens’ perfor- mances. NYC-based queen Tina By FITZ CAIN Burner was given passes for un- Staff Writer derwhelming looks all season, then booted abruptly, essentially This review contains spoilers. because the judges were tired of her. After almost four months of air- Luckily, judging inspired only ing, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season minor frustration. Every queen 13 ended its sixteen-episode run presented who they are and what and crowned a winner on Friday. they do — even first-eliminat- Tied for having the most episodes ed Kahmora Hall got to show- of any season in the show’s his- case her glamorous fashion for tory, season 13 was also the first three episodes due to the season’s American season to be filmed en- lengthiness. Even though the sea- tirely during the pandemic. But son narrowed its pool of contes- rather than limiting the show or tants slowly, it didn’t feel like it dampening its joy, the strange dragged. Instead, extra time with new circumstances breathed new queens felt like the show respect- life into “Drag Race,” showcasing Photo from @RuPaulsDragRace via Twitter ed their art and allowed audiences the persistent power of drag to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” thrived under the pandemic conditions, producing one of its best seasons in a while. to get to know them and their drag inspire and producing one of the as much as possible. most entertaining and spectacu- While the crown will rest well Minnesota-based Utica Queen de- where, in a twist, the queens all Overall, season 13 of “Drag lar seasons in recent memory. on ’s perfectly-styled wigs, livering one of the most impressive lip-synced two-by-two immediate- Race” possessed a joyful quality Above all, what made season this season was truly a race all the looks ever made in the workroom, ly upon arriving. The queens who that’s hard to pinpoint. Maybe it 13 such a joy to watch was its way to the finish line. Although created entirely from sleeping bags lost their lip syncs were then sepa- was a result of newfound grate- cast of queens. The thirteen-per- Symone was a frontrunner from for the “Bag Ball” challenge. rated from those who won, and the fulness in the wake of the nation- son roster touted what felt like the beginning, competition was In addition to serving jaw- two groups each got their own tra- al lockdown. Maybe it was queens a particularly diverse variety of stiff with queens such as finalists dropping runways, season 13 also ditional premiere episode. like Symone and Gottmik — the talents, drag-styles and personal- Rosé and Gottmik all excelling in brought the laughs. This season’s This twist was clearly employed first transgender man to compete ities. This is evident by even just different areas. It was a close call iteration of the show’s infamous to create tension within the cast on the show — representing their looking at the season’s top four all the way up until the very end, “” celebrity imper- and produce a “winners vs. losers” communities with such grace and queens: from Los Angeles-based which made the season all the sonation challenge was especial- storyline that could be utilized pride. Or maybe the cast of queens queen Gottmik’s edgy clown- more exciting to watch. ly impressive with Gottmik and throughout the season. However, possessed a stronger chemistry white makeup to New-York-City- One thing Season 13 will be re- Rosé, again, as definite standouts. pairings and judging in the epi- with each other than other casts based Kandy Muse’s wild brand of membered for is its excellent run- Chicago-based queen Denali and sode favored some queens more have. Maybe it was for all of those humor, there was someone for ev- ways. Producers came up with Atlanta-based queen LaLa Ri de- than others, and the show never reasons and more. eryone to root for. original categories like beast cou- livered wonderful, high-energy lip really took the storyline it worked Whatever it was, season 13 was The season’s champion — L.A.- ture, beads and fascinators that syncs, checking yet another box so hard to set up anywhere inter- an absolute joy to watch and the based Symone — was a fantas- encouraged queens to think out- for what makes a good season of esting. show’s best since the similarly ex- tic addition to the exclusive list side the box and bring their best the show. Instead, it just robbed viewers cellently-cast season nine. If the of queens crowned America’s drag — and the cast delivered. Newer seasons of “Drag Race” of the delight of getting to see all show continues to cast such tal- Next Drag Superstar on the show. Week after week, the queens often receive some criticism from the queens first meet in the work- ented, diverse groups of queens, Throughout the season, Symone brought elevated looks to the fans who believe the show has be- room, as well as produced a bor- it’s exciting to think where it rocked the runway with her high- mainstage, exemplifying the high come overproduced and less au- ing, repetitive episode that failed could be. The show carries the fashion looks that celebrated bar that “Drag Race” has set and thentic throughout the years. to showcase the plethora of tal- heavy responsibility of bringing Black culture and won over judg- the increasing intersection of Unfortunately, season 13 doesn’t ents the cast had. Luckily, the pre- drag — and queer culture — to es and viewers alike with her lov- drag and the high-fashion world. make a great case against the ar- miere proved to be just a brief mis- mainstream audiences, but it still able personality and candid vul- This level of expertise was up- gument. Producer meddling was step. has fun doing so. nerability. held in design challenges too, with apparent from the first episode, Judging throughout the season

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By TAYLOR MILLS Sports Editor In a highly anticipated two- game set against crosstown rival No. 3 UCLA, the No. 1 women’s water polo team lost their first game of the season against the Bruins in Westwood on Sunday following a 5-3 win on Saturday. The 17-1 Trojans will now head into the MPSF and NCAA tourna- ment with championship hopes still strong. The two-game series began Saturday morning in what was a defensive battle from start to finish. After eight minutes of scoreless play to start the game, junior driver Grace Tehaney was able to find the back of the net, giving the Trojans a 1-0 lead going into the second period. Just a minute into the sec- ond period, redshirt senior util- ity Maud Megens came in with an assist to junior utility Bayley Weber to put the Trojans ahead on the scoreboard 2-1 through the fourth period. Weber would again contribute with an assist to redshirt senior driver Kelsey McIntosh to put another point on the board 16 seconds into the fourth period. UCLA responded with a goal of its own, but Megens cushioned USC’s lead to 4-2 just 20 seconds later. McIntosh hammered the fi- nal nail in the coffin with a top corner shot that made the final score 5-2 with 1:33 remaining. The driver attempted six shots throughout the game and added to her season total of 14 goals. Megens led the squad with seven shots, while Weber rounded out the leaderboard with five shots and two points. This senior lineup has been the backbone of USC’s defense all season, and Andrew Kerner | Daily Trojan on Sunday, it became clear the Redshirt senior driver Denise Mammolito scored three points in Sunday’s loss against UCLA. Mammolito has been the top contributor for this team. Bruins had adjusted to shut them down. The Trojans could not keep remained tight at 5-3. Trojans would score in the final points. MPSF tournament. up with UCLA’s offensive pro- When USC returned to the eight minutes, but the Bruins This is the first loss for USC The team will enjoy a week duction. While USC scored the water they experienced a scor- managed to respond every time since Feb. 9, 2020 against a UCLA of rest by the virtue of their ing drought. The third period and finish with a 13-6 victory. squad with many of the same opening goal on a penalty shot first-round MPSF tournament from Megens and redshirt senior slump allowed four UCLA goals, Megens again led the Trojans top players. Prior to the loss, the driver Denise Mammolito, UCLA two by junior attacker Val Ayala, with nine shots and two points, Trojans were on a 23-game win- bye. They will then travel to responded with three straight and created a deficit the Trojans with Mammolito following be- ning streak that solidified their Tempe, Ariz. to play in the MPSF goals. By halftime, the score could not claw back from. Three hind her with six shots and three top seeding in the upcoming semifinals on May 1. Sports’ return to normalcy still spells difficulty for journalists recaps and result columns, and either through prescheduled coaches to see the faces writing its breath as the pandemic Taylor Mills we had to push the boundary on Zoom conferences or one-on-one about their performance. If you plays out. Authenticity is what our storytelling. We told stories phone calls for interviews. hound a team in your column fans want to read, and I’m not SIDELINE TO of how athletes were training Without commute times or the next day, there’s at least BYLINE sure articles or broadcasts can through this pandemic, how exact practices to rush to, you the accountability measure of achieve that without the face-to- coaches were keeping up team would think that interview having to see them that night in face interviews. morale and how the events of availability would be easy to the stadium. ell folks, we did it. This The sports market is on the 2020 forced many into activist sort out. But, that wasn’t the It’s a relationship dynamic is the last week of class- roles. case for many of our writers, and currently being interrupted by brink of a boom once again, es and I am signing off as W With fans filling stadiums from what I’ve gathered from PR teams, and I’m afraid of what but that success doesn’t always a sports columnist — even if just again and almost 100 million professional sports journalists, will happen if this limited access trickle down to the individual temporarily. Americans vaccinated, the signs the struggle to connect with continues. journalists hunting for a new It’s crazy to think I started are pointing towards a return to team members is industry wide. Teams want control over their angle about their town’s team. this job during a pandemic … normalcy in the sports industry. Journalists have to go through brand, and every interview done I know our own beat writers when no sports were happening. But, can the media industry a PR staff to either gain access by a member of the organization struggle, and it’s something I remember the first Daily Trojan return to the pre-pandemic to virtual press conferences or can possibly throw the image athletic organizations need to sports editor meeting over Zoom normal with sports teams? I gain the contact information carefully crafted. On top of that, — all of us panicking on how consider if they want to keep don’t think so. for teams. Such an exchange athletes tend to have their own healthy relations with the press. we would actually do our jobs Nearly all of the articles are supposed to be a miniscule large social media following without any sports. published by the Daily Trojan business relation, but writers where they can directly break Looking back now, I see how sports section were written now face stonewalling to build a personal news without having to Taylor Mills is a sophomore writing this dilemma forced us out of remotely — save for the few relationship with sources. deal with a million journalists about sports media. She is also a the sports coverage muscle football and basketball games Locker Room interviews — wanting the first scoop. Sports Editor at the Daily Trojan. memory. We couldn’t fall back some of us could attend. We as chaotic as they appear on It’s an intimidating dilemma Her column, “Sideline to Byline,” on the cat and mouse game of reached every coach and player camera — allow athletes and — and I feel the industry holding runs every other Monday.