The Trojan Agenda
No Trojan agenda is complete without complaining about this campus platform while checking grades, assignments, and approaching deadlines.
What is Brightspace?
Before becoming the Marshall School of Business, the school was known by this name.
What is the USC School of Business Administration?
This was the year that the University of Southern California was founded.
What is 1880?
This iconic figure has represented USC at football games and is the official mascot ever since 1961.
Who is Traveler?
This famous filmmaker and USC alumnus went on to create one of the most successful science-fiction franchise in film history, beginning in a galaxy far, far away.
Who is George Lucas?
Every Trojan schedules at least one of these meetings, where “Let’s grab coffee sometime” becomes a professional conversation about internships and careers.
What is a Coffee Chat?
Debits go on the left, credits go on the right, and confused Marshall students can be found everywhere in between.
What is BUAD 280?
This USC Marshall building is named after the entrepreneur who donated $50 million toward its construction.
What is Fertitta Hall?
This campus tradition involves students gathering before a football game to eat, socialize, and confidently predict that USC will win.
What is tailgating?
This actress and USC alumna starred in the hit movie Legally Blonde and Walk the Line.
Who is Reese Witherspoon?
This campus walkway is impossible to cross without being handed a flyer, invited to join a club, or offered free food.
What is Trousdale Parkway?
Inflation, unemployment, and GDP somehow all become your personal problems in this class.
What is ECON 352?
This underground library is open late enough to witness every stage of a Trojan’s pre-exam breakdown.
What is Leavey Library?
Trojans sing this song after touchdowns, victories, and basically any moment when the band needs to remind everyone where they go to school.
What is “Fight On”?
This USC alumna won 11 olympic medals throughouther track and field career, including seven gold medals.
Who is Allyson Felix?
Every Trojan has carefully planned the perfect semester, only to watch it disappear when this website shows that every section is closed.
What is Web Registration?
This class turns every email, presentation, and memo into a carefully calculated business decision.
What is BUAD 302?
Located beside the USC Bookstore, this campus center contains restaurants, study spaces, a ballroom, and several student-service offices.
What is the Ronald Tutor Campus Center?
During rivalry week, this statue is wrapped in duct tape and guarded by students who suddenly take campus security very seriously.
Who is Tommy Trojan?
This USC Marshall alumnus and billionaire investor is famous for his investment philosophy and the book The Most Important Thing.
Who is Howard Marks?
This unofficial USC nickname combines the words “free” and “Lyft” and describes the transportation students use for late-night rides around the university area
What is Fryft?
NPV, IRR, and the time value of money make Marshall students question whether they actually want a career in business.
What is BUAD 306?
Built in 1880 and moved several times throughout its history, this small building is the oldest original university structure on USC’s campus.
What is the Widney Alumni House?
Originally mounted on a Southern Pacific locomotive, this 295-pound trophy is painted cardinal or blue depending on the winner of USC and UCLA’s annual football rivalry.
What is the Victory Bell?
This USC alumnus designed the iconic pink triangle-shaped Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Who is Frank Gehry?