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by Kate Mather

A billboard advertising Conquest Student Housing that has gained negative attention from USC and the North University Park community was removed Friday for unknown reasons. The advertisement, which had been posted for about a month at the intersection of Figueroa Street and Adams Boulevard, read that Conquest was "Housing the hottest student bodies. (5) comments

As a part of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity's annual charity event, Get on the Ball, members stood outside Tommy Trojan with a giant beach ball, asking students to sign it. For each signature, the fraternity will receive money from sponsors to give to a nonprofit organization called Children's Miracle Network. (0) comments

by Nicole Dailo

USC students and religious organizations have banded together to support Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel employees, some of whom have been striking on and off since 2006 in an effort to improve their benefits. Hotel employees are demanding a living wage and health insurance, but also the right to form a union, something seen by many USC students as a demand that will be difficult to achieve. (1) comment

by Marysol Valle

The USC chapter of Phi Kappa Psi will be reinstated and recognized as a student organization June 1 after being disbanded nearly a year ago for risk management issues, Greek officials said. Raymond Carlos, the assistant director of fraternity and sorority leadership development, declined to comment on what those risk management issues were. (1) comment

by Ariel Edwards-Levy

Three years after Phi Delta Theta's fraternity house burned down, renovation of the house will soon commence, bringing PhiDelt back to The Row after long construction delays. The delay in rebuilding was largely because of city construction laws and permit requirements, said Michael Spilsbury, the president of USC's PhiDelt chapter. (1) comment

State 12 firefighters hurt in factory blaze ANAHEI (AP) ­- Twelve firefighters were injured Sunday in a blaze that broke out at a commercial building, causing three chemical storage tanks to rupture and forcing the evacuation of 35 businesses, authorities said. (0) comments