USC’s craziest moments in 2016
From Beyoncé to the missing Finger Fountain (RIP), all the ups and downs
We survived 2016, two quarterbacks later and 8,000 quarters short (thanks to Sam Darnold and to the tuition hike, respectively). Here are 50 things that happened at USC over the course of the year.
Beyoncé practiced for the Super Bowl in the McKay Center
The free Uber program was extended from just the weekends to every day from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Clay Helton replaced drunken Steve Sarkisian as head coach of Trojan football #helton2016
Darth Vader visited campus (thanks, George Lucas)
Patrick Schwarzenegger graduated, post-Miley break-up
Pat Haden collapsed on campus – not once, but twice
Haden stepped down from his reign as Athletic Director
Former Trojan and Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann became Athletic Director
Plans for the renovation of the Coliseum following the 2017 season were announced
Our basketball team made it to the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years
Tuition was raised nearly $2,000, which put tuition over $50,000 for the first time
The last MFA student in the Roski School of Art dropped out
44 athletes in the summer Olympic Games were Trojans
There were several How to Get Away With Murder tapings on campus
There were several other TV shows, commercials, and movies filmed throughout campus
According to the Wall Street Journal, USC moved up in the ranks to the 15th best university in the US
According to US News, USC moved up in the ranks to the 15th best university in the US
Regardless the publication, USC was consistently ranked the best university in Los Angeles #FUCLA
The first Kaufman School of Dance building was constructed
Fertitta Hall, a business building with an Asian cuisine food hall, was constructed
The Rams played their first season back in Los Angeles since 1994 in the Coliseum
FIJI got kicked off the row
Sammy and Delta Tau Delta changed houses
Gamma Epsilon Omega became the first multicultural fraternity to move into a house on The Row
Alpha Kappa Psi, a business fraternity, moved into a house on The Row
The class of 2016 graduated
The Finger Fountain was taken down
Renovations to the University Ave entrance began
Three poké eateries opened on Fig
Amazebowls moved off-campus onto Hoover
Our football team started their season 1-3
Helton switched quarterbacks early in the season #darnold2020
Our football team ended the regular season 9-3, winning eight games in a row
Petitions were singed for Adoree Jackson’s Heisman candidacy (sorry Adoree, we tried)
Norovirus broke out on campus (thanks, residents of New North)
Students punched blow-ups of presidential candidates in front of Tommy Trojan
A USC Dornsife poll was one of the only to predict Trump would win the presidency
And then a bunch of high school students took over campus and protested it
There was a museum full of plastered penises in the Roski School of Art
Diplo and RL Grime performed an impromptu show at Phi Sigma Kappa
The Women’s soccer team won the NCAA Championship
A man in Doheny Library sprayed alumnus with a fire extinguisher
The wifi got better (debatable)
Professor Bosco Tjan was fatally stabbed by a PhD student in his SGM office
USG voted to make USC a sanctuary campus
The exterior of the University Village is finally complete
The school confirmed the new dining hall at the UV will be Harry Potter themed
Men’s basketball started the 2016-2017 season 9-0
It rained five times or so
Our football team made it to the Rose Bowl #smellslikeroses #beatpennstate
JuJu and Adoree have us sweatin’, will they be back for more in 2017?
Stay tuned, Trojans.