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Morning, Trojan was a student-run newsletter that published USC news and commentary from 2022 to 2026. It was founded, written, and reported by Tomo Chien (Class of 2026) with proofreading help from Anna Hsu (also Class of 2026).

Nearly 12,000 subscribers read the newsletter, which was the only USC student news outlet that didn't receive funding from the school.

Morning, Trojan reported crucial information about layoffs, campus crime, and lawsuits. But more importantly, we did a lot of dumb stuff. Like when we...

• Orchestrated a school-wide “Moron of the Year” vote and mailed the trophy to then-President Carol Folt.
• Discovered a cybersecurity flaw that let you spoof emails from any USC address and then sent ourselves a thank-you note for the trophy from Folt.
• Broke the news that two pranksters were behind an email to the student body that claimed Rick Caruso would be USC's next president. KTLA fell for the prank, then had to cite us in an on-air correction.
• Built a database of USC Rate My Professors reviews, to the outrage of many faculty.
• Calculated the definitive USC frat rankings using AI tools. The California Post later dubbed Tomo the “campus AI nerd” for this.
• Bought beongsookim.com and attempted to ransom the domain for exemption from general ed requirements.
• Got Cannabis House to sponsor our annual tuition-guessing competition with a $500 gift card, causing much pearl-clutching among readers.

Find up-to-date contact information for Tomo at this link.