Move-in week at USC
Jason Adams, left, and his roommate Kyle Randolph, both 19, move the last of their things into a campus apartment at USC. They’re both musicians; Adams wants to be a sound engineer, and Randolph is a mechanical engineering major. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Jenny Young, left, and her roommate Cathy Liu zip through their campus housing complex after unloading personal effects. It’s move-in week for the 19-year-old sophomore business majors at USC. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Yu-Ting Huang, 23, from Taiwan, studies a USC map and plots her bicycle trip across campus. She is an entertainment law student in a master’s program. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Leslie Beightler, 18, checks her e-mail outside the Leavey Library at USC. The freshman from San Antonio just moved onto campus, where her sister is a sophomore. Classes start next week. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
A student muffles a cellphone conversation with a science textbook at the used-books shelf in the USC bookstore. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Freshmen at USC cool their heels on the steps of the Bovard Administration Building before a welcoming orientation. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)