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Incident at USC

Dear Friends,

Click below to read about the recent shooting incident on the USC Campus late wednesday night, October 31. Fortunately, no students or faculty were harmed or injured. The campus is open and classes are in schedule as of this morning, November 1. We are continuing to monitor this situation, but it appears to have been resolved.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/usc-shooting-2-suspects-in-custody-no-pending-danger-police-say.html

Do not hesitate to contact me for any reason at 310-801-4287 or at mjeser@uschillel.org.

Michael

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