A reader sent us a grip of pictures that apparently everyone at USC has already seen and commented on. A young couple got onto the roof of Waite Phillips Hall and went to town. Little did they know that an anonymous perv was photographing the entire session. Naturally the pictures were posted on Facebook and…

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