Don’t call yourself broke so flippantly


College students face many struggles. Deadlines, essays and exams can really weigh a person down. But I can’t understand students who complain about not having money. Finding an impoverished student in any USC classroom is difficult. Maybe it’s the flood of illuminated Apple symbols emanating from the $1200 laptops, or maybe the rows of $200 […]

Diversions risk undermining high-speed rail


The plan is a visionary one: a high-speed train running from San Francisco to Los Angeles, shortening the journey to two hours and 40 minutes of travel. This system, emulating the success of similar high-speed trains in Europe and Japan, is meant to make the commute between the two major Californian cities drastically easier — […]

Students must learn work-life balance


Former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch said at a Society for Human Resource Management conference: “There’s no such thing as a work-life balance.” Nevertheless, we are constantly trying to find a balance between our professional and personal lives. Especially during the job-recruiting season, recruiters look for candidates who successfully manage all aspects of healthy, […]

Students definitely don’t overuse sarcasm


Technically speaking, sarcasm isn’t a word that ends in ‘-ism.’ I realize readers care deeply about my adherence to my column’s theme. Please forgive me. It’s just that sarcasm is everywhere. This form of humor is especially popular with blasé college students. Did someone just recount a mundane anecdote? Cool story, bro. Are you about […]

Caltrans to blame for traffic disaster


USC students are no strangers to traffic. We live in the middle of Los Angeles, within short distance of two major freeways; traffic is almost inescapable. On a Friday afternoon, the freeways look like two blankets of lights: one red and one white, slowly moving in opposite directions. For this reason, delays because of construction […]