Pentatonix truly delivered for Anaheim performance


Pentatonix, a nationally-acclaimed a cappella group featuring five vocalists—Scott Hoying (baritone), Kirstin Maldonado (alto), Mitch Grassi (tenor), Avi Kaplan (bass) and Kevin Olusola (beatboxer)—performed at the City National Grove of Anaheim on March 1 on their On My Way Home tour. After taking first place for the third season of NBC’s The Sing-Off in November 2011, […]

Why #TheDress is still (sort of) relevant


Blue and black, or white and gold? If you’re a functioning human with access to the Internet and basically any form of social media profile, you probably know what that means. Last Thursday, Feb. 26, people across the world fiercely debated the color of a dress in a picture that originated on Tumblr. Classes were […]

Green Machine: Matcha cheesecake, coupled with smoothie


We’ve all probably tried green tea and cheesecake at some point in our lives, but what about green tea cheesecake? Matcha green tea powder is sweeping the health and culinary worlds for both its flavorful qualities and for its many unexpected health benefits. We all know that brewed green tea is healthy, so imagine spicing […]

USC’s playoff hopes alive


The year was 2009. Barack Obama had been sworn in as president about two months earlier. The iPhone didn’t have a built-in video camera feature yet. I forget whether I had joined Facebook yet. But there’s one thing about that year I certainly won’t forget. USC men’s basketball won the Pac-10 Tournament that spring. It […]

Michelle Steel speaks to Republicans


The USC College Republicans hosted speaker Michelle Park Steel, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and USC alumna Tuesday evening at their meeting. Steel is a former member of the California State Board of Equalization in which she became the highest-ranked Korean-American in national politics. She also worked on the California World […]