Japanese sports festivals and blossoming camaraderie


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One of the most loved (or dreaded, if you’re a couch potato like me) traditions of Japanese primary education is the sports festival. Classes are assigned a team color and pitted against each other. The school grounds are opened for cheering parents. The warm sound of shouting and laughter drifts through the air. When I […]

Can you name that building?


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Think you’re an expert at naming campus buildings? Put your skills to the test by identifying the buildings that match the following descriptions and pictures! One of the newest buildings on campus, it is found in the Price School of Public Policy. Home to arguably the best café (and probably the most unknown), this building […]

Netanyahu, Boehner’s political agenda deals a blow to the nation


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Tomorrow, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, will be delivering a controversial address before Congress about policies affecting Iran’s nuclear program. The subject of the address, however, has nothing to do with the controversy. What makes this meeting odd is that Netanyahu was invited by Speaker of the House John Boehner who failed to […]

Four reasons to ditch that iPhone…for a bit


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This morning I was talking with my roommate/best friend as we simultaneously brushed our teeth and checkout ourselves in the mirror. We realized that we have few minutes like this in our busy days where we just stop and have to time to be alone with our thoughts. It actually took me a minute to […]

Champions League: Man City down — but not out


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Manchester City’s 2-1 home defeat to Barcelona in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 was a stumble, but their second half performance saved them from a face plant. As Sergio Agüero deftly tucked the ball into the back of the net to cut Barcelona’s lead in half midway through the […]

Fogo de Chao offers a one-of-a-kind Brazilian experience


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Are you feeling like going into a food coma? Having a food baby? Gaining two pounds in one meal? If you answered yes to any (or all) of the above, then Fogo de Chao is where you want to go next. Fogo is located in 800 Figueroa Street, just a couple of minutes away from […]

Winter wonderland in Amman


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For those of you who may be following these posts, I mentioned last week that we were expected to get a snowstorm last week in Amman, one that threatened to shut the city down for days and merited a massive Safeway run to stock up on basic foods and plenty of water. Well, the storm […]

USC Security Roundup


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The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety incident report summary between Wednesday, Feb. 25, and Thursday, Feb. 26.  Crimes against a person at  3:43  p.m. on Feb. 26, a staff member reported she was harassed by an unidentified male while walking near San Pablo Street and Alcazar Street. Crimes against […]