Vegan trips in the Southwest


Last Monday, as I headed to the PETA Bob Barker Building in Echo Park to pick up literature for an on-campus event, I received a promising opportunity for salvation from Los Angeles. Caroline Gardner, the Youth Outreach Coordinator at peta2 and my tour administrator on the Vans Warped Tour, asked me if I would like […]

Social media used to support DAPL protest


If you were on Facebook over the weekend, you probably saw among the Halloween pictures and election posts at least one friend check in at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Most of these friends, however, were likely not in North Dakota. According to the Los Angeles Times, over 1.3 million people have checked in to […]

Why You Should Be On SoundCloud


During our senior year of high school, my friend and I thought it would be funny to create a SoundCloud that mocked the boys in my grade because it felt like every guy we knew was always creating the “perfect” playlist or trying to be famous. One year later, I can genuinely say that that stupid […]

CollegeHumor’s Jake and Amir record a live podcast at Bovard


Students filled Bovard Auditorium to listen to a live recording of the hit CollegeHumor “Jake and Amir” podcast on Tuesday evening. The event, hosted by the USC Undergraduate Student Government Speakers Committee, featured comedians Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, who recently started an advice podcast titled “If I Were You.” Halfway through the recording of […]

How What You Eat Affects The Environment


Global warming is progressing – our climate is becoming more unpredictable, coastal homes are being destroyed and forecasted damage is becoming less of a futuristic horror story and more of a new-generation reality. It’s incredible to see how many people care – how many people make conscious efforts to walk more and drive less, or […]
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