Entries by Valerie Yu

Five easy one-pot meals to cook up during finals week

Chicken with roasted potatoes Ingredients Coconut oil Baby potatoes (as many or as few as you’d like) 1 tablespoon honey mustard 1½ teaspoons thyme 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper Process Place a small baking pan in the oven. Preheat oven to 400°. Carefully remove pan […]

There’s no I in DT

Last night, to avoid writing the final paper of my undergraduate career, I started calculating how much time I had spent in the Daily Trojan newsroom during my time at USC. We begin production at 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and routinely stay until almost midnight. On Sunday, we start at noon (brunch provided) and […]

Nine situations every foodie will understand

I don’t know about you, but food will always be the way to my heart. Yes, I admit it. I am a foodie. My thoughts constantly revolve around everything food-related. What am I eating for dinner tonight? Wow that burrito looks really good, I wonder where it’s from. Where should I go for brunch this […]

An Overview: Donut Worry, Be Happy

Over the past eight months, I have traveled far and wide to explore 11 of the most well-known donut places in Los Angeles. I often joke that this column might as well be called “How I Gained my Freshman 15,” but that makes it sound like I belong on some TLC show, and I’m not […]

We asked 18 students to draw campus from memory, and this is what happened.

As the years here at USC pile on, the campus map that lives within our mind’s eye may either be very much like the official blueprint given to us freshman year — or not. Our experiences begin shaping our perspective of campus from Day One so that the vision of USC that an English major has can’t be more different […]

Grow your herbs with a dorm-friendly indoor garden

When a recipe calls for chicken, pasta, veggies or cheese, I nod my head thinking, “Got it, got it, got it and got it.” But when moving to the bottom half of a recipe and noticing it calls for common herbs such as parsley, basil or oregano, I think, “Don’t got any of that.” I, […]

Lessons that Kanye should learn from Tidal lawsuit

“[The Life of Pablo] will never be for sale … You can only get it on Tidal.” I can’t help but laugh at this tweet from Kanye West as I listen to the album in question for the umpteenth time on Spotify. If you don’t know that you can’t take everything Kanye says seriously, you’re […]

Eight dorm food staples to stay fit and healthy in these last two weeks

Most college students know the challenge of living in a tiny, shoebox-sized dorm room with no kitchen. You reminisce about living at home, where you could make scrambled eggs or throw together a quesadilla on the stove. USC has great on-campus dining options, but sometimes you just need a quick snack and don’t want to […]

Flashback Friday: When Emma met the DT…

When I’ve asked most other journalism majors or aspiring reporters what inspired them to enter the world of journalism, the answers I get are normally something along the lines of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the real-life sleuth superheroes fighting for good in All the President’s Men. But for me, it was Sally Albright — […]

Seven underrated artists that you should get to know

We all know and love the top 40 musical artists on the radio. They have a certain pop-savvy vibe that really hits home with almost every listener. However, there are also artists that are many people skim over when shuffling through their Spotify playlists. Here are seven contemporary underrated artists that deserve a listen. James Bay […]