Four ways to upgrade your everyday oatmeal


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Many people consider oatmeal to be a breakfast staple – and it should be, since it is so simple to make and actually pretty healthy for you. Filled with calcium, potassium and fiber, another benefit of oatmeal is that it will fill you up. Oats are complex carbohydrates so the body spends a longer time […]

A Really Young Person In A Really Old Place


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I always imagined studying in Scotland would be a step outside of my comfort zone, but I’ve been dropped on the other side of the Atlantic with my comfort nowhere in sight. There’s a powerful charm in the oldness here. In just the first week, I’ve walked past the birthplace of Arthur Conan Doyle, stumbled […]

Ask Hahney: Feeling unconfident in LA


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I have a hard time feeling confident in how I look. Everyone in LA is so beautiful. Any advice on how to love myself? Everyday I look in the mirror, I can choose to do one of two things. I can either look myself in the eyes and smile at my reflection or I can […]

The Perfect Game Day Playlist


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With the first home game of the year happening this Saturday, the perfect playlist is as essential as your USC apparel. Here are 10 songs to get you pumped up for your early morning tailgate and keep you dancing until kickoff: “Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Halsey The song of the moment is great for […]

Tips for shopping at Whole Foods on a budget


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I’m just going to come right out and say it – the formidable #CollegeBudget is realer than your Freshman Fifteen struggles in EVK and Cafe 84. It’s true. But just because that Freshman Fifteen got the better of you doesn’t mean that your money (or lack thereof) has to, too. For those that don’t know, […]

Quick and healthy breakfast recipes


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School has started and the usual hustle and bustle is putting most of us back to the grind!  It’s easy to manage time by just rushing everything including food. However, I’ve found it especially difficult to cope on days where I skipped breakfast. Thus, I’m going to list out a few breakfast recipes that you can whip up in minutes […]

SIPS TEA: MO’ CHANGES, MO’ PROBLEMS?


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The first week of classes are over and you might still be nursing a bad hangover after all the LITivities you attended over the weekend, but hold off on sippin’ another until after you’ve read the rest of this blog. Whether you’re a freshman or a senior, you have to have noticed all the construction […]

Ma’ Salama, Los Angeles; Salam, Rabat


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When I initially told people I was going to study abroad in Morocco for 4 months, many of them were unaware of what Morocco actually was. Some thought it was a city in Europe or the Middle East until I mentioned that the famous American film Casablanca took place in Casablanca, Morocco. Colonized by the […]

Lessons learned at FYF Fest


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This past weekend, I found myself at FYF Fest. The music festival, which also happened to be right in USC’s backyard at Exposition Park, was exceptional, yet also rather challenging, as I treaded the event partially in a wheelchair and partially on crutches. I didn’t let a torn ACL stop me from experiencing one of the […]

Academia Nuts: Introducing A New Column On USC Research


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At the University of Southern California, there are a few different incarnations of prestige. They reside in athletic tradition, celebrity donations, high-profile speakers, a couple of stellar undergraduate programs, and USC’s status as a top-tier research institution. This is not an exhaustive list, but it is illustrative of how we measure worth at our school. […]