I be on my suit and tie


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Students gathered on Trousdale Parkway Thursday afternoon for the annual Career Fair, which featured representatives from a variety of companies. Student were able to get professional headshots for use on social media and professional profiles. The Career Center hosts two career fairs during the year, one in the fall semester and one in the spring […]

Today’s top five music streaming services


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These days, there’s really no excuse not to be a part of a music streaming service, especially with all the free ones out there. In my opinion, some are certainly better than others. I’ve listed the top five streaming services, ranked in order of quality: Songza: The solid song streaming service Pros: Songza offers you […]

Siestas and Fiestas: A Day of Spanish Life


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9:12 a.m.: I wake up for my 10 a.m. “Spanish Composition” class after hitting the snooze button a couple times. For breakfast, I eat a small piece of toast, yogurt and sip a little cup of coffee. Spaniards like their coffee super concentrated, which is absolutely fine by me. 10:00 a.m.: After a five minute […]

Late night eats around USC


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As Trojans we tend to stay up really late. Whether studying in Leavey Library or partying with friends – you are bound to get hungry. Here’s a list of places near campus and in Downtown L.A. where you can walk, Uber or have food delivered when you get hungry: Ground Zero: On campus café Ground […]

5 underrated places to eat on campus


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Everyone knows about Lemonade, Seeds, Panda Express and California Pizza Kitchen in Campus Center. Located in the center of campus, these dining options are arguably the most popular places to grab lunch at USC. When 12:30 p.m. rolls around, you can almost guarantee that any of these places will have lines out the door. However, […]

Rolling down memory lane: Nas’s Illmatic at rap’s peak


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Two weeks ago, I took on The Chronic, West Coast rap’s most important export; this week, I’ll switch coasts and examine rapper Nas’s magnum opus: Illmatic. In 1992, a Queensbridge native by the name of Nasir Jones began recording in New York his major label debut. He had recently been signed to Columbia Records, thanks in […]

The Donut Man, a.k.a. the only man I need


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★★★★☆ To kick off my tour of donut places around Los Angeles, I took a trip down the classic Route 66 to Glendora to look for the man, the myth, the legend: The Donut Man. What I found was a small house-like building off the side of the road that was sandwiched between other small […]

Lifestyle: A section of L.A. stenographers


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Remember when Trivia Crack was all the rage last spring? Admittedly, it took over my life for a short period of time. Trivia Crack had replaced Facebook, Pinterest and Buzzfeed as my main distractors in classes. Though I slowly gravitated back toward social media and personality quizzes, I’m proud to admit that I earned a […]

Grammar’s difficult dilemmas — repetition and redundancy


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It’s a common phrase: difficult dilemma. But it’s also wrong — at least in the grammatical sense since a dilemma is, by definition, difficult. It’s what we call a redundant phrase, and they’re rampant in our speech and writing. We crank our phrases like “actual facts,” “added bonuses” and “basic necessities” without realizing that we’re actually repeating […]

Tips to stay safe with juice cleanses


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Companies like Pressed Juicery and Suja Fresh sell the promise of “better living” in a bottle. With trendy packaging and ingredients like kale and coconut water, the appeal of juice cleanses or juice-only diets is obvious. But, juice cleanses are easy to buy into but hard to go through. Juice cleanses take you on a […]