Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Apr 23rd, 2011
I’m currently in the midst of the wonderful two week long Spring Break we get here in Paris. I spent the first week in Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome) and Nice, France with two friends from USC Paris and two of my best friends from home who are also studying abroad in Europe. It was ABSOLUTELY [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Apr 23rd, 2011
Given away by the title of this entry, Dave just came to Paris to visit me! He arrived on March 26th and managed to stay awake for most of his first day so that we could go sight-seeing. After grabbing a quick cafe lunch, we headed for the top of the Arc de Triomph. Then [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students, USC Dornsife Students in Los Angeles on Apr 23rd, 2011
Food + Adventure = Awesome! That idea is pretty much the basis of the Thematic Option Student Committe (TOSC)’s Food Adventures group. TOSC is an organization that plans fun, community-building events for students in the Thematic Option honors program. After all those essays we have to write, it’s such a relief to be able to [...]
Posted in Academic Life in USC Dornsife, Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students on Apr 23rd, 2011
The lights are bright. Almost blindingly so. My feet hurt from standing in heels all day. The heat onstage is stifling, and my long black dress with the polyester jacket isn’t helping. I can’t really see the audience through the glare, but I can almost feel their eyes intently watching us as we approach the [...]
Posted in Academic Life in USC Dornsife on Apr 23rd, 2011
Open. My good friend dictionary.com defines it as “accessible, as to appeals, ideas, or offers” but also as “undecided; unsettled.” And in a nutshell, that pretty much summed freshman-me up. Open/Undecided – that was my major. Fresh out of high school, I had no idea what career path I wanted to pursue, let alone what field I wanted [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Apr 21st, 2011
So post Beaune/Chantilly, there was some class, there was some homework, there were lots of French food and metro rides, there were some post-theatre drinks with some people in my class and our French lit professor… and then REBECCA WEISS ARRIVED!!! Met up with her and Danny on Thursday for sandwiches and desserts on Rue Mouffetard [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students, USC Dornsife Students in Los Angeles on Apr 20th, 2011
It couldn’t be more than 20 feet away. We made eye contact, and the absurdity of the situation struck me. A 2000 pound, very hairy, wild bison was staring me down, here, on Catalina Island – 23 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Though the bison had planted itself right in the middle of [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students, Civic Engagement through USC Dornsife on Apr 19th, 2011
My friend Sasha was the Ceremonies Chair for Relay for Life this year and has been working really hard planning the ceremonies since last semester. She dragged me to a piñata store earlier this year to see if they could build this GIANT piñata that spells out cancer. Then we went to Home Depot to [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students on Apr 18th, 2011
You know those people in high school that teachers and parents always talked about being so “talented” because they were in school plays or musicals? I was not a fan of those people. I was captain of the Varsity Basketball and Tennis team but no one ever talked about me being “talented.” No one ever [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students in Los Angeles on Apr 17th, 2011
No one really cares about the Clippers in Los Angeles, and definitely not in the rest of the United States, but when you are a poor college student and can’t afford Lakers tickets, the Clippers start looking really good. Also, I have seen Blake Griffin twice at USC athletic events, so I feel like we’re [...]