Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Mar 21st, 2012
From the moment I met my first study abroad friend on the plane to the second I piled into the car to start the drive, everyone was talking about the Garden Route. All I knew was that this “route” consisted of driving along a beautiful stretch of coastline stopping in different towns famous for, basically, [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Mar 20th, 2012
As a second semester sophomore, the inevitable question is beginning to pop up everywhere: “Are you going abroad?” Most of my friends have already decided when and where they want to go, and a few months ago I began to feel the sting of being left out of these discussions. I had always pretty much [...]
Posted in Academic Life in USC Dornsife, Research in USC Dornsife on Mar 12th, 2012
We all joke about those silly safety packets and lectures we are forced to sit through before we take a science course, before we enter a science laboratory, before every experiment in lab… it never ends. We laugh, we mock, we don’t pay attention. But, guys, let’s get real. We’re in college now. We’re not [...]
Posted in Academic Life in USC Dornsife, USC Dornsife Students in Los Angeles on Mar 10th, 2012
Sometimes, I feel like I’m ALWAYS on campus. It’s like I never leave the confines of SC’s gates. Campus is great and all, but being from Seattle, I do want to explore California since it’s so different from where I grew up. I found a way to see some of the most interesting parts of [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students on Mar 10th, 2012
Some people leave a bigger impact on your life than others. One group I will never forget is the Explore kids that I had over the past few weeks. The last ones taught me how to ride a bike! After 19 years of having no clue how to make a bicycle work, I can now [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students on Mar 10th, 2012
In college, you’re supposed to get involved. Being active helps you meet people and gives you unique experiences. This semester, I was thinking about trying something new, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. For the first few weeks I pretty much shopped around seeing what I’d be interested in. I’d drop by [...]
Posted in Campus Life for USC Dornsife Students, USC Dornsife Students in Los Angeles on Mar 5th, 2012
When you think of retreating, you think about people running away from their problems, right? When I think of retreating, I think about all the amazing times I have been able to attend retreats thanks to my participation in various USC groups and organizations. Yup, I did turn the noun “retreat” into a new-age verb: [...]