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USC Center Awards $3.5 Million in Grants for Research on Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity
April 1, 2010The Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California is funding research in 23 countries on one of the world's fastest growing religious movements: charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity. Grants… more>
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International Relations Begin in the Classroom
March 29, 2010This year, the Teaching International Relations Program (TIRP) had a record number of volunteers and the spaces went quickly. Many of the students involved are veterans who return semester after semester for a program… more>
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A Conversation with Aimee Bender
March 24, 2010Professor, mentor, magician with words -- Aimee Bender is all of these. She's also a friend; not just to me, her undergraduate student for more than a year, but to all of her students, to whom she is staggeringly devoted. The… more>
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Versed in Matters of the Heart
March 9, 2010David St. John exudes the grace and aplomb of a holy man, perhaps a monk or sage. He actually does resemble a bit of bespectacled, bearded spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle — especially in his quiet gaze and half… more>
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March 4, 2010
All Were Aboard on the Magic Poetry Bus
The stars all aligned for the Magic Poetry Bus on the evening of March 1 to the delight of an appreciative audience in the Davidson Center. The Get Lit troupe, poets, professors and celebrities altogether reveled in the… more>
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Native American Workshops Begin March 5
February 23, 2010A series of upcoming workshops spearheaded by USC College professors Tok Thompson and Jon Berliner will revive intellectual discussions of essays on Native American history and culture. “I believe that students can… more>
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Writing to Forgive
February 23, 2010"If I am alive, I am going to write." Holly Payne '97 spoke these words as she lay on the edge of a road beside a cemetery. Seconds earlier, she stopped to assist two stranded cyclists. A passing pickup truck struck all… more>
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Once Upon a Blog
February 18, 2010Tell me a story. That edict drives journalism, a craft I chose to pursue when I entered USC in the fall of 1982. Good writing is the backbone of the storytelling done in journalism, along with the good reporting that… more>
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February 11, 2010 Auteur Rock Star Strikes a Chord
Listening to a brooding cello concerto, the writer strikes the keyboard as he begins his short story or book. He begins, yet does not know where it will end until he arrives there. "You know, it's hard for me to do this -- to… more>
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The Sweet Smell of Success
February 9, 2010Imagine a figure wrapped in fine silk, dripping with diamonds and bathed in a cloud of exotic perfume. Is this a celebrity, a diva, the ghost of Liberace? According to James McHugh, assistant professor of religion in USC… more>
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