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Land of the Rising Sun in the City of Angels
June 28, 2011Wendy Barrios was on the fourth floor of a building at Tokyo International University (TIU) the afternoon of March 11, 2011, when the floor began to tremble. She was taking a break between her classes at TIU, where she was… more>
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Undergrads Find their Seoul Mate
January 11, 2011Growing up in Tampa, Fl., where Koreans comprise less than 1 percent of the population, Jimisha Tolliver had never heard of lotus chips. When visiting Korea for the first time, the USC College senior couldn’t get enough… more>
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November 1, 2010
Taking the Emperor's Reign
On the Tokyo subway trains passengers were packed in like Pringles. Each train typically had a designated “pusher” whose job was literally to shove people inside so the doors could shut. On the streets, people… more>
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Global NGO's First USC Ambassador is College Undergrad
October 8, 2010Lauren Goodwin's involvement with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD) began in Fall 2009 with her study abroad experience in Paris. Or precisely, it began right before she left. She typed in "large NGOs in… more>
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Maile Miller '11 Interns at UN Watch in Geneva
June 21, 2010"Mr. President, UN Watch welcomes the draft resolution concerning Kyrgyzstan," so began Maile Miller, a senior in USC College as she delivered an important speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council in a large,… more>
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Take a Trip of the Vicarious Kind
June 16, 2010For the first time in USC College history, a transnational American Studies and Ethnicity (ASE) course is being conducted in Japan as well as in Los Angeles -- and you're officially invited to hitch a ride during their… more>
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Culturally Speaking
May 25, 2010Arabic is the fastest-growing foreign language taught in universities and colleges across the country, according to the Modern Language Association. Enrollment in Arabic classes grew 127 percent nationally from 2002 to 2006,… more>
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USC College Senior Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
May 10, 2010Last spring, for the first time, China displaced the United States to become Brazil's biggest trading partner. Yet, many experts are puzzled by the absence of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two. Such agreements have… more>
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In the Garden of Sikoro
March 16, 2010To call it a life-changing experience isn't hyperbole. The three-week trip USC College students took in December 2009 to the West African country of Mali -- where they oversaw plans for the construction of a bridge and labored… more>
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Saying ‘Si’ to a New Experience
November 12, 2009Sometimes opportunity knocks. Other times, you have to force open the door, which is exactly what Martin Hodis did. Hodis, 19, a sophomore with an undecided major in USC College, sought out the Summer Study Abroad program one… more>
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