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Navigating Your First Year as a USC Trojan
by Lanie Brice
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Navigating Your First Year as a Spring Admit
by Lanie Brice
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How to Balance Your Social Life During Finals
by Donal Buckley
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Study Tips and Habits to Get Through Finals Season
by Lauren Liang
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Mental Health @ USC
By: Kelly Martin ‘17 (Guest Blogger)
It seems that there’s only one accepted to story to tell about college students and mental health. You probably don’t have to think too much to guess the main points. since we hear them repeated again and again here at USC:
Work On It Wednesday: Making the Time to Exercise
By: Emily Young MA ‘16
This morning I was feeling a little groggy, a combination of staying up too late doing homework and not eating a big enough breakfast. As I walked to volleyball practice alone, I first noticed how few people seemed to be on campus. Then, I noticed how everyone who seemed to cross my path appeared to be dead tired, or just as groggy as I was. It’s midterm season, I get it, but it also got me thinking. Working-out, as much as it may be a struggle sometimes, always makes me feel better.
Mental Health: What I’ve Learned
By: Paul Samaha ‘17
This past Friday, I attended and attentively listened to MINDS MATTER: USC Policy on Student Mental Health, a panel discussion on the topic of mental health and what it means to USC specifically. This event was a part of the USC ZYGO series, which is a student lunchtime panel series on ethics and medicine. What made this particular panel special was the variety of voices heard– from USC Student Body President Rini Sampath, to the Engemann Health Center Medical Director Dr. James Jacobs. As you can imagine, the approaches from each of the six panelist were all very different. But there was one commonality between them all: Mental health matters, and we all need to do more as a Trojan family to improve the mental wellbeing of our student body.
Get Fueled for the Week: 10 Smart Foods to Eat Before a Test or Major Presentation
By: Emily Young MA ‘16
Welcome to the Midterm season grind where nothing sounds better than a Cronut from Spudnuts and your bed. Don’t listen to your inner high-fat and high-sugar cravings when you are tired. Fuel your body with good fuel for top performance.
Mental health is like an iceberg
By: Rini Sampath ‘16
I love the analogy that success is like an iceberg — you only see 5-10% of what goes on, but rarely see the labors beneath the surface. I think the same goes for mental health.
The Guide to Breakups
By: Lauren Brose ‘15
For everyone who’s gone through one before… breakups suck. It’s as if your best friend dropped from the face of the planet and now, suddenly, you no longer have that go-to person to talk to about everything. I am in no way a relationship expert as I have been fortunate enough to have only experienced a breakup once. Still, I remember the awkward period of time where I had no idea what to do with myself— or, as I now put it, my newfound freedom. There’s a number of things that I recommend doing as well as not. I’m not ashamed to admit that revamping my life after nearly 3 years of being in a relationship was pretty scary at first. But, with a new mentality and my real best friends by my side, I was able to experience my best year ever.
Water You Up To Tonight?
By: Lauren Brose ‘15
High-fructose corn syrup, fructose, fruit juice concentrates, honey, syrup, corn syrup, sucrose, dextrose…. These are all fancy synonyms for an ingredient we all know too well: sugar. Gatorade, Snapple, soda and fruit juices all contain one or more of the previous empty-calorie sweeteners. Drinking too many sugary drinks can contribute to being overweight or obese as well as a variety of other adverse health effects. It’s addictive, bad for your teeth, has no nutritional value, can lead to diabetes and raises your cholesterol. If you’re looking for a quick way to cut calories or if you’re trying to spruce up your diet, cut out these beverages and substitute it with water.
Feeling Stressed? Here’s Some Advice!
By: Lauren Brose ‘15
That awkwardly freaky moment when your insides are about to explode because you feel like you currently don’t have a very tight grasp on anything in your life. I’ve been there, you’ve been there, we’ve all been there– many times.