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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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Post-Finals Recovery Guide
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
Late night studying for finals and stress can take a toll on your immune system, so here’s a simple post-finals recovery guide to get you ready for summer.
Tips On How to De-Stress before Finals
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
It’s that time of the semester again where after a sweet long break the end of the semester workload and finals pressure approaches. Here are some tips on how to turn that stress into success!
5 Local Fitness Studios in LA
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
If you’re looking to de-stress and find your inner balance then this is the studio for you. I love Radha Yoga because it’s proximity to USC and it’s location next to Nature’s Brew, one of my favorite local cafes. The studio is also a place of tranquility with natural lighting from the multiple windows that allows fresh air to breeze on through the studio. It’s a definitely must-try experience even if you are new to yoga…
8 Quick Grab and Go Breakfast Ideas for Students
By: Samantha Romero ‘16
You’re rushing to class only once you are re there an annoying stomach grumble reminds you that you forgot to eat breakfast again. We’ve all been there!
Loving Yourself Is More Important Than You Think
By: Judy Lee ‘17
We all hear the term “self-love” thrown around a lot these days. Most times, it’s a term used to encapsulate nice things you can do for yourself that make you happy. Now, before I move any further with this: yes, it is very important to do things that make you happy. However, I feel as if it runs much deeper than that. Self-love, to me, is also a lot about healing yourself and finding calm.
Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Pursue A Relationship
By: Judy Lee ‘17
Relationships—especially in college—are an endeavor on their own. As a converging point for so many different people and for so many different disciplines, it’s a lot of things on your plate. Because of its reputation for bringing couples together, sometimes the pressure can get to you in a way it didn’t before. If you’re feeling iffy about a situation regarding being in a committed relationship with someone, make sure you ask yourself these questions as part of your consideration:
4 Ways To Beat Jetlag
By: Judy Lee ‘17
As classes start back up, it sucks to tackle jetlag on top of classes. After an 8-hour flight, here are some realizations I’ve had that may help you the next time you have important stuff to do after you land. Sometimes you just gotta:
Things You Should Know Before Going into a 24 Hour Technology Blackout
By: Kelly Kinas ‘16
Have you guys ever seen that Little Caesar’s commercial where the dad says “We’re going offffff the grid” and they turn into a caveman family? If not, I think I described it pretty accurately. If you have, we both watch too much television. Either way, this is what I assumed a 24 hour technology/media would be like and I was scared. I couldn’t check FACEBOOK. I couldn’t watch FOOTBALL. I couldn’t watch NETFLIX. What is a millennial to do?
5 Easy Steps To A Healthier You
By: Judy Lee ‘17
1. Get sleep done—the right way: despite what everyone says, we all have individual sleep needs. Some of us can survive off 6 hours and feel groggy after 10, and some will be the opposite. Take a week to learn how you fare at different hours and stick to the one that gives you the best rest. Keep in mind that most sleep cycles are completed within 1.5 hours. So, for me, I generally need around 7.5 hours to feel rested…
Self Care: Making Yourself Your Top Priority
By: Lauren Brose ‘15
This year, my primary focus is my happiness. The first step to achieving this is by making your needs a top priority. A lot goes into your overall health and wellness and I feel that a blog post dedicated to this topic is long overdue. I am all about finding that inner-bliss and through these habits— many of which I have personally adopted over the past year— I can attest to what I’m saying. A healthy lifestyle is exactly that: a lifestyle.
Health & Fitness Apps You Must Try
By: Judy Lee ‘17
1. Charity Miles: Open app, run, donate to charity free of charge to you—simple as that. The way it works is that big companies sponsor everyone using the app and donates on your behalf given that you run/walk/cycle for it. Although you’re not going to get much per run (more or less $0.31/mi), it will really add up over time and will benefit a long list of charities of your choice! A great way to better yourself and better the world at the same time…
This Blog Post Has Been Inspired by Me Getting Sick (Again)
By: Lauren Brose ‘15
I’m bad luck when it comes to getting sick. Two weeks ago, I took the initiative and got a flu shot mainly because I knew it’d make my mom happy. 48 hours later I was checking myself into the emergency room so I can get hooked up to an IV because I had a bad reaction to the vaccine. Accompanied by a dead arm that reminded me of the days when I got into fights with my older brother, I had a migraine headache, fever and a bacterial infection where the shot was administered. After a week of taking antibiotics, I was free from illness. This only lasted me a week at best. So here I am, sniffling, as I sit here writing this blog post because now I have been blessed with the common cold.