By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If you are still around campus this weekend and feel a little homesick or miss your family, don’t worry- there are lots of opportunities to celebrate Easter with your Trojan Family and maybe make some new memories.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If you’re looking to impress someone with all USC has to offer, take them to the SCA Comedy Live Show this Friday! If you’re looking to really impress them, take them there in one of the free Ubers we now have at our disposal.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

While many think of Madness and painstakingly-crafted brackets (to no avail, in my case) when they think of March, here at USC, this month has been chock full of EdMonth and an impressive array of guest speakers. Last night, I had the pleasure of learning about the World’s Education Superpower…

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

Break probably came and went too quickly and now you find yourself back at school to face the responsibilities you may have neglected or even forgotten entirely. The workload might be intimidating to tackle, but if not now, then when? Finals end and summer begins in a mere 52 days which is ample time to be productive and fun.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

There’s a tried and true saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” This bit of wisdom does not, however, advise, “When life gives you lemons, tell everyone how your whole life is tainted with a distinctly acidic lemon flavor and how you are just so burdened by the weight of these lemons and that their lemons could not possibly compare to the lemons you’ve been dealing with.”

By: Grace Carballo ’ 17

On Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending USC’s 19th Annual Ed Wood Film Festival. Getting the chance to show your visiting friends the beauty of the film school itself is one thing, but getting to show them some of the talent of its students is another entirely. The red carpet, assorted cookies, and the general ambience of the Radisson (unrivaled ice water) didn’t hurt, either.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

With consistently ideal weather and plenty of events and adventures available every single day, it is easy to forget the responsibilities that go hand-in-hand with higher education. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, with the unlimited swipes meal plan freshman year, life was basically an all-inclusive resort. Until of course, midterms roll around and reality rears its ugly head.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If you can remember these 6 things with seemingly little correlation, your hygiene will be adequate and your life, relatively purposeful. That’s all anyone can really ask of you anyway.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If you haven’t heard of Diddy Riese, I can safely assume that you are not from around here, are a freshman, and/or do not have access to a car on campus. Also, I feel I should clarify it doesn’t have anything to do with P. Diddy, though like my girl Kesha, I often wake up feeling like he does. Fear not, college is a learning experience, and I am here to teach you what’s what.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If you saw a fair amount of people with dirty foreheads on Wednesday, you aren’t crazy.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

If there is one thing I like more than watching a movie it is watching a movie during a class. And if there is one thing I like even more than that, it is watching a movie created by a USC graduate. So naturally I was thrilled when last Wednesday night, my Advanced Screenwriting (CTWR 415A) class went to the Visions and Voices Screening of Llyn Foulkes: One Man Band, Tamar Halpern’s first feature-length documentary film.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

On Friday, or Valentine’s Day Eve some might choose to say, I attended USC’s annual performance of The Vagina Monologues at Ground Zero. I went into it with very little prior knowledge about the show itself and left with tremendous respect for the performers, organizers, and even the audience. Oh, and of course, vaginas.