By: Emily Young MA ‘16

If you were not at the USC Zombie Run this past Friday, you missed out!

By: Kelly Kinas ‘17

With Parent’s Weekend coming up, Kelly has some ideas on how to make it the best weekend possible.

By: Lauren Brose ‘15

During college, there is so much uncertainty with what the future holds— Not knowing if you’ll get a job, not knowing where will it be, and asking yourself “what’s next for me?” is a daunting experience. I came to this realization my sophomore year. It became clear to me then that I needed to do whatever it took to put myself in a good spot for a job upon graduation. That was when I decided my life is 100% about my goals. I’m sure many of us desire accomplishing a number of specific things before 30 such as traveling the world or moving up quickly in the working world. These aspirations truly reflect who we are as people; therefore, we owe ourselves this time to fully discover who we really are.

By: Emily Young MA ‘16

This week I choose to tackle the resume after attending an Annenberg Real World 101 Workshop on Building a Winning Resume and Cover Letter featuring Annenberg alumni Whitney Blaine. Whitney recently wrote a a book titled “Stop Doing What you Should” that explains some of the common misconceptions millennials purse in their career development. One of the main topics in her book is improving your resume.

By: Kelly Kinas ‘17

Professors. We all have them. We’ve had the good, the bad, the ugly, the monotone, the foreign accent, the adorable. The crazy thing is how none of us really keep in contact with them after we take the final.

By: Emily Young MA ‘16

The USC Graduate School Fair is this Thursday, October 15th, along Trousdale from 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM. Attend the fair to learn more about graduate school, and receive information from over 75 schools including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, UCLA, and USC.

By: Lauren Brose ‘15

Do you remember what made you want to become a Trojan? For me it was my health class in 2010. My teacher (who was undeniably the coolest) from high school was a Trojan. Naturally, he was the driving force behind why I wanted to become a Trojan myself. He talked about Los Angeles, Greek life, our football team, the Trojan Family, and the insanely fun sh*t he did with his friends because let’s face it, USC is AWESOME. For half a year, I heard the most legendary tales of his days as a college student at the greatest school on earth.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted and I’m not really sure where to begin exactly, but drawing from The Sound of Music, let’s start from the very beginning, the beginning is the place to start.

By: AnnaLiese Burich ‘17

Museums: they’re either something you love or you hate. Or, you don’t like them but pretend you do to maintain your #artsy hipster and persona. Me? I love them. I especially love modern art; for a hot second last year, my dream job was to be the curator of the MoMA in New York. I used to be an art history major, so when I go to museums I don’t see random doodles on a white wall. When I see a black canvas, I don’t think to myself “Psh, I could have done that,” but instead of the rich layers of meaning associated with it, both historical and symbolical.

By: Kelly Kinas ‘17

As a lover of horror films and scares, my friends and I have visited many theme parks during the month of October. I am here to help your through the struggle of figuring out which theme park or halloween theme attractions to visit this October. Let the scaring COMMENCE!

By: Emily Young MA ‘16

It’s hard to stay calm and focused when one test is worth 35% of your grade. It’s even worse when you have four tests and a paper due all in the next two weeks.

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.