By: Michael Boyle ‘18

To help students lower stress level during this hectic finals season, the office of wellness and health promotion brought some cuddly study buddies to campus. Trojans 360 caught the whole experience on video!

By: Samantha Romero ‘16

With the summer heat settling in, here’s an LA guide to 8 must-try ice cream shops. They’ll help you survive the heat waves one scoop at a time.

By: Ayman Siraj ‘18

It’s funny that in my native mother tongue of Bangla there is no word for ‘Hello!’ When I’m writing in English, my brain is thinking in Bangla while my hands translate to English. On that note, Hello! My name is Ayman and I’m a sophomore majoring in Chemical Engineering with a Nanotechnology emphasis and Cyber Security specialization (I know that is a mouthful). I’m stoked to be blogging for Trojans 360 and would like to thank Andrea & Felicia for giving me the opportunity to do so.

By: Emily Young MA ‘16

Class of 2016, we have 16 days till our hats are in the air. Here’s 16 ways how to make them count:

By: Sydney Fishman ‘16

Hello fellow USC students! My name is Sydney Fishman. I’m a senior majoring in Environmental Studies, and I am also a Student Worker at the Office for Wellness and Health Promotion. Whether you’re a freshman finishing up your first year of college, or a seasoned senior looking ahead toward your next steps, we all have finals season ahead of us. For many like myself, it’s challenging to stay well during the last few weeks of school—you stay up too late, don’t eat well, and feel generally “blah.”

By: Holly Liu ‘17

This is where I present to you some of my top must do events for the upcoming week! This is the last week of class…you know what that means. DOOM. Jokes, as the semester comes to an end, make sure to buckle down and study. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have some last minute fun before crunch time swings around! This is probably my last post for this semester so until next time!

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

When I moved into my Casa Compartida in the Palermo barrio of Buenos Aires, I knew nothing about the house or the neighborhood- my friend Katy did all the hunting and I just showed up with cash for the deposit at the address she sent me. Of course, my parents immediately asked me about the location. “Is it safe?” I think so. “Is it clean?” I wouldn’t eat off the floor. “Are you close to campus?” Not in the traditional sense of the word…

By: Samantha Romero ‘16

(1) Avoid Plastic Bottles: Sure, this may be the most convenient option when you’re on the go but you should consider the negative impact of plastic bottles. According to onegreenplanet.org, studies have proven that plastic has a negative impact on humans, animals and the environment…

By: Kelly Kinas ‘16

Yo, Anonymous! First off, Congratulations on applying, getting in, and choosing USC!! Welcome to the Trojan Family! Housing freshman year is really… interesting. In my experience, finding a roommate online is kind of like online dating. People put themselves out there and you can either put yourself out there and wait for someone to contact you or look through all the people and reach out to people. It depends on what you want to do.

By: Michael Boyle ‘18

Last Saturday, a series of films were screened seeing if USC students could make better films in 24 hours than the notoriously awful filmmaker Ed Wood could his entire life. Trojans 360 was there to capture the results.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

Last weekend I set several alarms for 3 AM Friday morning, strapped on my massive backpack filled to the brim with assorted snacks and jackets, double-checked I had my passport, and hopped into a taxi with my friend and fellow Trojan, Francesca, for our obscenely early flight (saving some moola, gaining some time) to El Calafate in the southern part of Argentina, a region called Patagonia. It may come as a surprise to some of you that your trendy-yet-functional-cold-weather-Patagonia-brand gear is named after a real place, but I can now officially confirm this fact first-hand and let me tell you, it sure is a beauty.

By: Grace Carballo ‘17

I entered USC as an Undecided Major and I hope to exit triumphantly next spring with 2 majors and 2 minors, pending how some of my abroad credits transfer in. Though I do not work in the Admissions Office, I do in fact, know almost all of the majors USC offers simply because I’ve considered declaring most of them.