Luodanni Chen is an international student from Shanghai, China majoring in International Relations, and minoring in Psychology. She is currently spending the spring semester of her junior year in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. The research project she is working on is about the impact of Scottish independence referendum on its status in the European … [Read more...] about The European Union vs. China as Global Actors – Focusing on African Perceptions
Archives for March 2014
Chasing the Unicorn: Otherworldly Love
There's something fishy about the way that storytellers generally construct gender and sexual identities within the realms of sci-fi and fantasy. For fantasy, more oftentimes than not, gendered constructions are old-school, even, dare I say, medieval. For sci-fi, this is where you find society streamlining into a more androgynous "look," as everything is sleeker, shinier, more … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Otherworldly Love
One Nation Under Who?: Pope Francis the Rebel
Pope Francis has been Pope for little over a year. As the head of one of the largest institutions in the world, his message has softened the general tone of the Catholic Church as he attempts to reorient the Church to speaking less about social issues. Opinions around the world of the pope were high from the beginning of his papacy, and even now, approximately eighty-five … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Pope Francis the Rebel
Science, Censorship, and Security: Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 and the Dual Use Dilemma”
Otana Jakpor is a senior double majoring in Global Health and Biological Sciences, with plans to matriculate into medical school in the fall. When she is not happily harmonizing with Overflow A Cappella or dutifully delving into rigorous readings, she enjoys injecting as much alliteration as practically possible into her prose (frequently to her friends’ … [Read more...] about Science, Censorship, and Security: Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 and the Dual Use Dilemma”
Girls on Film: “New Girl” Writer’s Room
Tonight, a few key members of the writing staff for "New Girl" came to talk to cinema students as a part of the Comedy@SCA program at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The panel included: Liz Meriwether (Creator and Executive Producer), Co-Showrunners/Writers/Executive Producers Brett Baer and Dave Finkel, and Writer/Co-Producers Nina Pedrad and Rebecca Addelman. I have only … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: “New Girl” Writer’s Room