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Writers block? Maybe. Disimpassioned? Certainly not. I recall when I first joined USC Scribe and selected the topic for my blog that I would publish each week. I was thrilled and excited to write about issues like women’s rights, children’s rights and gender topics. Week after week I’ve researched and produced works on these issues but in recent weeks I have begun to want to … [Read more...] about Writers block? Maybe. Disimpassioned? Certainly not.

  In medical school, students are trained to practice medicine in a relatively controlled environment. The medications and technology required for proper patient care are usually available, and there are many other physicians nearby if assistance is required. This is essentially the opposite of providing medical care in an area of active combat. The medical crews … [Read more...] about Trust Me, I’m Premed: Combat Medicine

  As an Austin resident, I watched plenty of ads on TV with politicians talking about how they would be tough on immigration (usually with a gun in front of a long, menacing fence).  Illegal immigrants are a menacing, mooching population in Texas. Currently, in Texas, legislators are trying to repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students. Currently, in … [Read more...] about Invasion Upon Our Shores: Higher Education’s Closing Door

It’s the stuff of nightmares; it’s the scenario you think you’ll only watch in the fictional world of Law and Order or Criminal Minds. This past month a woman viewed a video on the news of a young woman being raped by four men on a beach in Florida while onlookers did nothing, some even cheering and others taking pictures. The nightmare hits when the woman realizes the person … [Read more...] about Public Displays of Atrocity

Language, and race, subsequently, often serve as a source of comfort and community amongst others in a new environment. It can be witnessed within universities, as foreign students tend to commemorate their college experience amongst those who they deem they are most similar to by virtue of a common language. It can also be witnessed in the happenings of everyday life: humans … [Read more...] about Psychological Phenomena: Language and Groups: The Dichotomy of Race at Urth Caffe