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The Flavors of Change in Tepoztlan By Sarah Sophia Yanni   “Barriga llena, corazon content.” Spanish for “full stomach, happy heart”, the words of my family still echo. On over a dozen occasions during my childhood, we ventured from our Los Angeles home across the border to Mexico. With a shy but eager smile on my face, I always asked for seconds. Traveling to … [Read more...] about The Flavors of Change in Tepoztlan By Sarah Sophia Yanni

  The Southern California oil boom of 1900-1930, particularly near Los Angeles, was an age of phenomenal allure and cataclysmic consequences. Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood, represents the epoch of oil, emphasizing the religious context of the oil boom. Anderson dramatizes historical events to expose an oil religion, a juxtaposition of religion and oil that … [Read more...] about Everyday I Drink the Blood of Lamb

Sina Torabi is a graduating senior majoring in Biological Sciences with minors in Health Care Studies and Economics. He has been heavily involved in various research projects while at USC, working in Dr. Norman Arnheim’s genetics lab, as well as at CHLA’s Otolaryngology Department. He has also been involved with campus organizations, such as USC’s Chalk the Block … [Read more...] about Medicine: Advanced by Diversity

Rachel Lu is currently a sophomore in the Leventhal School of Accounting, with plans of graduating in May 2018. Skipping her senior year of high school, she entered the University of Southern California through the Resident Honors Program and is currently a presidential scholar. On campus, Rachel is an active member of Accounting Society and involved in Volunteer Income Tax … [Read more...] about Counterproductive Warnings: College Students Benefit from Contact Over Circumvention

Mark Lee is a senior graduating from the University of Southern California in May 2016 with a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Psychology.  While at SC, Mark developed a keen passion for social impact as a board member of the Los Angeles Community Impact group, a pro-bono consulting student organization that helps nonprofits and small businesses.  Mark volunteers … [Read more...] about Hypermasculine Homosexual Heterosexuals