By: Lanie Brice ‘24

USC Career Launchpad is your answer to your internship or post-grad job anxieties. For the last couple months, we’ve all been stressing over landing an internship for the summer or landing the perfect post-grad job offer. Figuring out the future is always daunting, and it can be a challenge to curate the perfect resume, make the right connections with people in your field, and have the skillset to stand out.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

In March of this year, I moved across the street from a grocery store, and I realized that I no longer had an excuse to not try new food and make fun, healthy dishes for myself. I’d wanted to explore cooking for a while, but I’d been stuck in a rut of making the same roasted cauliflower and rice on rotation. I have worn the picky eater badge my whole life, and I decided that now would be the perfect time to work on it.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

“You and your group will have to throw a concert as your final exam,” Professor Mike Garcia announced on the first day of MUIN 425. The Live Music Production and Promotion class is either famous or infamous depending on who you ask in the Music Industry program.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

This year, Jonathan Van Ness launched his own Netflix series after finding success on the wildly popular Queer Eye revival.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

Now that it’s spring, touring is back in full force, and there are so many shows coming to the LA area. While there are plenty of huge stars making their way here, I much prefer shows in smaller, more intimate venues. Here’s a sampling of shows I’m super excited about at some of my favorite venues in the city from the El Rey to the Roxy.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

When I was around 14 years old, I found out that I had a pretty severe gluten sensitivity. As a kid who lived off pasta, bread, and cheese in different variations for most of the years leading up to this moment, I was pretty upset to hear I’d never get to eat many of my favorite foods again.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

How is it nearly midterms season? Since I took my first major midterm test yesterday, I figured it was time to share the tips and tricks I’ve gathered that have helped me through high school and college. From organization plans to study methods to essay writing tips, there should be something to aid your midterm journey in whatever form it might take.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

This past weekend, after months of looking forward to it, I finally visited the Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena. It was at the top of my LA bucket list, and I was so excited. Finally going made me realize that even with quite a bit of research, there were still so many things I wish I knew before I decided to go to the market, so I compiled my top tips to hopefully answer any questions you might have about going!

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

Yesterday, I had the chance to sit down over Zoom with Nikhilesh Kumar, the founder of Southern California Healthcare Outreach. This USC organization was created in 2019 with an mission to educate the people of Los Angeles and beyond about healthcare and health insurance from how they can enroll in lower cost options and take advantage of policies to how they become more active in the policy choices around the issues. The club is currently open to applications for the spring term until Saturday February 12th. Here’s my conversation with Nikhilesh on his experience founding this organization, what club members can expect when they join, and the initiatives that he’s most proud of.

By: Lanie Brice ‘22

Over the weekend, I took a field trip over to Downtown LA to explore a new part of the city and stumbled upon the cutest donut shop. On my way back from visiting The Last Bookstore, I looked up and saw a sign for a bakery called Donut Friend.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

Jade rollers have gone in and out of fashion in the beauty world for years since 2018, but after seeing them in one too many YouTube videos recently, I decided I needed to try out the practice for myself. Aside from the claims it promotes lymphatic drainage and might help contour your face, I thought that the cool roller might just be soothing, so I figured I didn’t have much to lose. So, one day at Whole Foods, I gave in and picked a pink jade roller off the shelf and decided to finally give it a try.

By: Lanie Brice ‘24

The start of the new semester always means a major loss of reading momentum for me. I read 15 or so books over the three weeks of holiday break, but I’ll be lucky to read 15 over the course of the entire semester. I maybe get to five. We all have to do so much reading for classes that it’s easy to let the joy of reading evaporate. I’ve compiled a list of 5 books that range from romance to general fiction to essays to YA and nonfiction to hopefully inspire you to keep reading for fun even as the semester gets busy.