136 Ways to Celebrate USC’s Birthday
By Cole Sullivan ‘18
Today is USC’s 136th birthday and that means we need to celebrate. But how, you ask, can we celebrate the birthday of the University? Well…I have some ideas. 136 to be exact:
1.Happy birthday shake at Ground Zero
2. Yell “Fight on!” at a tour guide
3. Purchase USC gear at the bookstore
4. Wander the halls of the Cinema School, looking for all the signatures of stars you recognize on the posters on the walls
5. Spot a campus celebrity
6. Spot a real celebrity
7. Accidentally walk into a film shoot on campus
8. Swim a lap in the pool
9. Watch from the tanning deck as someone swims a lap in the pool
10. Name all 5 traits of a Trojan
11. Read the Daily Trojan
12. Sing “U-C-L-A sucks!” with the marching band
13. Watch the sun rise from Leavey Library
14. Go to TroGro
15. Study on McCarthy Quad
16. Count all of USC’s fountains
17. Get told by DPS to not play in the fountains
18. Mourn the loss of the Finger Fountain (RIP)
19. Photoshoot from the top of a parking garage with DTLA backdrop
20. Watch TV in Wallis Annenberg Hall
21. Pose with the Heismans
22. Climb on top of the Traveler statue
23. Give directions to a lost visitor
24. Almost get hit by a bike
25. Actually get hit by a bike
26. Almost hit someone with your bike
27. Actually hit someone with your bike
28. Get lost in the Doheny stacks
29. Kick the flagpoles
30. Eat at all the dining halls
31. Regret going to EVK
32. Go to Parkside instead
33. See improv at Ground Zero
34. Say hi to President Nikias
35. Take a dance class in PED
36. See a show at the Shrine
37. 136 shots at the 9-0?
38. Eat an ice cream sandwich at Cream
39. Make a new friend
40. Watch USC’s soccer team play
41. Cheer on the Trojans
42. Eat Mexican from La Taquiza
43. Falafel from Bella Pita
44. Margaritas at La Barca
45. Pizza at Blaze
46. And burgers from In and Out
47. Enter a food coma
48. Bleed cardinal and gold
49. Pull a prank on UCLA
50. Fend off a retaliatory prank
51. Check out the new wellness dog
52. Get some free sunscreen from the health center
53. Pose with George Tirebiter
54. Instagram from the Doheny steps
55. Party it up in New/North
56. Study at Parkside
57. Count the flags at VKC
58. Go to an event at Bovard
59. Eat Nikki Nikias’ baklava
60. Get on the USC Campus Snapstory
61. Tapingo Starbucks
62. Buy ALL the mac and cheese at Lemonade
63. Get lost trying to find your car in a parking garage
64. Hang out in the sculpture garden behind the Architecture School
65. Go to the Fisher Museum of Art
66. Eat at the new Fertitta Hall (my friend Brad recommends the Bao Buns)
67. Participate in open mic night at Ground Zero
68. Take a nap in the Viterbi Courtyard
69. Go to Whitney Alumni House (the original site of the University)
70. See a Football game at the Coliseum
71. Tailgate on the Row
72. Do your best impression of a Song Girl dance routine
73. Late night Spudnuts run
74. Study in the beautiful Philosophy Library
75. Go to the beach!
76. Take the Expo Line to LA Live
77. See a movie
78. Count the number of USC alums in the credits!
79. Dance at the Kaufman school
80. Admire the flowers outside Argue Plaza
81. Take your parents to Morton Fig
82. Have them pay
83. Grab lunch with a professor at the University Club
84. Take in a baseball game at Dedeaux Field
85. And a basketball (or volleyball) game at the Galen Center
86. Admire the roses in Exposition Park
87. Check out the space shuttle at the Science Center
88. Work out at the Lyon Center
89. Run the track at Crowell Field
90. Find someone who goes to the Davis School of Gerontology
91. Ask them what Gerontology means
92. Watch a live TV broadcast at Trojan Vision
93. Spot a friend on Tommy Cam
94. Get great deals on tickets at the USC ticket office
95. Wait in line at Seeds
96. Give up on the line at Seeds
97. Go to Habit instead
98. See a movie at Norris
99. See a play at Bing
100. Hear your tour guide friend tell the story of the fountain between Norris and Bing for the hundredth time
101. Admire the new University Village
102. Dream about the day Trader Joe’s will be that close to campus
103. Go to a Hillel Shabbat dinner
104. Forget to lock your bike
105. Have it stolen
106. Walk down Bloom Walk in the fall
107. Dodge activists on Child’s Way
108. Run onto the field at a football game
109. Update your resume at the Career Center
110. Curse the construction that always seems to make you late for class
111. Ride a hoverboard
112. Have people laugh at you for riding a hoverboard
113. Happy hour at the 9-0
114. Admire the ancient documents at the USC Library’s Special Collection
115. Go to yoga at the USC Religious Center
116. Volunteer in the USC Community with Kicks for Kids
117. Get stuck in traffic on the 10
118. Go to an event at Town and Gown
119. Open an account with USC Credit Union
120. Get a Trojan Bowl at Nekter
121. Sunbathe between classes on McCarthy Quad
122. Join the intramural Quidditch team
123. Name your favorite USC Alum
124. Go to trivia at Tommy’s Place
125. Get a drink after class at Traddies
126. Take yearbooks photos at El Rodeo
127. Make the photo proofs your profile picture
128. Embroider your graduation sash with a joke only your best friends will understand
129. Take a picture with the real-life Traveler
130. Go to Conquest
131. Beat the Bruins
132. Check out the Wrigley Institute—USC’s Catalina Campus
133. Hang out with an Olympic Gold Medalist (there are 135 of them!)
134. Cheer the Trojan Marching Band
135. Drive your friends crazy talking about how much you love ‘SC
136. Fight on!
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