SCampus Student Guidebook

“Ah, brother, that is a problem. Last year’s Greater University Committee, armed with walkie-talkies, stop-watches, and traffic counters, surveyed the traffic and parking situation on campus. 8,502 students completed questionnaires and their replies were transferred to IBM cards for tabulation, from which a lengthy list of recommendations was passed by the Senate and transmitted to the administration.” SCampus 1950-51

David recommends: Expecting Great Things Part of what makes USC great is the expectation and presumption that we are great. That pushes us to better ourselves and our school. I think that’s the real value of the spirit that we have. Making the News The Daily Trojan was the cornerstone of my undergraduate experience. It [...]

Sho recommends:

• A Matter of Courses
  The Catalogue is very useful to get comprehensive information about the campus. I’m studying double bass at the music school as my minor, so I used it to find out the right courses the music school offers.
• Keeping It Brief
  I liked the legal writing class. For international students, it’s very hard at first to make a composition in English, because English is not our first language. But during that course, we submitted several drafts of legal writings. The comments were very useful and really improved not only my professional legal writing, but also my emails, which became very Americanized.
• International Flavors
  I like Los Angeles’ international atmosphere. For international students, it’s very worrisome to study abroad without our own foods or our own cultures. There are a lot of Japanese food restaurants and Japanese bookstores so we cannot be homesick. We can also enjoy other cultures, such as Mexican or Koreatown or Chinatown.
• From Coast to Coast
  I really enjoy traveling around California. I’ve already visited a lot of places such as Las Vegas and Yosemite. I also visited the East Coast — New York and DC. And for the next Thanksgiving holiday, I’m going to visit New Orleans.