By XIAOWEN LIANG If you are interested in art, I think the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is your best choice. MOCA, which was founded in 1979, is the only contemporary art museum in Los Angeles. There are different kinds of exhibitions; you can see many famous artists’ works in MOCA. When walking towards their creation, people may sense dif- ferent expressions: a space may make you feel like it is a shelter for the soul, the center where brainstorming is happening, or a space which sits right in the middle of the world of reality and hyper-reality. Contact with artists and appre- ciation of their works may change the viewer’s perspective of the world, or may broaden the audience’s vision. Today the museum is housed in three facilities: MOCA Grand Avenue; The Geffen Contempo- rary at MOCA (formerly the Temporary Contemporary) in Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Holly- wood. Current Exhibitions: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty works for fifty states at MOCA 02.20.13-03.11.13 Please see MOCA on p. 3 for more information about current exhibits. Movie in Hollywood Friday, March 8, 2013 from 2:30- 9:00pm (meet at JEF at 3:30pm) Please note that the meeting time has changed due to the movie showtime. Come with Language Academy staff to the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame for a movie, sight-seeing and a great time. We will be watching OZ the Great and Powerful at the El Capitan Theatre. Shopping at the Citadel Friday, March 15, 2013 from 1:30- 6:00pm (meet at JEF at 1:30pm) Only in Los Angeles can you drive to an Assyrian palace to buy blue jeans and leather goods! Citadel Outlets, Los Angeles' only outlet center, has the distinct honor to be located behind an Assyrian Castle wall. It has over 115 stores and restaurants. Sign-up for this activity on Friday from 12:00-1:00pm. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Language Labs M/W 2 Language Labs T/Th 3 Kobe Bryant 4 Motivating Employees 5 Reading Speed 5 Oral Skills Students 6 This Week’s Photos 6 U PCOMING A CTIVITIES The Academy News MARCH 8, 2013 VOLUME 56, ISSUE 7 Check out The Academy News online at www.usc.edu/ langacad.Go to “Student Infor- mation” and then click on “The Academy News.” The Museum of Contemporary Art is nationally recognized for its permanent col- lection of paintings, drawing, and sculpture. It is a short walk from Union Station. Friday’s activity pictures on pp. 2 & 6
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By XIAOWEN LIANG
If you are
interested in art,
I think the
Museum of
Contemporary
Art (MOCA) is
your best choice.
MOCA, which was founded in
1979, is the only contemporary
art museum in Los Angeles.
There are different kinds of
exhibitions; you can see many
famous artists’ works in MOCA.
When walking towards their
creation, people may sense dif-
ferent expressions: a space may
make you feel like it is a shelter
for the soul, the center where
brainstorming is happening, or a
space which sits right in the
middle of the world of reality
and hyper-reality.
Contact with artists and appre-
ciation of their works may
change the viewer’s perspective
of the world, or may broaden
the audience’s vision.
Today the museum is housed
in three facilities: MOCA Grand
Avenue; The Geffen Contempo-
rary at MOCA (formerly the
Temporary Contemporary) in
Little Tokyo, and MOCA Pacific
Design Center in West Holly-
wood.
Current Exhibitions:
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Collection: Fifty works for fifty
states at MOCA
02.20.13-03.11.13 Please see MOCA on p. 3 for more
information about current exhibits.
Movie in Hollywood Friday, March 8, 2013 from 2:30-9:00pm (meet at JEF at 3:30pm) Please note that the meeting time has changed due to the movie showtime. Come with Language Academy staff to the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame for a movie, sight-seeing and a great time. We will be watching OZ the Great and Powerful at the El Capitan Theatre.
Shopping at the Citadel Friday, March 15, 2013 from 1:30-6:00pm (meet at JEF at 1:30pm) Only in Los Angeles can you drive to an Assyrian palace to buy blue jeans and leather goods! Citadel Outlets, Los Angeles' only outlet center, has the distinct honor to be located behind an Assyrian Castle wall. It has over 115 stores and restaurants. Sign-up for this activity on Friday from 12:00-1:00pm.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Language
Labs M/W
2
Language
Labs T/Th
3
Kobe
Bryant
4
Motivating
Employees
5
Reading
Speed
5
Oral Skills
Students
6
This Week’s
Photos
6
UP C O M I N G AC T I V I T I E S
The Academy News M A R C H 8 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 5 6 , I S S U E 7 Check out The
Academy News online at
www.usc.edu/
langacad.Go to
“Student Infor-
mation” and
then click on
“The Academy
News.”
The Museum of Contemporary Art is nationally recognized for its permanent col-
lection of paintings, drawing, and sculpture. It is a short walk from Union Station.
Friday’s activity
pictures on pp. 2 & 6
P A G E 2
Reading Power
(Levels 1-3): Do you want to become a better, faster reader? Attend this lab to get tips and tricks on how to improve your reading skills. IELTS Preparation
(Levels 3-6): Learn how to do well on the IELTS exam. Writing an “A” Paper
(Levels 3-4): Make your writing more sophisticated by using research. Learn how to use research in your writing to effectively support your ideas.
Conversation Groups:
Practice speaking English by level with USC students. This is an interactive discussion in which you will participate in groups about several interesting topics. This is your opportunity to practice and to ask questions to native English speakers. To sign up, go to www.usc.edu/
langacad Click on “Student
Information” Click on “Current
Students” Click on
“Language Labs”
Monday, March 11
Time Location Description Facilitator
11-12pm
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 1 & 2
Rachel USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 3 & 4
TBD USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 5 & 6
Blaire USC Student
12-1pm
GFS 229 IELTS Prep Lab (Levels 2 & 3)
James Hutzell Instructor
GFS 228 GRE/GMAT (Levels 4, 5 & 6)
Jeminah Espinoza Instructor
GFS113 Writing an “A” Paper (Levels 3 & 4)
Heather Robertson Instructor
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 1 & 2
Belen USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 3 & 4
Rachel USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 5 & 6
Luke USC Student
Wednesday, March 13
Time Location Description Facilitator
11-12pm
KAP 166 Reading Power (Levels 1, 2 & 3)
Nevena Fairclough Instructor
12-1pm
GFS 228 Reading Power (Levels 1, 2 & 3)
Nevena Fairclough Instructor
GFS 229 IELTS Prep Lab (Levels 2 & 3)
James Hutzell Instructor
GFS 113 Statement of Purpose (Levels 4, 5 & 6)
Marisa Garcia-Crocker
Instructor
Weeks 7, 8, 9, 10
Levels 3 & 4 Writing an A Paper Make your writing more sophisticated by using research. Learn how to
use research in your writing to effectively support your ideas.
P A G E 3
Reading Power (Levels
1-3): Do you want to become a better, faster reader? Attend this lab to get tips and tricks on how to improve your reading skills. Statement of Purpose
Workshop (Levels 4-6): Learn how to write an amazing SOP for graduate school. GRE/GMAT Preparation
(Levels 4-6): Find out the best ways to succeed on the new exam IELTS Preparation
(Levels 3-6): Learn how to do well on the IELTS exam. Conversation Groups:
Practice speaking English by level with USC students. This is an interactive discussion in which you will participate in groups about several interesting topics. This is your opportunity to practice and to ask questions to native English speakers. To sign up for Language Labs, go to www.usc.edu/langacad Click on “Student
Information” Click on “Current
Students” Click on “Language
Labs”
Tuesday, March 12
Time Location Description Facilitator
11-12pm
MRF 206 IELTS Prep Lab (Levels 2 & 3)
James Hutzell Instructor
GFS 220 Statement of Purpose (Levels 4, 5 & 6)
Marisa Garcia-Crocker
Instructor
THH 205 GRE/GMAT (Levels 4, 5 & 6)
Jeminah Espinoza Instructor
GFS 212 Writing an “A” Paper (Levels 3 & 4)
Heather Robertson Instructor
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 1 & 2
Anastasia USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 3 & 4
Jackie USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 5 & 6
Renee USC Student
12-1pm
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 1 & 2
Blaire USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 3 & 4
Renee USC Student
JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 5 & 6
Anastasia USC Student
Thursday, March 14
Time Location Description Facilitator
11-12pm
THH 107 IELTS Prep Lab (Levels 2 & 3)
James Hutzell Instructor
Spring Forward! Daylight Savings Time 2013
Daylight Savings Times starts at 2AM on this Sunday, March 10th! Before you go to bed Saturday night or when you wake up Sunday morning, be sure to move your clock ahead one hour. If you don't you will be an hour late to everything on Sunday!! For example, 11pm will become 12pm. If you have a smart-phone, this will be done automatically!
P A G E 4
American Culture
Kobe Bryant: Black Mambo
Photo Album: Language Academy stu-dents had fun with bumper cars at last Friday’s activ-ity. See p. 6 for more pics.
By LORA SONBOL
Kobe Bryant is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National basketball Association. His nickname is “Black Mamba”.
Kobe Bean Bryant was born on Aug 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the young-est of three children, and he is the only son. He speaks three languages: English, Italian, and Spanish.
In November 1999, when he was 21 years old, he met Vanessa Laine, who was 17 years old. She was working as a background dancer on the Tha Easeidaz music video. He was in the building working on his first musical album, which was never released.
They dated and became engaged six months later on May 2000. They married in April 2001. He has two daughters. He entered the NBA directly from high school. He has played
for the Lakers his entire career. He has won five NBA champion-ships. He enjoyed playing bas-ketball when he was in high school. He was the top basket-ball player in the country.
Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in the league to
reach 30,000 career points. He has been selected to start every all-star game. He has won the all-star MVP (Most valuable player) four times-2002, 200, 2009 and 2011-making him the most all-star MVP award in NBA history. Sporting news and TNT named him the top NBA player of the 2000s.
In 2006 Kobe scored a career high 81 points against Toronto Raptors, the second highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history.
In 2012, Kobe signed a two- year endorsement deal with Turkish Airlines. In 2012, he shot commercial for Turkish Airlines with FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi.
Reference Kobe Bryant. Wikipedia. Re-
trieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant
Kobe Bryant has won the All-Star Most Valuable Player award four times.
Top: Kuwaitis celebrated their Independence Day on February 25. Right: Language Academy students played golf and drove around a racetrack during Friday’s activity.
Beginning Level, Level 1 & 2
Oral Skills Students
Want to practice your English during Spring
Break? Want to practice your oral skills in an interview
setting?
English language teachers need your help!
The USC Language Center is looking for volunteers to do
up to two interviews on Thursday, March 21st and Fri-
day, March 22nd. The interviews will be about 10 min-
utes long, and it will help English language teachers
practice placing students into appropriate levels based
on speaking skills.
If you are interested, please contact the USC Language