The Academy News - April 12, 2013

By ALIBEK BISSEMBAYEV

Our trip to one of the most

vibrant areas of Los Angeles,

Santa Monica, began with the

Getty Villa Museum. It was a

nice and pleasant place to spend

time. I would like to talk about

not the founder of this museum,

but about the sculptures and

monuments, which are part of

the heritage of Los Angeles. It is

impossible to describe every-

thing in one article the paintings

and the sculptures that we saw.

The J. Paul Getty Museum

inspires curiosity and pleasure in

our understanding of art. Preser-

vation, exhibition and interpreta-

tion of works of art of ancient

Greece and Rome show the his-

torical significance of the contri-

bution of the history of human-

ity as a whole.

It seems to me that the col-

lection has been built through

purchases and gifts of expensive

pieces of art. It is a symbiosis

of ancient Greece and Italy. The

museum includes the atrium,

garden herbs, Roman roads, East

Garden, Temple of Hercules,

and the inner and outer peristyle.

The main building of the

museum is composed of See Getty Museum on p. 4

Disneyland ($45) Saturday, April 20th (9:30am-11:30pm) Come to the happiest place on Earth and build memories with the USC Language Academy! The cost for this activity is $45. There are still spaces but they will not last! Sign-up with Silvia in JEF 200B ASAP!

Santa Monica Pier Friday, April 26th (1:30pm-6:30pm) Join the USC Language Academy at the Santa Monica Pier, an important Southern California landmark! Have fun at the arcade and the rides, and enjoy the beautiful view. This activity is free. Sign ups will begin next Friday, April 19th at 12pm in JEF Courtyard.

TRIP TO GETTY VILLA

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T H I S I S S U E :

Language

Labs

2

Announce-

ments

3

Living in

Los Angeles

4

Los Angeles

Book Fair

5

Learning

How to

5

Important

Notice

6

Events

Calendar

6

U P C O M I N G A C T I V I T I E S

The Academy News A P R I L 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 5 6 , I S S U E 1 1 Check out The

Academy News online at

www.usc.edu/

langacad.Go to

“Student Infor-

mation” and

then click on

“The Academy

News.”

See more about the

Getty Trip on p. 4

Language Academy students visited the Getty Villa last Friday.

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. 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. Developing Your

Writing Style (Levels 1 & 2) Express your ideas clearly and show your personality in your writing and presentations. Learn how to include your views and experience to make your sentences more interesting. To sign up, go to www.usc.edu/

langacad Click on “Student

Information” Click on “Current

Students” Click on

“Language Labs”

Monday, April 15

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 1 & 2

Rachel USC Student

JEF Courtyard Conversation Levels 3 & 4

Liza 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 Developing Your Writing Style (Levels 1 & 2)

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, April 17

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

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, April 16

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 Developing Your Writing Style (Levels 1 &2) 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, April 18

Time Location Description Facilitator

11-12pm

THH 107 IELTS Prep Lab (Levels 2 & 3) James Hutzell

Instructor

Staying for Summer A Session Students who are staying for summer A session will need to pay tuition and service fees by 12pm Wednesday, May 1st. Please see Pam in JEF 201 to pay all fees.

Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM)-sponsored students

If you are staying for summer A, your financial guarantee void date should be June 28th or later. If you are staying for summer A and B, your financial guarantee void date should be August 9th or later. If you need your financial guarantee extended, please see Pam for an enrollment letter.

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Program Notes

By LORA SONBOL

Los Angeles, the largest city of

the state of California, is a very good

place to live. The weather is really

ideal. It’s sunny in the summer, and

mild in the winter; it never snows. It

doesn’t rain a lot.

Also the beaches and the moun-

tain are near by. There are many

beaches like Santa Monica, Venice,

and Manhattan. Also several ski re-

sorts are only two hours from L.A.

There are also many good univer-

sities like USC. Another great thing

in L.A is that the people are from all

over the world. In addition, Los An-

geles has very amazing stores for

shopping, and a lot of fancy restau-

rants.

One of the good things about liv-

ing in L.A. is that there are many ce-

lebrities, so you can see your favorite

one.

Living in L.A. has many disad-

vantages, like the traffic, very expen-

sive life, and it’s a very big city.

However, overall, Los Angeles is

a great city to live.

Getty Villa Offers Glimpse of Greec and Rome continued from p. 1

different sections, each of which pre-

sents a certain period of the cultures of

Greece and Rome. Of course, all the

historical objects, façades, and the val-

ues they represent are from these civili-

zations, and keeping them for us is a

very interesting and colorful moment in

our day. Virtually all visitors were de-

lighted by the small details from plates

and dishes to gigantic statues of Zeus,

Hera, and other Greek gods.

Most of all I liked the exhibits of

jewels. For example, I never thought

that the ancient Greeks wore sapphires. I

assumed that they wore gold, silver and

bronze, but the use of gemstones in their

bracelets and rings for me was a revela-

tion.

Such trips not only expand our hori-

zons as students, but also provide food

for thought about the riches of culture

and the history of individual states and

the nation as a whole.

Living in L. A.

The Los Angeles skyline is contrasted with the snowy mountains in the background.

Students

visited the

Getty Villa and enjoyed

the gardens.

Many copies of Greek

sculptures

line the court-

yard.

P A G E 5

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Special Event

The Los Angeles

Times is presenting this year’s Festival of Books at the USC campus. On Sat-urday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21. This is the third year that the festival will be held on campus.

The Festival of Books attracts a large audience, so be prepared to see many more people walking about.

The green spaces on campus will be filled with stalls organized by various publishers where many new book titles are dis-played. Well-known au-thors will be on hand as well, such as Molly Ring-

wald, Chris Columbus, Mar-garet Atwood, and Carol Burnett.

There will be live music on both days and many opportunities to mingle with people and enjoy the fes-tive atmosphere.

The School of Cinema will offer films this week-end.

The weekend event celebrates literacy and the joy of reading.

For more information about this event, visit the website:

http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

By XIAOWEN LIANG

I still remember my first time

having dinner in America. I went to a small restaurant, which is located in LA downtown. I or-dered a spicy chicken combo and two pineapple pies. It cost more than $30. It is expensive because in China the same food just costs $7.

After that, I needed to pay extra fee for tips. I couldn’t under-stand why I need to pay tips. I know this is a rule in America: you must pay tips. After my first experience in a restaurant, I de-cided if I have free time I should cook by myself.

How could I cook by myself? That is a big problem. I didn’t cook in China because my mother cooked for me, and I

would order delivery or went to restaurants with my friends. Cooking is a big challenge for me, but I have many friends who are good at cooking.

My first meal was kimchi soup I learned it from my Korean friend. In these months, I have learned different kinds of food from other international students, like, Korean , Japanese , and Ital-ian food. I feel so happy and I want to cook for my parents when

I go back to China. I think they will be surprised.

Cooking by myself has a lot of benefits. You can save a lot of money and you can get some healthy food. Finally, if you have some spare time, do it by your-self.

_____________________ THE PULITZER PRIZE Each term students vote on

the best story of the newsletter. We call this the Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to the author of the best news story in the nation. The Journalism class will prepare a list of stories from this semester and we want you to vote on the story you like best. Look for the list next week.

Learning to Cook in Los Angeles

Thousands attended last year’s Festival of Books at USC.

Kimchi soup is very popular in Korea.

FILM

The Reluctant

Fundamentalist

Monday, April 15, 2013 :

8:00pm to 10:00pm

George Lucas Building

The Albert and Dana Broc-

coli Theatre, SC

Free

From Award-winning direc-

tor Mira Nair, and based on

the acclaimed novel by

Moshin Hamid, comes the

explosive new film, The Re-

luctant Fundamentalist. In

2010, as student demonstra-

tions rage in Lahore, a young

Pakistani professor Changez

Khan (Riz Ahmed) is inter-

viewed by American journal-

ist Bobby Lincoln (Liev

Schreiber). Princeton-

educated Changez tells Lin-

coln of his past as a brilliant

business analyst on Wall

Street. He talks of the glitter-

ing future that lay before him,

his mentor, Jim Cross (Kiefer

Sutherland), and the beautiful

and sophisticated Erica (Kate

Hudson), with whom he was

set to share that future.

MUSICAL THEATER

The Most Happy Fella

Musical Comedy

University Park Campus

Bing Theatre

Friday, April 12: 7:00 PM

Saturday, April 13: 2:30 PM

Saturday, April 13: 8:00 PM

Sunday, April 14: 2:30 PM

Tickets purchased in person

at the USC Ticket Office:

students, $6; faculty and staff,

$10; general public, $15.

Tickets purchased by phone

or online are $17.

Composer

Frank

Loesser

scored his

greatest

artistic tri-

umph with

this touch-

ing, dramatic and intensely

personal love story about a

middle-aged vintner whose

mail-order marriage proposal

is accepted under the girl's

mistaken assumption that a

photo of his young, handsome

foreman is her intended hus-

band.

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Important

Notice

Recently, interna-

tional students at USC

and across the country

are being contacted by

"an agent" claiming to

be from DHS (Dept. of

Homeland Security)

with instructions to wire

money to a 3rd party in

order to resolve their

visa issues and extend

their 1-20s.

This is a scam; the

DHS will NEVER contact

students and ask for

money.

Do not wire money or

agree to meet anyone

claiming to be the Dept.

of Homeland Security.

Please report this to

USC Language Academy

if this happens to you.

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Editor: Abdullah Bin Kolaib

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Yousef Alwaseifer

Alibek Bissembayev

Xiaowen (Sharon) Liang

Lora Sonbol

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