Ah yes, it’s that time of year again.  When our cross-town rivalry reaches its peak right before and during the UCLA-USC game.  This year, the students were back at it again, pulling pranks on each others’ campuses.  First ‘SC struck early in the week with a prank from years past: dying our fountain water red.  Then UCLA retaliated with some redecorating of ‘SC’s field and gave them nice blue and gold UCLA lettering.  The student bodies have tied 1-1, so now it’s up to the football teams to straighten out the score with their game tomorrow!

In the mean time, I attended an alumni mixer tonight uniting us rivals with a UCLA-USC gathering.  I met a lot of people in a lot of industries from all over LA (and from both campuses).  I even ran into a few familiar faces and exchanged business cards with others.  All in all a productive night – in fact it went by so quickly I didn’t even realize it was nearly 11 when I left!  No wonder my back was starting to ache; I’d been standing for three and a half hours!  It was a great way to kick off the weekend and now I just need to find a place to watch the game since I have no TV…