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February 2, 2010: IDEA Faculty Fellow Veronica Terriquez recognized for innovative course
- 02-05-2010
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Researching the Human Condition: USC College's Veronica Terriquez leads undergrads on an 'intellectual adventure' in sociological research. By Emily Cavalcanti
Ms. Kerry arrives at the Theresa Lindsay Senior Center by van, Ms. Nash by car. The two African American seniors share breakfast and then it's time to engage in their favorite activity -- playing the card game Skip-Bo -- again and again until lunch. The two have been meeting at the Los Angeles center at 42nd and San Pedro for five years and they have their routine down pat.
“I’m sure they’re playing right now at the senior center,” USC College junior Danielle “Dannie” Taylor said.
Last fall Taylor spent two days a week at the center observing the friendships that were forged there: how men interacted with women, how women interacted with each other, how cliques formed and how friends served as support networks.
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