L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.Byline: -- Tom Hoffarth A holiday online shopping tip: Go to the Web sites at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and see what they're already churning Firing one group of employees and hiring another. As companies move into newer, high-tech ventures, they often eliminate employees with older skills while bringing on new people who have computer programming, networking and Web experience. out. At the UCLA site, the new hot item: A $17 T-shirt (or $38 sweatshirt) that reads ``13 Reasons to Celebrate the Season: UCLA 13, USC 9.'' Would a Bruin on your list rather have this, or a $19 T-shirt announcing that they're going to the Emerald Bowl The Emerald Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. ? At the USC store, they've countered with a variety of the ever-classic Rose Bowl T-shirts in the $20 range. There are 21 items related to the return trip to Pasadena on Jan. 1, including hats, pins and the ``Beat Michigan'' button (for 99 cents). There is also plenty of Ohio State and Florida stuff for sale in anticipation of the Jan. 8 national title game in Arizona. Rivals.com has enough in stock to fill a room of miserable Trojan fans. |
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