SARAH BREWINGTON ASST. NEWS EDITOR Universities across the country design master plans that aim to improve the academic setting of their campuses. Using these plans, many universities have improved classrooms and adopted new technologies to diversify their teaching environments. University of San Diego also has a Master Plan, but neither […]
Read moreGIANNA CARAVETTA CONTRIBUTOR San Francisco Bay Area couple Karen and Tom Mulvaney recently donated nearly $3 million to University of San Diego’s Center for Community Service Learning. In honor of the donation, USD has renamed the Center the Karen and Tom Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action, CASA. […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft Whenever I need a reprieve from the daily stresses of university life, I simply look up at the night sky, and prepare to have my mind blown. Of all the stars I see, I know there is an uncountable number in the known universe. It […]
Read moreBROOKLYN DIPPO CONTRIBUTOR Two unrelated recent cases of meningococcal meningitis at San Diego State University and Palomar College in San Marcos have health officials concerned, especially with the upcoming holiday of Halloween. The infected SDSU freshman, Sara Stelzer, was admitted to the hospital with flu-like symptoms on Oct. 14, and […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft There are many rights that we as Americans hold dear: the right to free speech, the right to protection of our property and, my favorite, the right to freedom of the press. However, there is one right that I often feel is underappreciated and underused […]
Read moreOLIVIA LOUGEE ASST. NEWS EDITOR Every year, many students at the University of San Diego head up north to celebrate Halloween in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is an area known for its large festivities, including Deltopia. University of California Santa Barbara’s annual spring break street party, erupted into riots and […]
Read moreSARAH BREWINGTON CONTRIBUTOR On November 16, 2003, University of San Diego’s incoming president, Mary Lyons, expressed her hopes for the university during her inaugural address at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Quoting Mother Rosalie Hill, one of USD’s founders, Lyons illustrated her desire to expand and improve the campus. “We are […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft In the past week, you could not have turned on the news without being confronted by some frightening stuff. First, there is the Ebola epidemic. The rise in the number of cases has caused panic to spread. Then, an SDSU student was taken to the […]
Read moreBANAN AL-NASERY CONTRIBUTOR The Big West Conference, which consists of 40 different Rotaract clubs representing the entire West Coast of the United States, joined together on Oct. 11 and 12 in the Peace and Justice building at the University of San Diego. The USD Rotaract Club led the event that […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JESSICA NOE This year’s surge of Ebola in West Africa is the largest and most complex outbreak since the virus was first discovered. According to the World Health Organization, there have been more Ebola cases and deaths in 2014 than in all […]
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