Category: General News

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of To Write Love on her Arms, a non-profit organization based out of Florida that raises awareness about people struggling with issues including depression, addiction and self-injury. In an interview with The Vista, he discussed how to recover from the […]

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR It took a road trip up the coast of California for me to understand one of Aristotle’s lessons, a lesson of friendship. In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle wrote that there are three types of friendships: friendship of utility, friendship of pleasure and friendship of the […]

By Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity for women hosted their 12th annual Mr. University pageant, raising more than $20 thousand for the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation and their philanthropy Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children. This event consisted of 10 male contestants, five from Greek life and […]

By Lauren Vujovich MANAGING EDITOR A new app has recently swept USD, at least in the female population. “Lulu” allows women to rate anonymously and review men based on manners, looks, commitment, humor, sex, first kiss and ambition. Basically it is an app that allows girls to rate the guys […]

By Bianca Bruno CONTRIBUTOR Last week’s Sexual Assault Awareness activities culminated with the annual march and vigil known as Take Back the Night. The event, held Thursday, April 11, was sponsored by the USD Women’s Center. The event kicked off in the UC Exhibit Hall, where attendees were invited to […]

By Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Sexual violence is as prevalent as ever on college campuses. On average one in 20 college females report being raped and one in four will be the victim of sexual assault during her academic career as an undergraduate, according to the National Sexual Violence […]

By Jackson Somes CONTRIBUTOR At the second event of her stay at USD, Leymah Gbowee recalled waking up one day as a seventeen year old girl faced with the responsibilities of a woman twice that age. All the men were absent from the community and Liberia was in the throes […]

By Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER Nobel Peace Laureate, Liberian peace activist, social worker and women’s right advocate Leymah Gbowee spoke with women from all over the world at the 9th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast about the violence against women in the world and how we can positively change the […]

By Devon Beck STAFF WRITER As a growing field, peacebuilding is seen as a vital tool for managing and resolving conflicts between and within states. USD has taken steps to further this field and involve the student body in peacebuilding. The Bolstering Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding event kick-started the west […]

By Rashmi Chugani CONTRIBUTOR White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on March 13, announcing to the world that the Catholic Church has selected a new leader. The 115 voting cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76-year-old Argentine as the new Pope. Cardinal Bergoglio chose Francis as his papal name. […]