Doing Spring Break right

By Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Spring break is potentially one of the most anticipated and talked about college vacations. Masses of college students flood to tropical places in order to escape the confines of their campuses and to relax under the sun. What makes spring break arguably one of […]

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Beattie boils over

Faculty and administration butt heads at a panel about the Tina Beattie controversy. By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR Emotions spilled over at the first event of the semester to discuss the Tina Beattie issue that took campus by storm late last fall. The event was titled “Forum on Academic Freedom […]

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Doing Spring Break right

By Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Spring break is potentially one of the most anticipated and talked about college breaks. Masses of college students flood to tropical places in order to escape the confines of their campuses and to relax under the sun. What makes spring break arguably one of […]

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Greenhouse cash

USD Professor Receives $450,000 Grant for Environmental Research. By Anastasia Macdonald STAFF WRITER USD professor of chemistry and biochemistry Lauren Benz has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study ways of trapping and reducing greenhouse gases. The grant funds Benz’s experimental research devoted to capturing […]

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House hunters rejoice

Two USD students create website that helps student find off-campus housing. By Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Finding housing as a student can be difficult. That’s why Associated Students President Morgan Schwanke and junior Jordan Jadallah created OnMyBlock (www.onmyblock.com), a website designed to help USD students find housing near campus […]

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A teacher who has done it all

By Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER Leeva Chung, a communication studies professor at USD, has done much more than teach in a classroom. Before she became a professor, Chung had 30 part time jobs, including working in passport visa offices, selling eel skins in Tennessee, selling men’s suits at Macy’s and […]

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Sequester this

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR Some things in this world are quite simply disgusting. One of those things is sushi. If I am going to eat any kind of meat, it needs to be cooked. I have an inherent distrust for any sort of raw meat, and I refuse to […]

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Toreros take over Swan Canyon

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR While some Toreros enjoyed the warm Saturday morning sun at the beach, others worked to restore a canyon to its natural state. Outdoor Adventures launched its first community service activity this past Saturday in Swan Canyon, an area swamped by invasive plant species, crime and […]

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