CHRISTOPHER REYES BUSINESS EDITOR @cdrey After three weeks of significant market losses, this week was a welcome turn in the markets. The S&P 500 posted its best weekly gain in two years in response to positive earnings announcements and improving investor sentiment, recovering nearly all of the 8 percent lost […]
Read moreRachel Truong CONTRIBUTOR On October 20th, Apple launched new software that has been advertised as a new way to pay. The system, Apple Pay, is designed to ease the payment process in both participating stores and apps by offering a simple, secure way for a user to store their credit […]
Read moreCHRISTOPHER REYES BUSINESS EDITOR @cdrey Everyone knows that going to college leads to higher salaries. But just how much does it earn you? This is a question that has plagued me as I amass student debt over four years here at the University of San Diego, a school not typically […]
Read moreKEVIN KARN ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR @kkarn7 For students at the University of San Diego, Sunday nights can be very stressful. Generally, they represent the waning weekend, reminding students of all of their unfinished schoolwork and looming demands for the upcoming school week. This past Sunday, however, many USD students […]
Read moreMax Merrill CONTRIBUTOR Australia has been an invaluable experience of exploration for me. A majority of my semester abroad has been spent at the beautiful Australian beaches, including scuba diving through the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns and visiting the world famous White Haven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands. There […]
Read moreReuben Schleiger CONTRIBUTOR My experience in Australia has come with mixed feelings. I have been blessed with the opportunity to see some amazing places that were so unique and beautiful. I have sampled a taste of the Australian culture and way of life, but regrettably I do not feel as […]
Read moreKEVIN KARN ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR @kkarn7 While San Diego is widely regarded as a booming community for the performing arts, it is also credited as the birthplace of one of the most successful and groundbreaking musicals in the last decade: “Jersey Boys.” The worldwide hit premiered on Oct. 5, […]
Read moreTYLER BOYCE CONTRIBUTOR University of San Diego students are among the millions that tune in every Sunday to see AMC’s survival horror drama, “The Walking Dead.” The show is based on the popular comic series by Robert Kirkman. According to the New York Times, over 17 million viewers tuned in […]
Read moreKEVIN KARN ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR @kkarn7 After the baseball season came to a close last night, I realized that I had not watched one game this year from start to finish. At first I thought that I was in the minority. However, as the dismal television ratings of the […]
Read moreWhen do Halloween costumes cross the line? Forest Lieberman CONTRIBUTOR It is no secret that we all want to look our best on Halloween. By the time the horror-filled holiday comes, we have finally gotten around to introducing ourselves to that cute guy or girl from our logic class who […]
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