SARA BUTLER MANAGING EDITOR Driving through Pacific Beach on a Friday night, Priory’s “Weekend” blasts from the speakers, serving as a college anthem for a USD night out. “And all the kids now, they come runnin’; It’s the weekend. And all the parents, they keep callin’; But there’s no answer, […]
Read moreCLAY MOSOLINO CONTRIBUTOR I’m a mechanical engineering major spending my ninth and final semester studying in New Zealand at the University of Otago. It took a lot of planning and hope to get to the point where I am writing this here from New Zealand, since it’s not always easy […]
Read moreKEVIN KARN ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR @kkarn7 This past Monday night, the University of San Diego hosted the book launch of Dr. Brian Clack’s, “Love, Drugs, Art, Religion: The consolations of human existence.” Clack, a philosophy professor at USD, published the book earlier this year and was able to speak […]
Read moreKEVIN KARN ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR @kkarn7 In spite of the Yankees missing the playoffs for only the third time in his career, Derek Jeter still found a way to make his mark on October. On Oct. 1, he launched his new website, “The Players’ Tribune,” a media source where […]
Read moreToreros defeat Bruins 1-0 in front of record-breaking crowd JULIA SHERWOOD CONTRIBUTOR What is better than defeating the No. 1 ranked team in the nation? Beating the No. 1 ranked team at home with a standing room only crowd of over 4,400 fans cheering from the stands. That is exactly […]
Read moreToreros pick up 9 elite players from class of 2015 HUNTER JAMESON SPORTS EDITOR @HJamo The University of San Diego’s baseball team has been very busy during this offseason and their hard work is paying off. The recruiting class for 2015 was just ranked No. 4 in the country, behind […]
Read moreMATTHEW ROBERSON ASST. EDITOR @mroberson22 The MLB postseason is a wonderful time. For roughly the next three weeks, baseball’s best teams and players will battle it out for a chance to call themselves champions. There will be games on almost every night, giving baseball fans who have been stuck watching […]
Read moreToreros defeat Michigan, Oklahoma and SDSU CLAUDIA CLOSE CONTRIBUTOR The University of San Diego’s women’s soccer team has had a lot of success, shutting out three Top 20 teams in the past three weeks. For the first time in the program’s history, the Toreros have shut out No. 10 University […]
Read moreBy Hunter Jameson SPORTS EDITOR @HJamo I’ve been dreading this column since February, when Derek Jeter announced this would be his last lap for the New York Yankees. Like so many other young shortstops, I pictured myself in his shoes during my own practices and games. I always loved when […]
Read moreT.J. HODGES CONTRIBUTOR A new form of anonymity has arrived at the University of San Diego. It comes in the form of an app that goes by the name of Yik Yak. Essentially an “anonymous Twitter,” Yik Yak allows users to create posts up to 200 characters long to be […]
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