Category: Arts & Culture

San Diego is full of diverse restaurant options, and, with the popularity of sustainable, healthy food on the rise, it’s no shock that vegan restaurants have been garnering their fair share of attention. The University of San Diego has created its own vegan food menu in support of the vegans […]

CRSSD is a music festival in San Diego’s waterfront park, featuring a wide range of electronic and dance music artists from all over the world. Three stages, The Palms, City Steps, and Ocean View provided festival-goers with a range of options and artists to see, with different sets taking place […]

I’ve created a new acronym for SAS: spontaneous and stressful. Many students who have been on Semester at Sea advised me to not make any concrete plans before boarding because I will make new friends on the ship and book itineraries with them. The only issue with this is the […]

“Sully” is the movie that Captain Chesley Sullenberger deserves for his quick thinking and precise actions that saved the lives of 155 people on US Airways Flight 1549. The movie, starring Tom Hanks, is based on the emergency landing of a passenger airline in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, […]

“You’re studying on a cruise ship?” is the initial response a majority of us Semester at Sea (SAS) students receive from others when trying to explain our unique study abroad experience. Then, we would continue to describe the many countries we would be visiting for four months. Reactions are often […]

Almost any given day, you can find yourself at one of San Diego’s many farmers’ markets across the county. If you’re dreaming of farm-fresh produce, sunshine, and handcrafted goods, these markets are for you. As college students with hectic schedules and extensive extracurriculars at the University of San Diego, the […]

You may have seen her in The Princess Diaries or Pretty Woman, but perhaps the grandest achievements of Kathleen Marshall are unknown to you. Daughter of the late Gary Marshall, the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries movies, Kathleen Marshall has made her mark in the theatre world. […]

With the new semester starting, and all of the new people we’ll meet, there may come a time when we need to impress a certain someone in our lives. It often starts with a great spot for a first date. With that in mind, this list is a compilation of some […]

The Crookes are a four-piece indie rock band hailing from Sheffield, England. The band has a prototypical “Brit-rock” sound, with jangling guitars and melodic, upbeat vocals. Although the indie rock genre has recently been flooded by Brit-rock bands like the Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, and The Kooks, The Crookes do […]