Category: News

Darrin Hall / Staff Writer / The USD Vista Qualcomm Stadium hosted a fundraising event to fight against the devastating effects of Leukemia and Lymphoma. The event occurred Oct. 24, and is part of a nationwide campaign sponsored by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society known as the “Light the Night […]

Some fear they will have to leave USD if crisis persists Annette Garcilazo / Staff Writer / The USD Vista The passing of the economic bailout plan by Congress has shown that the United States is experiencing the adverse effects of an economy in recession. For college students, the repercussions […]

Jillian Anthony / The USD Vista I’m trying to choose a major and having a really hard time with it. What do you suggest?-Major Mixup Dear Major Mixup,I have good news and bad news. The bad news, I can’t exactly describe to you each of the dozens of majors and […]

Avery Durnan / The USD Vista Martin Luther King Jr. Day may be months away, but the University of San Diego is already encouraging students to be more involved than ever. To mark King’s legacy, USD is offering the 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. parade T-shirt design competition. Open to […]

Anne Slagill / The USD Vista Nothing has the ability to enhance my feelings of gratitude like a gravy-soaked slice of Thanksgiving turkey. I cannot begin to express the disappointment I felt when my parents confessed that they intend to prepare ham for our family gathering next Thursday. The word […]

Allyson Hunt / Assistant News Editor / The USD Vista Excuse me sir, but could you please remove those lobsters from your pants? Surely this is a sentence that La Jolla law enforcement never dreamed they would have to utter. Unfortunately for the six lobsters concealed in Binh Quang Chau’s […]

Samantha Laroy / Staff Writer / The USD Vista As Shinjita Alam sat in the IPJ theater, her composed demeanor belied her personal drive to bring gender equality to her native Bangladesh. Alam, one of the featured speakers of the university’s Women PeaceMakers Program, gave a lecture last Thursday, where […]

Leslie Culver / Staff Writer / The USD Vista “Professors Casey Dominguez and Noelle Norton of the Political Science department conducted a discussion that centered on the role of gender in politics. The discussion focused primarily around the current presidential election with regards to the differences between former presidential candidate […]

Chris Brown / Staff Writer / The USD Vista “Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) faced each other in the first and only debate involving vice presidential candidates at Washington University in St. Louis. The moderator, Gwen Ifill, a journalist and a moderator for the 2004 vice […]

Katie Herman / Staff Writer / The USD Vista “The collegiate tradition of homecoming represents a school’s past, present and future, and the University of San Diego’s homecoming celebration was no different. The entire weekend of Oct. 3-5 was dedicated to homecoming and alumni reunions with the weekend’s main event […]