GRACIE BRUMSICKLE | CONTRIBUTOR With the Grammys happening just a few weeks ago, people are still debating whether Taylor Swift really should have taken home the award for Album of the Year. It was Swift’s second time winning what is considered to be the most prestigious award in the music […]
Read moreKevin Nelson | Managing Editor For some they are the most dreaded classes you will take at University of San Diego: the courses you have to take to get to a third semester equivalent of a foreign language. Well there may be some good news for prospective students as an […]
Read moreAbby Gentry | Opinion Editor In this day and age, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become the central source for news exposure. It now seems taboo to subscribe to or pick up a hard copy of a newspaper. While there are many perks to the immediate […]
Read moreABBY GENTRY | OPINION EDITOR This past week, the University of San Diego campus was swarming with students marked with a black, ashy cross on their foreheads. These are the students who chose to attend the Ash Wednesday service kicking off the religious season of Lent. In short, Lent is […]
Read moreJOAN O’LEARY | CONTRIBUTOR Life in plastic is actually going to be fantastic due to the changes coming to the traditional model of Barbie. The classic bottle-blonde, thin, empirically perfect Barbie is getting a modern makeover. According to Mattel, the company that makes the illustrious Barbie doll, Barbie will now […]
Read moreOn Semester at Sea (SAS), there is an ongoing joke that it takes some time to get your land legs after the adventure has come to an end. As much as it is an adjustment to leave for a semester abroad, it is also a huge adjustment coming back after […]
Read moreOne Sunday a year, America shuts down for its biggest unofficial holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. Sports fans and non sports fans alike gather around with friends and family to watch arguably the biggest game in American sports. But what is it about this day that attracts so many viewers and […]
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KARL STOUT | THE USD VISTA | CONTRIBUTOR With the start of the 2016 Presidential primaries on Monday, Feb. 1, the fight for the democratic candidacy will be a close one. The race between presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders goes beyond finding the right democratic candidate. Simply put, […]
Read moreABBY GENTRY | THE USD VISTA | EDITOR I am hardly entitled to tell anyone how to choose their major. I just declared mine and it took me entirely too long. I genuinely feel like I considered every single major that USD offers at one point or another. When I […]
Read moreGIANNA CARAVETTA | OPINION EDITOR | THE USD VISTA “Love is the answer at least for most of the questions in my heart, like, ‘Why are we here?’ and ‘Where do we go?’ and ‘How come it’s so hard?’” Jack Johnson’s lyrics strike a chord in my heart: love is always […]
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