Category: Editorial

Students enjoy safely biking to class as an alternative to driving By Tobi Nickel CONTRIBUTOR With year-round mild weather, San Diego is one the best cities in the entire nation for people to commute by bike. The San Diego region has more than 1,340 miles of bikeways and USA Today […]

CoverGirl boycotts NFL in response to domestic abuse By Kaitlin Goodhart ASST. OPINION EDITOR @itsskg If you are someone who, like myself, supports the National Football League and also stands for the voice of women, you may also be deeply upset with the domestic violence conflicts currently going on in […]

By Sam Rathe OPINION EDITOR @samuel_vaun Starting up again this week, the television show “South Park” will once again bewilder me with its ability to “get away with it.” The new episode touches on the subject of the Washington Redskins and the whole issue of whether they should change their […]

By Brett Lynch CONTRIBUTOR Income inequality is a current political issue that has been mulled over by philosophers, economists and political scientists for generations. Minimum wage by design was created to address such inequality. Seattle recently passed a $15 per hour minimum wage, an issue becoming more popular among political […]

By Rebekah Filiciotto CONTRIBUTOR With 10 diverse intramural sports to pick from, ranging from kickball to dodgeball to ultimate frisbee, there is something for everyone. Not only are intramural sports a great way to meet people, have fun and develop lifetime interests, they are also a great source of exercise, […]

By Tobi Nickel CONTRIBUTOR The political debate about San Diego’s minimum wage hike is oftentimes framed in exclusively economic terms. What are the economic consequences of raising the local minimum wage? Will it create or destroy jobs? Will it cause inflation? Will it create a hostile business climate, incentivizing firms […]

By Sam Rathe OPINION EDITOR @samuel_vaun This summer passed by way too fast. The leisure of not having classes was swept out from under us this past week, and it is something that is going to have to be dealt with very cautiously. Wait, ha! We live in San Diego […]

SARA BUTLER | OPINION EDITOR | THE USD VISTA The Internet has become a college student essential, right along with textbooks and Red Bull. USD students use it for almost everything inside and outside the classroom. USD’s unreliable Internet connection is disadvantaging on-campus students. If not fixed, the Internet connection […]

By Chelsea McLin CONTRIBUTOR Since high school, we have left behind a lot of things we’ll probably never have to encounter again: back-to-back classes every day, rotten cafeteria food and physical education. However, one thing we thought had been long forgotten makes a reappearance on many college campuses. This is […]

By Sara Butler ASST. OPINION EDITOR Four year university, four years of parties, four years of classes: this is the four year package. The typical college narrative usually includes four years working toward an undergraduate degree. However, what happens when this four year plan becomes a five or six year […]