Category: Opinion

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, he wrote of the importance of being aware of the difference between one’s private and public selves. For Franklin, this translated into the identity he held as a writer – under pen-names, at times – that he maintained working for New […]

By Morgan Lewis CONTRIBUTOR It’s a Friday evening at USD’s brand new $13 million dollar facility. The Toreros are hosting the conference rival Brigham Young University Cougars. The stands are littered with fans that came to support one of the nation’s better baseball programs. Yet, among 600 or so people […]

By Angelique Bash CONTRIBUTOR Lauren Silberman’s abysmal tryout at the NFL regional combine at the Jets’ training center in New Jersey last Sunday has sparked harsh criticism. Criticism is to be expected though, considering that as the first woman to try out at an NFL regional combine, she was only […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR The Vista was invited to interview Gayatari Spivak, author of “Can the Subaltern Speak,” an essay examining the support structure of patriarchal privilege. NICK DILONARDO:. I go to the University of San Diego, and it’s a place of no uncertain privilege, and one of the […]

By Jamie Shea CONTRIBUTOR Walking to class the other day, I had to step onto the grass to avoid a collision with someone who was texting while walking. She stopped, apologized and then immersed herself back into her phone. I looked around, counting four other people in the immediate vicinity […]

By Bianca Bruno CONTRIBUTOR As many seniors are nearing graduation in May, they are forced to face something many privileged USD students have never had to deal with: an unknown future. Many of us have been conditioned from a young age to do well in school, go to a good […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR Gun control and the coverage of the debate surrounding it currently pervade our media. It wasn’t always this way – but after the massacre in Newtown, Conn. things changed. An assault weapons ban entered into play, the conversation shifted, and suddenly the National Rifle Association […]

By Brandon Watson CONTRIBUTER Since the Aurora massacre occurred in July of 2012, gun control is on the media’s agenda. When the shooting occurred at Sandy Hook elementary, gun control quickly became the most talked about issue. Soapboxes have and are emerging across Facebook, as every major news network is […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR Last Saturday night, I overheard two guys arguing over the difference between a ‘punk’ and a ‘jerk.’ They eventually laughed. It was interesting. Even at Pacific Shores in Ocean Beach, there is no escape from the discussion of meaning. We tend to use some words […]

By Kevin Crespo ASST. OPINION EDITOR It’s 1:59 a.m. on a late Saturday night or a this-feels-earlier-than-the-first-round-of-midterms Sunday morning if you prefer. Everyone in San Diego is about to defy the laws of modern physics and discard countless of Newton’s Laws and Schrodinger’s Theories. We’re all about to travel into […]