Category: Opinion

By Oralia Valencia CONTRIBUTOR Why do we need cuts in government spending? How did we get here? It’s difficult to determine if a sequester will damage the economy by hindering cash flow, or if it will help the economy by decreasing the budget deficit and slowing the rate of national […]

By Taylor Milam STAFF WRITER Paying for college is a standard “hot button issue.” While there are programs available to reduce the burden of higher education loans, 60 percent of college students will borrow annually in order to cover the costs, based on statistics from the Chronicle of Higher Education. […]

By Jade Belzberg STAFF WRITER I may hail from a town whose college students walk to class in bare feet and the preferred weekend activity of choice is dumpster diving, but that’s not to say I’m as environmentally conscious as I should be. I drive to class each day, and […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR Before Drake fatefully immortalized it, forcing us to hear it uttered by countless bros in bars, “You Only Live Once” was a song by the Strokes. These days, it’s the “Carpe Diem” for a generation looking to justify driving home drunk or skipping out on […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR In Wes Anderson’s film “Rushmore,” the playwriting underdog protagonist is approached by a Scotch drinking, cigarette smoking and divorced Herman Blume (played by Bill Murray) as Fisher serves as his academy’s traffic monitor. Noting Fisher’s indelible smile, Blume asks him a question: “What’s the secret?” […]

By James-Brandon S. Christopher STAFF WRITER Many people begin their college careers with a preconceived idea of where they would like to be once they have completed their college career. Between choosing majors and choosing which clubs and organizations to join, there are many tough decisions to make regarding your […]

By Kevin Crespo ASST. OPINION EDITOR Pristine, new, convenient and cheap: Carmel Pacific Ridge is the new living destination for sophomores at USD. The apartments across Linda Vista are attracting a plethora of students that are seeking to live close to campus while enjoying the benefits of off-campus living. With […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR I don’t believe in free will because of Friedrich Nietzsche. He writes of those who preach fire and brimstone and their need for free will. Without it, we are not accountable, and we need to be in order to be damned or rewarded, according to […]

By Samantha Finegan ASSOCIATED STUDENTS When I first came to USD, I had no idea what Associated Students was. I somehow missed everything AS: their table at the Alcala Bazaar, the people in the white polos at events, and the AS logo on the many flyers posted throughout campus. It […]

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR When is it appropriate to pass judgement? Is it ever fair to judge? And whether it is or it isn’t, why do we do it at all? Some of us have an inherent will to judge. We exhibit that trait when we take the Myers […]