Category: Opinion

Ryan Plourde / Staff Writer / The USD Vista It had been 41 years since the Oregon State football team had beaten a No. 1 ranked opponent. Most of the players on the current team were negative twenty years old the last time it happened. But on Sept. 25 the […]

Serge Seplovich / Opinion Editor / The USD Vista “Going into my fourth year at USD, it appears like our lovely school on the hill is in the midst of a makeover. Since my freshman year back in 2005, three new buildings have been constructed. Two of them have been […]

Moses Utomi / Staff Writer / The USD Vista As I stand patiently in line for a pita at La Paloma, I get the distinct impression that I am doomed. My stomach was in open rebellion before I entered the charming little deli, but now my feet are hurting too. […]

Raymond Ayala / Sports Editor / The USD Vista Ed Hochuli made a mistake, plain and simple. He even publicly admitted this in order to address those who decided to e-mail him and voice their complaints. True, professional football is a sport where almost every game counts towards the post […]

Ben Brody / Staff Writer / The USD Vista Since the conception of American politics, voters have tried to convince themselves that the candidates were like them. They tried to reconcile the fact that even though most of the candidates were given a privileged upbringing and attended Ivy League schools, […]

Paul Garcia / Staff Writer / The USD Vista As a college student, I was perplexed by some Republican denouncements of Barack Obama’s intellectual pedigree. My dream is to go to Georgetown Law and then embark on a career in politics. Now I am confused. Somehow, the academic achievement and […]

Laney MacDougall / Staff Writer / The USD Vista Aug. 29, 2005: the day the Category 3 Hurricane Katrina swept along the United States coast from Florida to Texas and the beginning of one of the most economically and socially devastating natural disasters ever to hit the United States. With […]

Serge Seplovich / Opinion Editor / The USD Vista There have been many firsts for me this year. It’s my first year on The Vista staff, first year having my own room, and first year having a parking spot down at the beach. But the most significant first for me […]

Ryan Plourde / Staff Writer / The USD Vista The defense was bad; the offense wasn’t much better, and MVP running back LaDainian Tomlinson sat most of the game with an injured toe. Charger fans can’t deny the fact that San Diego looked less than stellar in their week two […]

Lee Jordan March Madness is a great event. There is nothing better than watching USD dominate UConn like we are the better seed. But it got me thinking about the next big sports event. This summer the 2008 Olympics are being held in China. I don’t know about you, but […]