For decades, many students at the University of San Diego have called Mission Beach home. These students, usually upperclassmen, choose to move to the beach with their friends and share a house together just steps from the ocean. Before 2015, students at USD were only required to live on campus […]
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Members of the campus community came together last Friday afternoon to spend the night outside in Plaza Mayor to raise awareness for and stand in solidarity with the homeless in San Diego County. “A Night Without Shelter” was created and planned by several leaders within Associated Students. The event was […]
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According to a study by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab addressing food and housing insecurity among undergraduates surveyed, more than 4,000 undergraduates at 10 community colleges are struggling with this issue. The Homeless Outreach Student Transition Program (HOST) is a non-profit organization that deals with food and housing insecurity for college […]
Read moreThe University of San Diego baseball team had a three game series against the Brigham Young Cougars over the weekend of March 20-22. The first game was on Thursday, with the Toreros winning by a score of 6-3. Saturday’s game was a nail biter with the Cougars squeaking out a […]
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Popular rapper and frequent political commentator Kendrick Lamar has garnered a large following, especially among many University of San Diego Students. On Apr. 14, Lamar’s new album “DAMN.” debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The rapper has become known his ability to produce catchy radio songs and […]
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When the Facebook notifications start rolling in announcing shuttle passes and Weekend 1 tickets for sale, you know it can only mean one thing: festival season. Given our relatively close proximity to Indio, Calif., many students at the University of San Diego decide to dole out the big bucks to […]
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For many student athletes, their collegiate playing careers are a culmination of a life’s worth of dedication to their sport. For even more, earning a scholarship to a Division-I university is the ultimate goal for their athletic endeavors. Realistically speaking, not everyone can continue playing sports as a career once […]
Read moreThe University of San Diego welcomed 1,133 freshmen and 369 transfer students to campus in the fall semester. Now that the school year is coming to an end, these transfer students are reflecting on their first year on campus. For many students, the first year at a new school is […]
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Records, they say, are made to be broken. For University of San Diego senior running stars Sarah Kapple and Andrea Hughes, this holds true with every lap around the track. Both are coming off two straight weekends of performances the Torero track team had never seen before. Two weekends ago […]
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Two years after campuswide smoking and tobacco ban, butts still litter certain areas Kelly Kennedy, Feature Editor In 2015, the University of San Diego became a smoking and tobacco-free campus. Nearly two years later, cigarette butts can still be found on campus where smokers congregate out of sight and out […]
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