GWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft On Sept. 29 at approximately 7 p.m., a motorcyclist was hit by a car at the intersection of Alcala Park Way and Torero Way. Neither the motorcyclist nor the driver of the car appeared to be critically injured. According to Lt. Henry Marquez of the […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft On Sept. 18, University of San Diego celebrated Dr. Patricia Márquez’s appointment as the third dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies. Márquez, the former director of USD’s Changemaker Hub, is planning to revamp the school’s programs and to get students excited […]
Read moreJACQUELINE ALMEIDA CONTRIBUTOR Students walking around University of San Diego at night may encounter a raccoon or two as they head across campus. The animals are often spotted near Camino and Founders Halls, as well as in the Valley where the Missions A and B dorms are located. Some students […]
Read moreTAYLER REVIERE VERNINAS CONTRIBUTOR On Sunday, Sept. 21, hundreds of thousands of people around the globe joined in the People’s Climate March to raise awareness for the global climate crisis. The marches, which occurred in 162 different countries, took place two days before the United Nations’ climate summit, where world […]
Read moreGWYNETH SHOECRAFT NEWS EDITOR @gshoecraft The power of words cannot be understated. Words can act as peacemakers. Put together properly, words can inspire nations or heal a broken heart. Words can also be dangerous: They are the most powerful weapons. Sure, they are not the mechanism that drops the bomb […]
Read moreBRETT CASEY CONTRIBUTOR Starbucks and other chain coffee shops are being sued by a California nonprofit known as Council for Education and Research on Toxins, or CERT. The group claims the presence of the carcinogen acrylamide could link consuming coffee from these chain shops to developing cancer. The lawsuit would […]
Read moreCHRISTOPHER REYES BUSINESS EDITOR @cdrey John Brooks, a long time writer for the New Yorker, relates twelve stories of the corporate and financial life in his book “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street.” Each story tells of a major company that faced an extreme situation, […]
Read moreCHRISTOPHER REYES BUSINESS EDITOR @cdrey Stocks fell for the week due to continuing investor caution in response to global uncertainties. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite both fell sharply, dipping below a 2 percent loss Thursday before rebounding to about a 1.5 percent loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fared […]
Read moreDYLAN BROCKMEYER ASST. BUSINESS EDITOR @dbrock08 Every Wednesday morning at about 11 a.m., the Chicklo brothers set up their fresh-squeezed juice tent, Juice on Tap, outside La Paloma and stay until they are sold out. Matt and Mike Chicklo, USD alumni with law degrees, created their own small business with […]
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