By Kendall Tich BUSINESS EDITOR In class the other day, my professor asked us “how do people measure happiness?” Of course, happiness is subjective and can vary from person to person but society has certain ways of measuring it. Perhaps the reason for unhappiness lies in those measurements and the […]
Read moreBy Katelyn Montero ASSISTANT EDITOR On Sunday April 28, the temperature reached a record-breaking 107 degrees, making Stagecoach the hottest festival ever hosted in the Coachella Valley. However, the heat did not stop the 45,000 country music lovers from attending the three-day festival. The weekend was comprised of 48 artists […]
Read moreBy Khea Pollard Asst. A&C EDITOR There I sat amongst the scaling murals and the Afrocentric idols adorning the interior of Balboa Park’s World Beat Center. I had come for a spiritual awakening. Or for the less ideological version, I’d come because my parents made me. I may have been […]
Read moreBy M.K. Volatile CONTRIBUTOR France legalized gay marriage last week, giving same-sex couples the right to adopt and have surrogate mothers. The landmark legislation also brought protests and riots throughout the country. Although civil unions have been legal in France since 1999, the controversy over the new law has ignited […]
Read moreDel Dickson, a political science professor and expert on the Supreme Court, analyzes the courses of action the court could take in deciding two cases about gay marriage. By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR At the end of March of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States began to […]
Read moreAfter downloading millions of files from MIT’s database of scholarly articles, Aaron Swartz was arrested and subsequently committed suicide. By Anastasia Macdonald STAFF WRITER In January, Aaron Swartz, one of the creators of Reddit, RSS, and Creative Commons, brought into light questions regarding media freedom on the internet. Saying he […]
Read moreBy Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Being sick used to mean staying home from school, lounging in your pajamas all day while you eat chicken noodle soup and watch cartoons. If you were feeling under the weather, it wasn’t that bad because you were in the comfort of your own […]
Read moreBy Devon Beck STAFF WRITER “To be an undocumented immigrant in this country is to be obsessed with documents,” immigration activist and undocumented immigrant Jose Vargas said in an emotional speech Wednesday, April 24 in Shiley Theater. Vargas was here as a part of USD’s L.I.F.E. (Life is for Everyone) […]
Read moreBy Bianca Bruno CONTRIBUTOR Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER USD hosted its second annual drag show on April 25th despite the protesting voices of a prayer vigil and a petition that garnered over seven thousand signatures. The event, titled “Supreme Drag Superstar,” was held in the Shiley Theatre on Thursday, April […]
Read moreBy Jackson Shannon CONTRIBUTOR Last week was a successful one for Torero Baseball as we were able to win all four of our games. In my article last week I touched on how one of the best parts about baseball is that we play more games than any other sport, […]
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