By Jackson Shannon STAFF WRITER It’s safe to say that the first away series of the year was a success for the Torero baseball team. We were able to win all four of our games on our tour through the Carolinas and improve our record to 7-4. Early Wednesday morning […]
Read moreBy Edwin Blebu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR The Toreros lost an uphill battle against the University of San Francisco Dons last Thursday, losing 83-70 at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Dons were completely in sync Thursday night, shooting 68 percent from the field in the first half. Due to this amazing […]
Read moreBy Hunter Jameson CONTRIBUTOR The Toreros are coming off a four-game winning streak and looking forward to hosting the USD Tournament this upcoming weekend. They traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina N.C. for the Hughes Brothers Challenge over the past weekend. Sophomore infielders Andrew Daniel and Connor Joe hit back-to-back home […]
Read moreBy Edwin Blebu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Less than two years ago, ex-Torero basketball player Brandon Johnson ‘10 was indicted along with nine others for running a sports betting business to control the outcomes of basketball games. On Nov. 16, 2012, Johnson pled guilty to conspiracy to committ sports bribery with […]
Read moreBy Timothy Van Tuyle CONTRIBUTOR The USD men’s tennis team’s season is in full swing and features important matches every week. The team is currently ranked No. 36 in the nation with a 6-3 record as of Feb. 28. March will be a key month for the Toreros as they […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR March is now upon us, and for college basketball fans around the country one phrase comes to mind this time of year: March Madness. A lot of times the March Madness name is thought to relate to simply the NCAA basketball tournament, but the madness […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreBy 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. […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
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