By 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 […]
Read moreBy Allyson Meyer CONTRIBUTOR and Gwyneth Newbold CONTRIBUTOR Twitter user’s privacy and compensation have been put at risk with Twitter’s recent acquisition of Bluefin Analytics. Bluefin Analytics is a statistical analysis group that uses Twitter and other social media in order to cater to advertising and television networks. This recent […]
Read moreUSD students are finding their way to the optimal post graduation decision. By Christopher Ayers CONTRIBUTOR What are your plans following graduation? This can be a daunting question for any student, especially with graduation looming in the spring. While some USD students have a firm understanding of their post-graduation plans, […]
Read moreBy Rebecca Lukito CONTRIBUTOR With the upcoming release of Google Glass, there has been speculation on the impact it will have on students. For those who haven’t heard of Google Glass yet, it is a revolutionary piece of technology shaped like a pair of glasses. Google Glass is like wearing […]
Read moreBy Kendall Tich BUSINESS EDITOR While getting my nails done before an event, I began talking to the middle-aged Vietnamese woman who was painting my nails. Our conversation quickly turned toward her children, as she has a son who graduated from USD just last year. I asked her what his […]
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