March madness

By 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 […]

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The student loan system needs help

By 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. […]

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YOLO, bro!

By 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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How much are your tweets really worth?

By 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 […]

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So you graduated college, now what?

USD 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, […]

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The costs of an education

By 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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