By Alex Manessis The NBA All-Star weekend earlier this month was an opportunity for basketball’s best and brightest to put their skills on display for a national audience. As the clock expired and the Western Conference emerged victorious, it had already become clear that the memories taken away from the […]
Read moreBy Alyssa Ong Jon Foreman’s reputation as the rock star frontman of San Diego’s homegrown band, Switchfoot, shows a different side of himself as a musician as he collaborates for a second time with Nickel Creek’s Sean Watkins. This has resulted in a meaningful arrangement of folk and pop inspired, […]
Read moreThe Harlem Shake is a style of dance that has gone viral. By Erin Fogerty Viral dance videos seemed to define the year of 2012 with the pop hits “Call Me Maybe” and “Gangnam Style.” Carly Rae Jepson’s “Call Me Maybe” was the most parodied and lip-synced song of the […]
Read moreBy Blanca Torii ARTS&CULTURE EDITOR Some conversations just stick in your head. In the case of one speaking to an audience of a thousand, the conversation has to be done correctly. Anticipation was evident in the orange lanyards hanging around the necks of future Blake Mycoskie’s (founder of nonprofit company […]
Read moreBy Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR The summit of the Mount Woodson hike in Poway confronts the outdoorsman with one of nature’s bitter ironies. It shows the often-debated issue of man’s influence on the natural world. A little less than an hour north of the city of San Diego, the iconic […]
Read moreBy Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR Oh, the contradictions! The fabricated history! The false future-telling! Like many other people, I came to college thinking that I would learn and understand more about the world around me. I thought that some wise mentor would take me under his wing as his protégé, […]
Read moreBy Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER USD’s Executive Vice President and Provost Julie Sullivan will be the first woman and lay president at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She will be the 15th president of the university, and she will leave her post at USD at the […]
Read moreBy Janeth Cervantes CONTRIBUTOR Nearly coinciding with the beginning of the Lenten season this year, Pope Benedict XVI decided to give up the papacy. On Feb. 11, Benedict XVI announced his resignation to Roman Catholics around the world. At a more microscopic level, the Catholic USD community felt the effects […]
Read moreBy Hannah Bucklin ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR and Devon Beck CONTRIBUTOR Baseball was only one component of Friday night’s season opener at USD. The newly finished Fowler Park, a $13.8 million ballpark, opened to a sold out audience who were not only there to watch the game but also to marvel […]
Read moreBy Hunter Jameson CONTRIBUTOR The Torero baseball team opened up its 2013 campaign against cross-town rival in the San Diego State University Aztecs. After months of construction and hard work, Fowler Park was unveiled to the players and fans of San Diego USD baseball. Turner Construction Company finished this $13.8 […]
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