By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR When students break for classes and go home for winter break to celebrate the holidays with their families, Toreros are still hard at work representing our school on the court. The season does not stop when classes do. There’s no winter break for the USD […]
Read moreRavens quarterback Joe Flacco silences critics by earning MVP honors after throwing for 287 yards and three touchdowns By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR Big brother prevailed again. John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens defeated brother Jim and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Feb. 3 to win the Super Bowl […]
Read moreBy Hugo Werstler CONTRIBUTOR Super Bowl XLVIII had everything. A sibling rivalry. A veteran quarterback against a trailblazing second-year counterpart. A half-time extravaganza that could have been seen from space if not for the roof on the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. And lest we forget the mysterious blackout that gave us ample […]
Read moreBy Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR In a time when we should have been following the NFL Playoffs and evaluating NBA teams getting into midseason form, our attention was held by not one, but two sports stories based on a series of lies surrounding high-profile athletes. Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs […]
Read moreBy James-Brandon S. Christoper STAFF WRITER Every year many Toreros choose to study abroad in various locations around the world. This is so common at USD that we have been able to be ranked #1 in study abroad participation for the last two years, according to US News and World […]
Read moreBy Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR It happens to me while I’m taking orders at Starbucks. I stand there, prepared to write on the cup: do they want a mocha? a latte? Most likely, it’ll be nonfat and sugar-free. I wait, and the answer comes: “I’d like a skinny vanilla latte?” […]
Read moreBy Kevin Crespo ASST. OPINION EDITOR It’s springtime at USD. It can be hard to tell sometimes since the weather hasn’t changed since October. Fortunately, USD brings some other aspects to the table to remind us that spring semester is upon us. Aside from the holy-shnikes-that’s-a-large-number of juniors that have […]
Read moreBy Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR I recently returned from 20 days in London. The subject of the course was Shakespeare. We studied him around a central concept: heterotopia. It has to do with the way in which place can allow for us to explore and negotiate different values, ideas and […]
Read moreBy Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR With the beginning of the Spring semester, USD installed new bike racks at several residential areas across campus. Headed by the Office of Sustainability and the Changemaker Hub, the new bike racks come from the company Park-A-Bike. They were designed to make it easier for […]
Read moreBy Leeza Earl STAFF WRITER Living Learning Communities are no longer limited to freshmen housing. Residential Life will pilot “Special Interest Communities” in San Buenaventura and the Alcala Vista Apartments for the 2013-2014 academic year. San Buenaventura will house the Honors SIC, while the Vistas will house Sustainability and University […]
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