Ryan Plourde / The USD Vista At a university where school spirit is not exactly popular and attending sporting events seems to be a hassle, basketball has given students something to cheer about. And while the men were on the court playing Gonzaga for a WCC championship some may have […]
Read moreRaymond Ayala / The USD Vista As a University of San Diego supporter, I am sure all of you Torero faithful fans can relate to me on the following scenario. You return home from college and are applying for a summer job or eating at a restaurant with your parents […]
Read moreAvery Durnan / The USD Vista It must be difficult to be taken seriously as a band if the two founding members met on the “Hannah Montana” set. But it is a feat that Metro Station has handily accomplished, soaring up the Billboard charts with their synth-pop, eighties-inspired catchy tunes. […]
Read moreAvery Durnan / The USD Vista The name Cute Is What We Aim For (CiWWAF) begs for an explanation. Confidently verbose with a hint of sassiness, the band makes quite a statement before you have even listened to their music. Founding member of the band, lead guitarist Jeff Czum, made […]
Read moreMeredith Schneider and Samantha Laroy / The USD Vista Who hears the word “MMMBop” and makes anything more of it than jibberish? As of recent, the Indie music scene has been singing along to Hanson songs. Has this treasured anthem of the summer of 1997 come back to haunt us? […]
Read moreSamantha Shorey / The USD Vista Sometimes fashion designers can be, well, a little hard to relate to. They have Diet Coke butlers, wear sunglasses at all times and sell $200 rhinestone encrusted safety pins (Karl Lagerfeld). There is a reason Vogue doesn’t feature a section like US Weekly called […]
Read moreDarrin Hall / The USD Vista “Quantum of Solace” debuted in theatres on Nov. 14. James Bond is once again played by rugged Englishman, Daniel Craig, who is questioned throughout the movie by Q, the head of Double-O operations, as to whether his actions are based on his own personal […]
Read morePeter Cho / The USD Vista Your favorite neighborhood hardcore rap trio Jedi Mind Tricks (JMT) is back at it again with their latest studio album “A History of Violence.” JMT is one of the preeminent underground hip-hop acts on the scene, and also one of the scariest. Described by […]
Read moreErin Hernandez / The USD Vista I came across Francine Prose’s “Goldengrove” while sifting through numerous books. The book jacket outlines the grief that young Nico and her family suffer after the death of her older sister Margaret. This made me highly skeptical because I usually turn to the Shakespearean […]
Read moreCarrie Widder / The USD Vista Musicals have always bothered me just a little bit. Don’t get me wrong, one of my favorite past times is hitting up the theater, and I have been known to stop at the merchandise stand and buy the soundtrack on many such occasions, let’s […]
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