Jason Aranjo / Guest Writer / The USD Vista “If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.”-Alphonse de Lamartine Istanbul is a crossroads of sorts both literally and figuratively. It is a mixture of cultures and the historic capital reincarnate of three […]
Read moreLiz Buckley / Editor in Chief / The USD Vista First-time director Clark Gregg knew that he was taking a risk when he decided to turn Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk, into a feature film. Although he was contending with the classic Fight Club and adapting a beloved author with a […]
Read moreKaitlin Perry / Arts & Culture Editor / The USD Vista This weekend at Street Scene I was serenaded by Justice and inspired by Devo to buy a whip. I was taken from the music of the millennium to the music of the 80s within the span of two nights, […]
Read moreRaymond Ayala / Sports Editor / The USD Vista Ed Hochuli made a mistake, plain and simple. He even publicly admitted this in order to address those who decided to e-mail him and voice their complaints. True, professional football is a sport where almost every game counts towards the post […]
Read moreBen Brody / Staff Writer / The USD Vista Since the conception of American politics, voters have tried to convince themselves that the candidates were like them. They tried to reconcile the fact that even though most of the candidates were given a privileged upbringing and attended Ivy League schools, […]
Read morePaul Garcia / Staff Writer / The USD Vista As a college student, I was perplexed by some Republican denouncements of Barack Obama’s intellectual pedigree. My dream is to go to Georgetown Law and then embark on a career in politics. Now I am confused. Somehow, the academic achievement and […]
Read moreLaney MacDougall / Staff Writer / The USD Vista Aug. 29, 2005: the day the Category 3 Hurricane Katrina swept along the United States coast from Florida to Texas and the beginning of one of the most economically and socially devastating natural disasters ever to hit the United States. With […]
Read moreSerge Seplovich / Opinion Editor / The USD Vista There have been many firsts for me this year. It’s my first year on The Vista staff, first year having my own room, and first year having a parking spot down at the beach. But the most significant first for me […]
Read moreSamantha Shorey / Columnist / The USD Vista I often hear the following phrase from the fashionably-unfriendly regarding couture runway shows: “Ew. Who would ever actually wear that?” Well, probably not you. Or anyone, for that matter. You see, the thing is the garments you see walking down runways from […]
Read moreMoses Utomi / Staff Writer / The USD Vista The Internet is serious business. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin learned this fact the hard way as hackers broke into her private Yahoo e-mail account on Tuesday Sept. 16. Members from Anonymous, a cyber vigilante group based on the infamous 4Chan […]
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