Ben 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 […]
Read moreEmily Winston, Samantha Laroy / Staff Writers / The USD Vista Since its origin in ancient Greece, the Olympics have been a place for friendly competition, yet it has also been closely connected to politics. Recently, China has been in the spotlight due to the Olympics held in Beijing. This […]
Read moreMichelle Talent / Staff Writer / The USD Vista The multitude of Be blue, go green! signs around campus are not just promoting a universal truism by encouraging people to follow the trend of being Earth conscious. USD has realized the importance of taking care of the planet that we […]
Read moreRyan Plourde / Staff Writer / The USD Vista The defense was bad; the offense wasn’t much better, and MVP running back LaDainian Tomlinson sat most of the game with an injured toe. Charger fans can’t deny the fact that San Diego looked less than stellar in their week two […]
Read moreOliver Wood Ever since his appearance at the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament in Tampa, Diego Torero has been getting huge amounts of publicity. And now he is about to enter a whole new realm of mascoting. On Tuesday Diego Torero will be named Capitol One’s Collegiate Mascot of the Year […]
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