On the weekend of Nov. 22-24, the music festival Wonderfront opened its gates to the public for the very first time. Hosted along the San Diego waterfront, the festival boasted beautiful views and an abundance of attractions for all kinds of visitors. Leaning on its location and on the natural beauty of San Diego, the festival was able to provide an experience for attendees that was unlike any other music festival in existence.
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Many wonder about the artistry behind the live mixing of electronic music. As world-renowned DJs such as Daft Punk and David Guetta consistently top charts with their infectious beats, fans can only dream of how they do it. University of San Diego sophomore Javi Lozano aspires to reach such levels of fame and success one day, and seems to be well on his way. He shared with The USD Vista just how his journey began.
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It was the 1950s. The United States had the strongest military in the world, families were growing, and the economy was booming. Women were encouraged to stay within the confines of the home. Popular magazine articles like “Don’t Be Afraid to Marry Young,” “Cooking To Me Is Poetry,” and “Femininity Begins At Home” urged women to leave the workplace and focus on bearing children. During the same era, however, the recently-opened San Diego College for Women, which would later become the University of San Diego, offered women different opportunities.
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It’s dinner time in the Alcalá Vistas Apartments at the University of San Diego, and wafting through the halls are the familiar smells of college cuisine — ramen noodles, jarred pasta sauce, and delivery pizza. This semester, however, the smell of freshly baked sourdough bread has joined this medley of scents thanks to two aspiring entrepreneurs, sophomores Juliette Owada and Grace Schmidt.
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The Associated Student Government Senate voted to officially defund the entire College Readership Program the Friday before Thanksgiving. Although, the decades-old program dedicated to informing USD students through access to national newspapers did not go down without a fight.
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Senior Tyler Arden began asking for greater transparency within Associated Student Government (ASG) in September. Arden then attended numerous ASG Senate meetings and each time requested that the student government make their budget public in an act of good faith and transparency.
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Take one look at each of the universities’ student governments, however, and the similarities seem to fade. While USD’s Associated Student Government (ASG) has been mired in more than a year’s worth of controversy and student concerns regarding their financial transparency and defunding of free newspaper access for students, LMU may not have had to weather similar issues.
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When the University of San Diego football team took the field against the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday, it marked the Toreros’ fourth consecutive postseason appearance, and their fifth in the last six years. A week earlier, USD won their 37th consecutive Pioneer Football League (PFL) game, defeating the Jacksonville University Dolphins 47-28.
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This week on USDtv we cover the recent issues of Frats in the San Diego area, Disney+, and Torrero Sports. After watching the episode don’t forget to follow us on our Social Media platforms!
Read moreA 25-year-old male student fractured his neck after being struck by another student’s car while crossing the street Monday night near the West entrance to the University of San Diego, officials said.
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