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Former USD father sentenced
Robert Flaxman, father of a former USD engineering student, was sentenced to a month in prison Friday for his involvement in the “Varsity Blues” college admission scandal, according to the Department of Justice.
Read moreASG cuts subscription
Luke Garrett / News Editor / The USD Vista USD students lost their digital subscription to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Oct. 8 and are not going to get it back. This cuts the already stripped College Readership Program at the University of San Diego in half. The other half of […]
Read moreOp-Ed: Varsity Blues
Parents under-punished for abuse of privilege in admissions scandal Emilie Schumacher / Op-Ed Contributor / The USD Vista Spoiled kids have a few guarantees in their life. Well, certainly more than just a few, but these are the main ones: they can do what they want, they can spend what […]
Read moreFirst-year confessions
Weighing in on the transition from high school into college life Jennifer DeSantis / Contributor / The USD Vista There is a chocolate milk container in my fridge. It has been there three weeks just like I’ve been here at USD three weeks. Three weeks of navigating the campus, avoiding […]
Read more14-day sentence
First parent is sentenced in “Varsity Blues” case Luke Garrett / News Editor / The USD Vista Felicity Huffman, star of the television drama “Desperate Housewives,” was the first parent to be sentenced in the “Varsity Blues” national college admission scandal. The Friday sentence earned her 14 days in federal […]
Read moreLeveling the pay-ing field
California bill challenges the NCAA and redefines the role of athletes in college sports Eric Boose / Opinion Editor / The USD Vista During the 2017 college football season, a Stanford University football player with a full-ride scholarship earned no more than 0.4 percent of the total profit the team […]
Read moreCollege Readership Program
Journalistic service is reduced to one digital subscription in current ASG fall budget Luke Garrett / News Editor / The USD Vista Beginning this fall, University of San Diego students will no longer have free access to two digital subscriptions, instead they will only have one — meaning either The Wall […]
Read moreDOJ case development
Flaxman’s son no longer at USD, no other university member involved Luke Garrett / News Editor / The USD Vista The March “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal at the University of San Diego has come to a close. The student who allegedly gained attendance to USD is no longer in […]
Read moreCopley gets necessary update
USD library renovations finally adjust to the needs of modern students Eric Boose / Opinion Editor / The USD Vista When it was first constructed in the 1980s, Copley Library was an ideal college library. Filled by thousands upon thousands of books and journals while still boasting swaths of spaces […]
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