For the first time in history, players on the USD men’s club rugby team will have an opportunity for pay. They are the first club to join the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Association. NIL is a policy under the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that allows athletes to get paid for brand deals, regarding their name, image or likeness.
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Last week, a 22-year-old man in Colorado Springs opened fire on an LGBTQ nightclub, killing five people and injuring at least 17.
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The U.S. 2022 midterm elections have ended, resulting in a party leadership change in the House of Representatives, while the Senate remains controlled by the Democrats.
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Homelessness has been a prominent issue in San Diego lately, made worse by the high cost of living. Although USD has resources for students who may be experiencing housing insecurity or who want to take action to combat homelessness, many students are unaware or do not feel inclined to take advantage of these resources.
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Students are getting ready to head home for the Thanksgiving Holiday but the short break is making it difficult for some students to get home. See USD’s academic calendar in comparison with other schools.
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Affirmative action is a program conscious of students’ race when individuals apply for college. Race is considered in the application process, because by – recognizing it — this program is acknowledging the racial barriers students may or may not have faced in their educational endeavors. Beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s, universities started to implement affirmative action into their admission decisions.
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Elon Musk, founder of companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, bought Twitter in a $44 billion deal finalized on Oct. 27. Following this acquisition, Musk fittingly changed his Twitter bio to “Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator,” as many Twitter users were vocal about their grievances.
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Dr. Rebecca Ingram of the USD Languages, Cultures and Literature Department recently published a scholarly book entitled “Women’s Work: How Culinary Cultures Shaped Modern Spain,” in which she shares the culmination of her years’ worth of academic research and personal interest in the subjects of gastronomy (food studies), Spanish language and culture, gender studies and politics.
Read moreRecently, school shootings are alarmingly present within the media. On Oct. 24, a school shooting at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School killed two people and injured seven in St. Louis. A movie released in late September on Netflix, “The Luckiest Girl Alive,” featured a woman traumatized by a school shooting in her past.
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Over Halloween weekend, tragedy struck South Korea when 154 people died and 149 were injured from a massive crowd stampede in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul. Of the 154 deceased, at least 19 were foreigners, including two Americans. According to Yonhap News, a South Korean news outlet, the incident occurred on Saturday, Oct. 29, with the first reports reaching police authorities at 10:15 p.m.
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