With social media influencers growing in popularity and power, recognizing their flaws is more important than ever Hallie Wiltshire / Asst. Opinion Editor When the news first began reporting on COVID-19, no one could have predicted that almost a year later, the pandemic not only continues to persist but continues […]
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been known to ruffle a few feathers — as all smart, determined women tend to do. Last week she shared on a live stream that she is a survivor of sexual assault. No one should be surprised that AOC chose to share this personal piece of her life. Her progressive, unfiltered reputation is well known. She explained how trauma compounds itself. Every incident piles on top of the other. The mob attack on the U.S. Capitol brought to the surface the same harrowing feelings she went through when her body was attacked
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On Jan. 20, Joe Biden addressed the U.S. for the first time as president. “We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal,” Biden said. “We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts. If we show a little tolerance and humility.”
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College in the middle of a pandemic is a painful struggle — many students never imagined that there would be a momentous world event that defined their academic career. A transition to online learning was thought to be a quick fix to a temporary setback, but as the one-year mark of online learning quickly approaches, it has proven to be more of a permanent solution. USD has a very comprehensive plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus that looks good on paper, but is not practical in reality. In practice, it pushes students to hang out off campus in non COVID-safe environments that the university cannot control.
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After an already tumultuous presidency, President Donald J. Trump started 2021 tweeting enough election fraud rhetoric to incite a coup d’ètat against the American government. He has fired off tweets about unfound election fraud since last November.
Read moreFraternities and sororities at USD claim to be striving for more diversity and inclusion, but the current recruitment process undermines that goal
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This semester has rapidly come and gone. No matter where you were physically located, the remote learning model has taken a toll on us all. However, the students that were allowed to return to USD’s beautiful campus have experienced vast inconsistencies from USD’s Residential Life.
Read moreA reflection on the Fall 2020 semester from our newsroom To the University of San Diego community, Today, Nov. 3, 2020, marks not only the beginning of a new four-year period in the American political cycle but also the last production day of The USD Vista for the fall semester. […]
Read moreWhat people do with their bodies, who they marry, and the existence of discrimination is not for politicians or anyone to argue about Jenny Han / Asst. Opinion Editor If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we are quick to label flaws in our country as political issues. […]
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The United States is currently consumed by internal divisions and polarization, which have been drastically heightened by Donald Trump’s presidency. Americans, in an attempt to comprehend the detrimental threat that his administration poses to our liberal democracy, marginalized groups, and our standing on the world stage, have fashioned the notion that fascism is here, right in our own country. However this is a misanalysis of the truth, at least for the time being.
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