ABBY GENTRY | OPINION EDITOR I, along with many other college students, fight a daily battle with procrastination. There are always better things to do than what actually needs to be done. Especially at USD where the beach is six miles away it is often difficult to force yourself to […]
Read moreABBY GENTRY | OPINION EDITOR Apple recently denied the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice assistance to access the information on a found iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The FBI claims that Apple is hindering an ongoing investigation with U.S. national security concerning the December shooting […]
Read moreKevin Nelson | Managing Editor For some they are the most dreaded classes you will take at University of San Diego: the courses you have to take to get to a third semester equivalent of a foreign language. Well there may be some good news for prospective students as an […]
Read moreAbby Gentry | Opinion Editor In this day and age, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become the central source for news exposure. It now seems taboo to subscribe to or pick up a hard copy of a newspaper. While there are many perks to the immediate […]
Read moreOn Semester at Sea (SAS), there is an ongoing joke that it takes some time to get your land legs after the adventure has come to an end. As much as it is an adjustment to leave for a semester abroad, it is also a huge adjustment coming back after […]
Read moreMy hobbies consist of cooking, writing, playing the piano, reading, doodling, talking, and variety of seemingly inconsistent activities. In my lifetime, I hope to wear various different hats and hold various different jobs. I know what I’m good at, and I know there are things I’m not so good at. […]
Read moreOne Sunday a year, America shuts down for its biggest unofficial holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. Sports fans and non sports fans alike gather around with friends and family to watch arguably the biggest game in American sports. But what is it about this day that attracts so many viewers and […]
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KARL STOUT | THE USD VISTA | CONTRIBUTOR With the start of the 2016 Presidential primaries on Monday, Feb. 1, the fight for the democratic candidacy will be a close one. The race between presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders goes beyond finding the right democratic candidate. Simply put, […]
Read moreABBY GENTRY | THE USD VISTA | EDITOR I am hardly entitled to tell anyone how to choose their major. I just declared mine and it took me entirely too long. I genuinely feel like I considered every single major that USD offers at one point or another. When I […]
Read moreJoan O’Leary | Contributor | The USD Vista Using rather than abusing the many advantages of modern technology has been a delicate balance for me during my abroad experience. Throughout my time on Semester at Sea thus far, I have made a mental note of the ways that technology […]
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