By: Rachel Horgan

This Thursday marks the date of the first annual USDtv Film Festival put on by USDtv, featuring student produced films shown on campus. Five films ranging, from music video to mockumentary, will be presented in this noncompetitive film festival at 7 p.m. ...

By: Kaitlin Perry

  For two-and-a-half years I have written a weekly column for the Arts & Culture section, and I had been editing the section for about two years, as I became the assistant A&C editor the first semester of my freshman year. The Arts & Cult...

By: Rachel Horgan

Almost everyone has had a job where you stand all day, your feet ache and you can’t wait to take off your shoes and lay down. Once you discover the Birkenstock, the pain will be no more. There are so many benefits of the shoe in terms of orthotic s...

By: Benjamin Gefell

Peruvian author José María Arguedas described Peru as “a noble whirlwind in which different spirits, as if forged in antipodal stars, fight, attract to each other, reject each other, and mix with each other, between the highest of moun...

By: Justine Marzoni

Dearest Vista Readers, In honor of our last issue of the year and to celebrate the graduating class of 2010, this week I have written a special emotionally charged, heartfelt column for you all.  To start if off correctly, here is an inspirational q...

By: Rachel Horgan

There is a movement going on. It goes unnoticed by the White House, networks such as ABC or CBS and even a majority of the public, but it is there. The movement is biking. PeopleforBikes.org is one of the sites dedicated to bringing bikers together. It un...

By: Mandy Fobar

Imagine about 90 minutes of the Discovery Channel meets “Charlie Bit Me,” and tell me that doesn’t put a smile on your face. Thomas Balmès, a French documentary filmmaker, recently released a two years in the making movie, “...

By: Christina Sears

American Idol alum Chris Daughtry brought his post-grunge, pop rock band to San Diego’s Sports Arena, along with the opening acts of Lifehouse and Cavo, last Saturday. While their music is consistently played on Top 40 and rock radio, the audience ...

By: Ryan Coghill

Dr. Dog has come a long way since they first began recording back in 2001. The majority of their content consists of a slow-rock feel with evidence of jam session creations. After awhile, individual songs can become boring and borderline annoying if liste...

By: Ryan Coghill

I had the honor of meeting a Holocaust survivor. Lou Dunst came to speak at my Jewish Faith & Practices class. He began his speech by boldly stating that six million people were reduced to ashes and used for fertilizer, soap was made from their bodie...

By: Justine Marzoni

The Internet is an ever-expanding universe of knowledge, information and images.  If you have a question or need, there is probably at least a partial answer or solution for you somewhere in the infinite database online. In the last decade, cyber spa...

By: Bryce Carr

Rogue Wave frontman Zach Rogue, is proud of his band’s newest release, “Permalight,” and stands behind the balance of upbeat, life-affirming melodies and quiet pulsing songs heard on the release. Rogue worked to create an album that was ...

By: Ellie Faulkner

“A saint is a human mandala - a life in a ritual shape held up as a focus for concentration,” Erick Ehn writer of “Saint Plays” said.   Last week, the USD undergraduate theatre arts program debuted “The Saint Plays,&rdq...

By: Ben Gefell

No matter where you are, it is always important to be aware of the laws and regulations that govern your social environment.  Knowing the law serves you in two ways: as a primary defense to avoid breaking the law in the first place, and as a secondar...

By: Bryce Carr, Staff Writer, & Ryan Coghill, A&C Editor

Before The Bloody Beetroots brought their mayhem to a late night show at the House of Blues this past Friday night, I showed up early to do some press with the duo from Italy. As the guys brought me back to watch their sound check, my mind raced with ques...

By: Ryan Coghill

I have seen a lot of great shows at the House of Blues. I have been to the one on Sunset Blvd. in Anaheim and of course San Diego, seeing acts like G. Love & Special Sauce, Slightly Stoopid, Cursive and most recently The Bloody Beetroots. The acoustic...

By: Victoria Fantozzi

In the world of fashion, every day is a fashion show and the world is your runway. Fashionistas eager to make a statement will glitz and glam for a movie, style it up for a restaurant, and “stomp to the death” on every sidewalk or stretch of c...

By: Kaitlin Perry

 I wish, more than anything, that I had the ability to play an instrument. I don’t know if it’s because I have horrible hand-eye coordination or because I have “freakishly” small hands as my sister tells me, but no matter what...

By: Benjamin Geffel

Off the train, we had a 10-minute walk through the Aguas Calientes nightlife to arrive at our hotel.  A large river split the town in two; one side was clearly residential, and the other was filled with lights and people.  We crossed one of seve...

By: Christina Sears

For adolescent and young adult audiences, “Clash of the Titans” is another Sam Worthington, special-effects-filled visit to the movie theater. What audiences are not aware of, however, is that it is the “reimagining” of a Hollywood...