By: Bernadette Smith

Beginning as a small fundraising event called 'The Angel Island Adventure and rdquo; in 1996, the National Brain Tumor Society's Brain Tumor Walk has grown into a national, annual event raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for brain tumor services ...

Ranked second in the nation for study abroad participation, USD has a unique emphasis on the importance of international travel. The International Studies department website reveals just how strongly the university believes in student participation: 'C...

Fall semester's kick off is fast approaching and students everywhere are preparing for the excitement, and the stress, of the new school year. Dorms need to be moved into, classrooms need to be found and, of course, a slew of textbooks need to be purch...

By: Bernadette Smith

As a brand new transfer student to USD last fall, I was very nervous about the food situation on campus. A typical college student would fear the ominous 'freshman fifteen, and rdquo; - or, to stay loyal to the alliteration, 'transfer twenty and rdq...

By: Sara Johnson

With the explosion of worldwide networking websites like Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare in recent years, instant electronic connection has become the standard for modern information exchange. In response to this demand, the expansion of mainstream el...

Recently, the USD Model United Nations (MUN) team was notified that it will receive a $100,000 anonymous donation that will ultimately give the team the resources it needs to become a solid, reputable program. The USD MUN team is excited that it will be...

By: Gunner Wiebe

Marine Maj. Derek Abbey can be seen in the SOLES building taking classes for his graduate program in Education Leadership or teaching Emerging Leadership to freshmen, but what most of the USD community doesn't see is the work he does off campus. Abbey i...

By: Jillian Anthony

Sophomore year I created the now infamous alter ego, 'Jilla. and rdquo; Now that I have given my last ounce of advice, I must admit to my eight avid readers that, while most of the time I spoke from the heart and with readers' best interests in mind, much...

By: Rachel Horgan

Representatives from each sorority voted that a multicultural sorority could be under the governing body of USD's Panhellenic council last Thursday. The students interested in starting this organization and the AS senate will now have the opportunity to b...

By: Anne Slaghill

This will be my final column as News Editor of The Vista. It's been a long, rewarding road these past two years, but it is time to dedicate myself to other ventures. Before I go, I've got a few things to say; some things that never made it into columns an...

By: Marisa Dodge

Twenty-four hours make up one day; in that amount of time it is possible to change one life, or thousands. This past Saturday and Sunday, May 1 through 2, on the Valley field, USD hosted Relay for Life for the first time. RFL, an American Cancer Society ...

By: Ellie Faulkner

In a search for the truth about Nike's labor practices, Jim Keady spent time in Indonesia to see what working as one of Nike's factory workers was really like. He lived on $1.25 a day and resided in what he described as a '9 feet by 9 feet cement block an...

By: Jori Gregorio

'All American and all strawberry and rdquo; was junior Peter Larrs' description of the activities outside of the Student Life Pavilion last Thursday. Starting the previous Monday, balloons, posters and everything strawberry decorated the SLP and other USD...

By: Jillian Anthony

You know what really grinds my gears? Change. It is simply human nature to resist change. Why do you think grandparents can get so grumpy? They have to deal with their punk kids and grandkids telling them the way they do things is wrong or old-fashioned ...

By: Doug Wood

The University of San Diego celebrated Earth Day with Earth Week, featuring five full days of activities meant to promote awareness of and appreciation for the environment. The week was sponsored by USD's Office of Sustainability and included over 14 even...

By: Anne Slagill

It's a real shame that people don't talk to one another anymore. All this business with e-mail, texting and Facebook messaging has made life so horribly impersonal. I guess that first statement was an ironic one. People talk more now, just not in the same...

It was an evening of 'making it work and rdquo; last Thursday in Frank's Lounge, where students, faculty and enthusiastic fans - including Dean Mary Boyd of the College of Arts and Sciences - gathered to watch and discuss the finale of 'Project Runway. an...

By: Christina Sears

The work of USD alumnus Justin Franklin has been accepted into the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The festival is set to be held May 12 to May 23 in Cannes, France. Franklin will be showing his short film 'Lying Next to Larry and rdquo; to many promine...

By: Lindsay Price

Dipping, dodging, slipping and sliding occurred last Saturday afternoon with Delta Tau Delta. The annual 'Delt Dodgeball and rdquo; tournament took place at Mariner's Point, where members of the USD community flocked to the beachy location to play in the ...

By: Jillian Anthony

Dear Jilla, I'm an avid Jilla fan and love your articles. One of my buddies is a good looking dude, very friendly and popular among the ladies. I'm pretty sure he could get any one of the thousands of beautiful ladies at USD. Here's the issue: he cons...