Research at USD is an opportunity for students who wish to get involved or delve further into their specific areas of interest. Previously, students became aware of and involved in research by speaking with professors that were conducting research. and ...

Campus eateries, as businesses, have always had to endure student thefts. The rate of these thefts has remained constant in La Paloma according to its manager, Ruth Niveau. Niveau stated that students give various excuses to workers when they are caugh...

As editors of the newspaper, we sort of dread having to write our columns. I don't exactly know how to explain this phenomenon but it's probably the last thing all of us do before we leave the office on Tuesday nights. It's the task that doesn't get th...

The USD community mourned the loss of Joseph Colombo, professor in the theology and religious studies department, this winter break. Colombo passed away on Jan. 2. ...

The month of February has been celebrated as Black History Month, a history which highlights the rights of black Americans, since 1976. This history includes widely-known figures that fought for equality in their respective ways. ...

'Think on your feel or fall through the floor.' That's the motto of the TV game show 'Who's Still Standing?,' in which contests who answer one question wrong are dropped through a hole in the stage. USD Professor of Communication Studies Eric Pierson p...

A debris field twice the size of Texas is in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to appear along the coast of San Diego within the next three years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. ...

The time has come to pass the news section on to the next bright-eyed college editor, and I am confident to leave The Vista in competent hands. ...

A recent surge in University Terrace Apartment thefts has left students questioning the safety of their belongings. In the past couple of months, six Apple laptops have been stolen out of rooms in the UTAs. With the latest theft occurring on Nov. 6, th...

Though USD placed among the top rated schools for its commitment to sustainability according to the Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges, there is still room for improvement, especially in the university's recycling program. ...

The Law School Admission Council has canceled the Dec. 3 offering of the Law School Admission Test scheduled to take place at USD, an announcement that came shortly after the Oct. 1 LSAT at USD was n...

There was no shortage of laughter in the Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice conference rooms when Jeffery Solomon assumed the role of a mother and her gay son to perform excerpts from his play 'Mother Son.' ...

The University Center Forums ran out of chairs for the influx of more than 200 students that attended the Invisible Children movie screening on Nov. 2. Students' eyes widened in disbelief as the faces of Africa's longest running war appeared on the scr...

When families in San Diego put out their recycling each week, they could be helping to improve the lives of the people in Haiti. This is the idea behind Clean California, Clean Haiti, the winning proposal of USD's first Social Innovation Challenge. and ...

Although the weekend brought cold winter weather to San Diego, USD community members joined USD's chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta in their Rock the CASA 5K event at De ]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 1.2694487 News 5K event at De Courtney Ochi News http://www.theusdvista.com/news/fish-oil-and-the-science-of-happiness-1.2694486 Nazin Sedehi
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College students in general have the reputation of yearning to spend hours discussing all of life's existential questions (the meaning of life, anyone?) and, less glamorously, the definitions of some seemingly simple words. Take happiness, for instance...

The Department of Public Safety is in close contact with the San Diego Police Department after the body of 19-year-old Ayo Rebel Wharton was discovered in Tecolote Canyon last Wednesday morning. ...

USD is in the midst of discussions to redesign its core curriculum, which began with faculty action led by Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Mary Boyd, who felt that it was time for a change. ...

California's legal recognition of medical marijuana has changed the way that students interact with marijuana, which has members of the USD faculty and administration concerned. ...

USD's Alpha Chi Omega hosted its first ever Alpha Chi-Raoke philanthropy event, a twist on traditional karaoke similar to the hit television show 'Don't Forget the Lyrics.' The philanthropy event supported victims of domestic violence and took place Th...