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“You are NOT alone” As the tragedy of student deaths plagues USD, our campus community strives to understand how to move forward

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR and

Contributing interviews by: Hannah Bucklin, Taylor Cabalse, Katelyn Montero, Ian Rodgers, Kendall Tich, and Lauren Vujovich In less than three months, USD has been struck by the unprecedented tragedy of the deaths of three students. Two of the deaths are known to be suicides. munity have referred to the third and most recent death as a suicide as well.

Now, the school community is looking for ways to move forward, and to make sure that nothing like this happens again.

In a video sent by email to the USD community, vice president of student affairs Carmen Vazquez said that USD has been “shaken” by the deaths of the three students this semester, as well as the hospitalization of another student who was “Our campus community has never before been challenged by this much grief and sorrow in such a short period of time,” Vazquez said.

In light of what has happened, USD strives to make sense of this semester’s events and how to heal and move forward as a community. although feelings of depression can be alienating, they are not as uncommon as people think.

“I remember going through a dark time when I was 22,” Bowman said. “ I was feeling alone and like I was the only one who felt like that. It wasn’t until one of my good friends attempted suicide [that] my friends and I started talking and realized that we had all been feeling the same way.”

Bowman also explained that the faculty members at USD are here for the they are trained in how to use the university’s resources. Bowman encourages students dealing with tough issues to rely on the people around them.

“The biggest thing to do is to go [to] someone that they trust or admire so that person can walk alongside them toward a solution,” Bowman said. “That person might not be able to provide a solution, but they can help you get there.”

In the wake of the most recent death, junior Jennifer Auerbach shared her own personal struggle on Facebook.

“I’m not one to expose my secrets on facebook, but seeing the need for love and support in my community, I’m not afraid to admit I am the 1 of 4 people in the US that has been affected by mental illness,” Auerbach said.

However, Auerbach said that through her education, she began to realize that she could overcome her problems.

“With the knowledge that it was possible to overcome that state, I began to recover,” Auerbach said. “I began to not see myself as a hopeless victim, but instead I pursued ways to learn how to take control of my life and happiness. I realized

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family, friends, and professionals, and fought the battle against the depression. I won, and you can too.”

Despite the words of encouragement, Moises Barón, the director of the counseling center at USD, admits that the deaths are “unprecedented.”

Barón said that in the past 15 years, USD has had six student deaths that were likely the result of suicide including the three ones most recently. This means that half of these deaths have occurred this semester.

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Vazquez does not take lightly.

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Resources on campus:

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USD formally supports DREAM Act

By Devon Beck STAFF WRITER

Supporters of the DREAM Act in New York hold up signs of

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USD has come out with an institutional statement in support of immigration reform and the Dream Act. On April 26, both USD President Mary Lyons and the university’s Executive Council came out in support for these issues saying that they were important enough for a formal statement.

Las Monarcas de USD, a group on campus was one of the organizations lobbying for support from the school community. They urged the campus to get involved and take a stance on immigration reform. In a letter they sent out to USD a week before the formal statement, Las Monarcas emphasized the importance of human rights and the

role USD plays in them as a Catholic community.

Immigration reform would allow millions of undocumented immigrants the right to become citizens. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would allow undocumented students who arrived in the U.S. as minors conditional permanent residency after graduating from a U.S. high school.

Vice President of University Relations Timothy O’Malley was one of the members on the Executive Council that signed the institutional statement.

O’Malley explained why the university chose to come out with a statement of support.

“We believe that this is a very important issue and something that the university wanted to go on record

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BUSINESS 12-13

SPORTS 18-20

Toreros can and should do more

Prep School Recordings take the stage

Torero Golf set to compete in NCAA tournament

Student media freedom and professionalism over the past few years PAGE 7

Students form their own record label imprint, “Prep School Recordings” PAGE 12

FEATURE 10-11

ARTS AND CULTURE 14-17

Senior spotlight

Old Globe’s “Other Desert Cities”

Spring 2013 is coming to an end and seniors are preparing for life after graduation.

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The latest play is a comedic tragedy.

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USD Golf selected for NCAA Division I championship PAGE 18

position,” O’Malley said. “We discussed as central administration that we don’t pretend to speak for everybody at USD, that’s not our place, and that wasn’t our intent is to say that every student, every faculty member, every student administrator believes in anything in particular. We thought as the institutional leadership that it was important to go on record and say that we, in general terms, support legislation that is going to take a serious look at comprehensive immigration reform.”

He also discussed the Dream Act and why it is so important for USD as an institution to support it. has to do with opportunity for undocumented students” Dr. O’Malley said. “And since that’s our business, See DREAM, Page 4

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Hannah Bucklin news2@usdvista.com

Healing in the wake of tragedy Raw emotion floods USD in the midst of student deaths

By Matt Hose NEWS EDITOR

Memory is a funny thing.

I remember that it was after Hurricane Katrina. My mother, my brother and I had previously evacuated for four months to Sacramento, Calif. to live with my aunt and uncle.

I remember that we had moved back into my house in the outskirts of New Orleans.

I remember my grandmother having my family for a month. Every day when I would come home from school, I could smell her traditional Southern cooking coming from the kitchen. Most of my mom’s recipes came originally from my grandmother, so the smells helped me to think that nothing was different.

It helped me to think that my mom was there.

I remember trips to the hospital with my dad. At times, even after a couple of days without seeing her, I would almost start to forget my mom’s voice. But, every time that I walked through the door to her white hospital room, I would immediately be reminded when she greeted me with a “Hi sweetie,” with her unimposing twang of a southern accent.

She smiled her usual glowing smile and seemed to be doing good despite the needles running through her veins. She was sprightly enough for conversation. I just knew that she would be back home soon.

I remember never having a doubt in my mind that she would pull through this. In fact, the idea that she might not pull through it never even occurred to my mind. She was my mom, she was always there and she always would be, right?

I remember that the month went by quickly. I kept going to my classes, my grandma kept cooking me dinner in my mother’s place, and my dad and I drove back and forth to the hospital some evenings after school. Some days it probably didn’t even seem important to me to go visit her. She was probably having fun playing her favorite card game, Solitaire, or talking to the doctors.

I was naive.

I remember that at the end of that quick month, she came back home and life returned relatively back to normal, though it never seemed much different to begin with.

While I remember a lot of things about this time of my life, there are just as many things I do not remember. Those things are probably even more important than the ones I do remember, and I have found them out as I have grown older.

I don’t remember that every time I went into that hospital, my mother was skinnier. She had alway been relatively small, never weighing more than 130 pounds. The change was gradual, but by the end of the month, she was 90 pounds and could not stomach a full meal. She smiled at me as I entered the hospital and likely mustered up all of the energy she had to talk to me, but she was skin and bones underneath the cover of her blanket.

I also don’t remember what else the blanket concealed. Veins pulsated through her arms as the doctors had to constantly give her injections of potassium. The potassium burned her veins so much that several of them painfully blew out, and the doctors often before they found one that worked.

I don’t remember that when I left the hospital, that smile disappeared and gave way to tears. I didn’t know that at times she felt completely hopeless and alone, and that the idea of my grandmother coming in to replace her was probably very terrifying.

I don’t remember that she went into cardiac arrest twice during her stay in the hospital.

I don’t remember that her doctor told her following one of these episodes, “We are not going to lose you.”

I don’t remember that at any moment, I could have lost my mother forever, and that my childhood naivete would be shattered.

There are a lot of things that I don’t remember, and what I realize now is that that is what makes mothers great.

Mothers are there to allow us, as their children, to think that they aren’t human. They allow us to think that they are servants on Earth to serve our every desire. They allow us to forget that they are human beings with beating hearts.

Human beings that cry in hospital beds.

Human beings whose hearts sometimes decide to stop beating. Human beings who may be hopeless behind that smile that they put on for their kids.

This Mother’s Day, I implore everyone to remind their mothers that we all know they are human. We know we love them for it.

ALONE, continued from Front Page Vazquez worries that in today’s society, men have a much harder time asking for help than women.

“If I could do anything differently, it’s how do we get our male students in particular to know that seeking advice and seeking a conversation is a strength,” Vazquez said. “It’s an opportunity to give voice to who you are and what you’re feeling.”

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that men are four times as likely to commit suicide as women nationwide.

In addition, in a 2011 nationwide survey of college students, the American College Health Association “found that about 30 percent of college students reported feeling ‘so depressed time in the past year.”

While this statistic may seem dismal to some, others see it as a sign that depression is not something that an isolated minority experiences, but something that a community can live through together.

Barón, the director of the counseling center, said that it is important for students who are feeling thoughts of depression or suicide to know that they are not alone. He said that before these feelings become worse, students should seek help.

“For those people who are feeling lost or alone or who are feeling really no sense of hope, give it a chance,” Barón said. “Reach out and get some help. We know that treatment works, even though it may not look that way to people.”

Barón said that many of the problems occur when students feel completely isolated and decide not to reach out for help at the counseling center or through other resources. He said this is often the result of a social stigma, or the idea that it is socially unacceptable to get counseling or to reach out to friends for help.

In the wake of this semester’s tragedies, he and other members of the USD community hope that these attitudes change.

Erin Bishop, an associate minister with University Ministry, said that it is vital that students reach out for help.

“If you’re feeling alone, reach out to somebody,” Bishop said. “People are good and people will care for you. All

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The Center for Health for Health & Wellness Promotion is one of many centers in the umbrella organization of Student Wellness at USD. It is AS’s second recommendation for resources to turn to for help, after the counseling center.

of us really care about our students and we want to be able to help. If you see something, say something.”

Barón also said that friends play a major role in helping students who are feeling depressed. He said that students should look for warning signs that a friend might have suicidal thoughts.

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, some of these warning signs include “having a feeling of being a burden to others,” “becoming isolated from friends” and having insomnia, among several others.

For senior Nick Delgado, the easiest way for students to help other students is by simply getting to know them.

“It’s so easy to get caught up in our ways and not take the time to be caring and inclusive, but it is for that exact reason that I feel that we need to start showing care and compassion before a disaster happens,” Delgado said. “We all should strive to get to know others in person rather than get to know them through their friends--and sometimes even our own friends--talking about them at their funeral.”

Nevertheless, in the wake of the tragedies, many members of the USD community provide advice for students coping with the recent losses. their way back to their everyday routines. Michael Lovette-Colyer, director of University Ministry, explains that this behavior is completely normal, and that every student should feel free to deal with grief in their own way and take the time that they need. LovetteColyer also encourages those who have been struck with loss not to forget the people that they love.

“The best way to honor those who have passed away is to live the things that we love best about them,” LovetteColyer said. “Live out their joy, their passion, their smile. All of us can do that.”

Additionally, Mallory Collins, the communications chair of Associated Students for 2012-2013, said that AS is trying to organize ways to make students on campus feel loved.

“We were talking about some sort of campaign or some sort or response to spread love on campus and to just really spread that awareness,” Collins said. “[We are trying] to satisfy that

need that a lot of students are feeling right now to feel loved and to show love.”

In order to deal with tragedy within the campus community, USD has created Sensitive Issue Teams and Critical Incident Response Teams that are comprised of members from departments across campus. Representatives from the Department of Public Safety, Student Affairs, Residential Life and University Ministry work collaboratively in the midst of tragedies in order to identify which organizations need to be engaged and the individuals who are most affected and might need counseling.

As the university learned of the most recent passing of a student, one of to which organizations he belonged in order to quickly gather them together on Monday evening.

Seeming to take the advice of their community members, over 150 USD students gathered in Missions Crossroads on the night of May 6. They paid tribute to the deceased students by showing that community is the best way to overcome the loneliness that inevitably comes with tragedy.

When happily ever after isn’t the end

A collaboratively devised theatre piece from THEA: 494

By Taylor Cabalse

into our adult lives,” Schulte said. “We really put a lot of ourselves into the

To live “happily ever after” has been a lifestyle USD students have attempted to strive for. Since childhood, Disney princess movies have played

After the monologues, junior Erin Dellorso performed a scene to show how since childhood, Disney princesses have taught them how to behave to be perfect and have a happy ending. The songs included in this scene contained messages about being domestic, but also being brave and independent.

The cast hoped to acknowledge that there is not only one happy ending to strive for, but a series of happy endings.

According to the cast, the positive parts of life should be relished and recognized, but they are not the end of the story. These happy endings are not endings because life goes on.

Following the play, the nine performers along with Stufft sat down with the audience for a question and answer session. The Q&A was put into the performance to keep an open communication between the cast and the audience. This was also a time audience members provided their feedback and what they enjoyed or what they thought the class could improve on for future productions.

“You don’t get married, ride off into the sunset, and then that’s it. Life goes on. You face struggles, obstacles, and it’s not always rainbows and

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students have grown to be.

Since the beginning of spring semester, the nine theatre majors enrolled in Theatre 494: Collaboration Theatre Making, have compiled a piece called TBD: To Be Devised. TBD premiered in the Black Box Theatre, Camino Hall room 131, on May 2.

TBD was originally planned to show from May 2 to May 5. However, due to popular demand and many sold out shows, they extended the show to the following Tuesday May 7.

TBD, which typically means to be determined, was originally given the name in order to be a place holder until the class decided on a name for the show. As production progressed, the class decided to keep the acronym TBD but changed the meaning to “To Be Devised.”

Senior and TBD performer Kelsey Schulte explains the thought process behind the show title.

“The more we worked on it and the more we started piecing the show together, we had retitled it ‘To Be Devised,’ envisioning that the audience would be in for a treat not knowing what the show was about,” said Schulte.

Students in Theatre 494 had to audition for their enrollment. Professor of this class, Monica Stufft, requested interested students to perform an “elevator pitch” for their audition.

This type of audition is two minutes long showing why they would be an attribute for this collaborative piece. who would work well, inspire, and accept criticism from their fellow classmates. During the audition, students showcased a variety of talents ranging from hula hooping, singing,

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Photo of Mickey Mous gloves and infinity scarves. Two simple props that were used throught the performance.

dancing or simply explaining why they should be in the class.

This small ensemble, made up of nine students, allowed the show to be created from a variety of different skill levels, backgrounds and talents.

“As for what we learned, I know that the cast will agree when I say it has been the most enjoyable, intense, absolutely crazy experience only because we have been open and available to the show and to each other,” Schulte said. “There [were] nine different opinions being thrown about in the space, but we have to learn when to listen and when to talk.

Compromise and creativity are the two main components that have driven this process.”

Although Theatre 494 has been in session since the beginning of the spring semester, the script was not night. Early in the semester in March,

the class decided on the theme of Disney princesses.

“We had the choice of either basing the show on Disney princesses and how we affect them, or switching it up a bit and having it be our personal stories and how Disney has affected us,” Schulte said. “We wanted the audience to go on a roller coaster of emotion as they saw that life is compiled with various happy moments, not a single happy ever after.”

Early in the play, the performers recited monologues. It was a a compilation of their own personal stories. The performers wanted the audience to realize that no matter the generation they grew up in, Disney has “Our monologues showcased personal moments that have shaped our ideals and morals growing up, and how these ideals and morals have seeped

is recognizing those happy endings throughout your life and relishing in them. You take the good with the bad.

Life is a roller coaster.”

Correction: In the May 2 issue of The Vista, a caption read that two local drag queens were invited to the drag show by “USD administration.” This was incorrect.

The drag queens were invited by staff member who wishes to remain anonymous. We aplologize for any factual errors in reporting.

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Graduation boasts star-studded speakers

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Paul Rice

By Erin Fogerty

socially responsible food movement led

STAFF WRITER

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James Brennan James Brennan has been chosen as the Undergraduate morning ceremony’s

Big Brothers Big Sisters and Cathedral was named Big Brothers Big Sisters

afternoon for the USD students graduating from the School of Business. This

the graduating seniors to join him in the

College of Arts and Science. The morning

“I was excited to hear that the

Brennan has opened a handful of lounges and restaurants in San Diego’s Gaslamp

over 800 business partnerships have been established with companies including Ben goal is the spread of fair trade across all product categories.

USD has been designated as a

he spent eleven years in the Segovias

commitment to prepare ethical leaders and globally engaged.

offering farmers an opportunity to earn Asia. opportunity to change the world. The

students to put their degrees to best use and participate in social change all over the world.

bars were designed and developed by Brennan. Stingaree has been named one of the top ten nightclubs in the entire country

by MSN.com while Bar West is one of the only premier night clubs students have

which is a disaster relief fund. In days after

in over one hundred homes.

Brennan has done a lot of good for communities on both the east and west coast. Although his nightclubs and “I’ve been to Stingaree before but I never imagined the owner would be

San Diego more than just nightclubs.

The entrepreneur is involved in various Brennan sits on the Board of Directors

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USD gives formal support to DREAM Act DREAM, continued from Front Page education, we did want to mention explicitly our support of the Dream Act. And again, this is our interest in seeing what could be done both on the legislative side, but also on the institutional side to make a USD student experience as accessible as who would care to come to USD.” O’Malley addressed whether the university expected any backlash from the support.

“We did seriously talk about how we would make the statement, and who would sign it.” he said. “We thought it was important that the university’s central administration express solidarity on this issue, and therefore it would be useful for us all to sign it, but every one of us had the option not to. It was an intentional signal that we were together on this point and predictably, there has been some backlash. ‘You don’t speak for me’ within the university community, and that was never our intention, but we can understand how our statement might have been taken that way.”

Students also weighed in on the show of support from the university.

Junior Sam Simmons agreed with the

university’s stance.

“I do agree with the university’s stance on supporting immigration reform along with the Dream Act itself.” Simmons said, “I also believe that it serves as a fair middle ground in immigration reform between no changes being made whatsoever and granting current undocumented immigrants full amnesty.”

When asked if he found it necessary for the university to take a stance on controversial issues, Simmons necessary to take a stance on issues such as this. However, seeing that San Diego has now become an ethnically ‘minority majority’ region, the issue of immigration is a pertinent one to our community. Thus, the university had good reason to release this statement.”

Simmons also explained how he didn’t see the university’s support as acting on behalf of the entire school.

“I feel as though this statement represents only USD as an institution rather than the community as a whole,” Simmons said. “One of the things that make our university so special is the wide variety of opinions and beliefs community, and that these individuals are also allowed to have and express their opinions regardless of who agrees with them.”

Not all students agreed with the university’s statement in support of immigration reform.

“I personally do not support immigration reform and when the university came out with this letter, it sounded as if they were speaking for the university as a whole,” said a sophomore who wished to remain anonymous. “I do believe that the university has a right to say what they want as long as it’s made clear that they are not speaking for the entire community.”

Sophomore Mackenzie Martin also agreed with the university’s stance.

“I had the opportunity to take Multicultural California class last semester,” Martin said. “We focused a lot of our time and study on immigration.

I absolutely think it is necessary for the university to take a stance on these issues, not only because of future applications of potential students but also because of our geography seeing as we are so close to an international border.”

Martin ended her comments on a positive note.

“I’m really happy to see our school taking a strong stance on this decision and hope others will follow our lead in the future.”

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The border gate at Friendship Park was opened for the first time in years on Binational Children’s Day, an event to promote dialogue between the people of San Diego and Tijuana

Science spotlight: bees invade USD’s campus

By Brittany Carava CONTRIBUTOR

As spring rolls around, honeybees take it as a cue to populate USD more than ever. Lately, it’s not just the cuddly, trashcan digging, raccoons that are plaguing USD’s campus. The university has had multiple instances where an overabundance of bees has created a problem for the students and faculty trying to gain access to various areas of campus. Ironically, despite this over abundance on our campus, for the last seven years there has been a steady decline in the honeybee population throughout the country.

It is still a mystery why honeybee populations are rapidly declining, but central cause known as Colony Collapse Disorder.

According to researcher Renee Johnson, starting in 2006 beekeepers were reporting sudden drops in their colony populations along the East Coast. The US Department of Agriculture is currently still working to

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Sign posted near the Hanh University Center warns students of bee infestation.

they believe that pesticides, parasites, mites or other environmental factors could contribute to CCD. Whatever the cause, the USDA’s main concern is that honeybees account for one-third of the food that people consume, a concern that suppliers of honeybee products aren’t taking lightly.

In order to help combat this decline of bees, the popular premium ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs has created a “Help the Honey Bees” campaign to raise funding for a research initiative that they have partnered with at Penn State University. For each “bee built of the proceeds to their research project focused on providing a facility for honeybees to pollinate in a safe environment free from potential viruses or mites.

It may seem ironic that despite these national issues with the honeybee population, USD is still attracting a large population to its campus. It could be the result of the various bee-attracting plants that are planted around campus such as the honeysuckles planted in various areas on campus. Also, the warm climate of San Diego could be a factor according to researcher Khalil Hamdan.

“In mid-Spring most honeybees swarm under warm conditions on sunny days,” Hamdan said.

During these warm conditions, honeybees actually require a large supply of water to keep the hives at a cool temperature. With many bodies of water on campus, such as the large fountain in front of the Jenny Craig Pavillion, it would make sense that they have created hives close to these areas.

Despite the honeybees’ contributions to making our campus beautiful by pol-

campus, they can become a nuisance for students to deal with.

Public Safety has taken actions to combat this issue by blocking off areas on campus near hives or swarm areas.

Elizabeth Tanner, an adjunct professor of biology at USD has also taken notice of issue.

“We don’t want this to become a public health problem, we want to encourage their survival on campus but keep the campus safe for students,” Tanner said.

Students have also been inconvenienced both in residence halls and other areas of campus.

“A hive broke and there were bees all over the stairs of Cuyamaca. The main stairwell had hundreds covering the walls!” said sophomore and resident of The Vista Alcala Apartments Andrea Zammit.

Alexis Rogers a sophomore who works on campus explained, “ The bees made me late to work.”

However, as scary or inconvenient as the honeybee population is on campus, sophomore Anna Keig summed up, “They don’t sting or get angry unless they are provoked,” Keig said. “I can totally understand trying to avoid them or walk around them, but I don’t see them as a big deal at all.”

In other words, Toreros, exercise caution when walking through bee populated areas but let them enjoy their natural habitat and let them continue to make our campus beautiful.

Toreros making change: The New Beginning

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Juniors Morgan Hamm and Josh Klem catch up on the feature section in the Student Life and Involvement Center

he New Beginning is a student alliance that is driven by the idea that “I go to USD” and “I am a Torero.” TNB is aimed at creating a sense of pride among USD students and generating a profound sense of community. The alliance hopes to foster a connection between various groups, student organizations and sports teams on campus. One way TNB tries to get the USD student body to unite is with their weekly cha cha line through campus. Sloane Smith, a member of TNB, said, “this alliance is aimed at developing a more expansive concept of what is it to be a Torero through

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Candidates for dean of CAS emerge

By Morgan Lewis STAFF WRITER

Starting in 2013, USD will have a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The current dean, Mary Boyd, will be leaving her position after being appointed in 2008. There are three candidates in the running for the position, all with an impressive set of credentials and extensive knowledge new dean will be made before the end of the school year.

One of the candidates is the department chair of sociology at USD, Michelle Madsen Camacho. Camacho formerly held two postdoctoral fellowships at the Univ. of Calif., San Diego, at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and in the Department of Ethnic Studies. Her research uses theories from interdisciplinary sources including cultural studies, critical race, gender and feminist theories.

Central to her work are questions of culture, power and inequality. She is of Ethnic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies and Latin American Studies. Madsen is also a recipient of the “2011 Innovation in Experiential Education Award,” which is given to a professor that shows a great amount of commitment student-centered learning. Camacho was rewarded for her work by promoting providing

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Michelle Madsen Camacho, Noelle Norton and Tammy J. Dwyer are the three candidates for dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

students a deeper understanding of heteronormativity.

The second candidate in the running is Noelle Norton. Norton joined the USD faculty in 1994. She is currently serving as an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences while maintaining her faculty role in the department. She most recently served as chair of the department and formerly served as the USD Honors Program director from 2001-2008.

Norton has done extensive work in political science. She teaches classes on American politics, legislative politics, urban politics and gender politics. Norton’s background and

experience prepare her to teach a wide variety of courses ranging from urban politics to gender politics. Prior work for the cities of Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo piqued her interest in state, local, and urban politics, while her research in American government piqued her interest in the U.S. Congress and gender politics. She has taught introductory American Politics and Urban Politics, as well as upperdivision courses on Congress, urban politics, parties and interest groups, sex power and politics. Norton has published numerous political journals in topics ranging from policy and legislation, to gender roles in the government.

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Norton has recently expanded her work to include international topics. She recently returned from a research trip where she began an exploration into the relative strength of a transnational women’s rights network on legislative bodies such as the US Congress, the European Union and the British Parliament.

Tammy J. Dwyer is the third for the position. Like Norton, Dwyer joined the University of San Diego faculty in 1994. She served as chair of the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry from 2001-2009.

Dwyer is passionate about chemistry and enjoys teaching how theory and

experiment blend to enhance our understanding of the physical world and of chemical phenomena. Her biography on the USD website states that Dwyer “strives to create a positive and relaxed classroom atmosphere to facilitate learning while setting high standards for her students and providing them with the tools to meet the course goals.”

Dwyer also maintains an active research program involving undergraduates focused on using NMR spectroscopy and computational methods to study structure and dynamics in both small and large molecules. Dwyer was awarded the 2001 Davies Award for Teaching Excellence.

Dwyer’s research program encompasses both physicalorganic chemistry and biophysical chemistry.

Dwyer was recently awarded ‘12-’13 University Professorship. The Professorship is the highest academic honor bestowed university-wide and is given in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievements in teaching and research. Dwyer was given this prestigious honor for her research program, as well as her regularly published top-notch journals with her undergraduate research students as co-authors. varying greatly within the CAS, each candidate feature an impressive set of credentials that make any one of them

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OPINION

EDITOR Nick Dilonardo opinion@usdvista.com

Strong, silent?

By Nick Dilonardo OPINION EDITOR A recurring refrain from Tony Soprano in the late 90s HBO series that bore his last name as he dealt with his depression and anxiety in therapy centered on his image of masculinity.

Tony would always ask, sometimes Tony was referring to what he saw male. Tony felt that in the 90s especially, as pharmacology increasingly was recommended for patients of all ages dealing with symptoms of anxiety and depression, that we were all getting problems in his personal life to anyone - especially a woman, and especially a psychologist - was anathema. In fact, something that could get him killed.

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confronting the stronger sentimental side of our being, as men, can be open up. times greater than it does in women.

I think this happens to do with Gary

to life, American masculinity has had a lot to do with the idea of being tough acceptable for women and girls to talk to each other about the emotions they easy, no matter how much it can help.

I played football in high school.

A row of Texan third-graders respectfully observe the Mexican and Mexican-American customs as performed on stage in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Cinco De Mayo mustaches and tequila: How the appropriation of other cultures’ festivals, celebrations and events dilute old traditions

By Maxine Velez CONTRIBUTOR

reinforcements to Mexico.

Americans, being people of European decent to uphold their heritage.

opportunity to create an empire out

America they felt pressured to be

Angeles, while Juárez had only 2,000 men.

to the celebration of Cinco de Mayo, because it brought culturally important aspects of Mexican heritage to history in schools. Things like Mexican food,

economy.

“Cinco de Mayo is a chill holiday because people become aware of Mexican culture, but also they buy beer

Cinco de Mayo is an occasion Mackay said.

want to participate in something so exhilarating? dealt with worse - when kids on the team dealt with abuse, physical and otherwise - it went unsaid. The only night was how much harder they hit you the next day at practice, and how little they talked to anyone. There is a double-standard in this country when it comes to sexual intercourse, and

stop and think about the true meaning and history of Cinco de Mayo. How did this celebration that originally commemorated the Mexican Victory make its way into the United States?

harlots. A double-standard surrounding another. It may be that we as men lack a

“I think that in America we like

these things. It may be that we simply

and use them as an excuse to celebrate

the pain we are feeling, without feeling

Americans often do take celebrations and use them as an excuse to party, but this particular celebration has more depth as to the reason why

Too often and too common is the retort or insult hurled against men that

in Mexico.

retreated and Mexico won the battle.

“I think that in America we like to take other countries’ celebrations and use them as an excuse to celebrate ourselves,” Doherty said. Americans often do take celebrations and use them as an excuse to party, but this particular celebration has more depth as to the reason why it has evolved into such a prominent festivity in America, and not so much in Mexico.”

This is the history behind Cinco de Mayo, but the cause came to America when Mexicans started immigrating to

as a way to promote ethnic identity.

Mexican-Americans like others

celebration of the memory of the But as equal partners in this assault, we need to recognize the system predicated upon clearly cut,

sexual identities and understandings of gender. Until we as men are comfortable that we are being girly for being honest - senseless pain and suffering will continue to be endured by those anxiety, depression and other so-called disorders of the mind and body.

Until we can understand depression as something beyond a may be for pharmaceutical companies, understand these types of conditions in other terms, rather than understanding them as irregular disorders, symptoms of dysfunction or grounds for understood, I think, that lies at the the darkness sets in.

Only light can be used to combat darkness, as goes what Martin Luther starts by no longer being strong and silent. The pain ends when we open up.

American culture while keeping their Benito Juárez defaulted on his debts to In response to him defaulting

traditions, and language were brought into classrooms.

As more Mexicans immigrated into the U.S, they celebrated with other Mexican-Americans. The occasion

In fact, for most Mexican citizens May 5th is a normal day in their

Chicanos could essentially connect to Mexicans defeating Europeans,

he says the celebration bolsters our

According to the International Business Times Cinco de Mayo has become popular in the United States big business to reach out to the Latino consumer market, and make millions in As we see here America has alternate agendas for Cinco de Mayo.

partying, as this is the case for all holidays and celebrations in America. community members cannot change

celebration and become an ally to the community.

Cinco de Mayo was brought to America for a purpose, the purpose of promoting Mexican heritage and culture, but somehow the true meaning of the celebration has been lost.

Keep this in mind the next time you celebrate next May 5th.

it brings to his cultural heritage, and

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OPINION

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The author in action here sits in USD radio’s home, adjacent to the offices of USD TV and USD’s print publication, The Vista, which publishes Thursdays throughout the Fall and Spring semesters.

We as Toreros can and should do more: Our school’s student media system, its failings, the opportunities it presents and a call for student involvement

By Sarah Jorgensen CONTRIBUTOR

incident. Student media offered a forum

a show on USD Radio! What about the eyes of an administration member to check for appropriate content before it Radio – our budget has been increased

I’m just going to come out and say it: the student media system at USD was broken. But it’s in the process of You might be wondering about energy.

Imagine if a senior cabinet member

being one of two station directors for USD Radio (an organization I joined

your student organization. Make your

being produced through student media the opportunity to come together to

now. student media is not supported enough

organization because of its newness.

When I was promoted to Editor and then Station Director of USD

in terms of student media freedom and

issues that impact both USD Radio and

and eager to continue the upward this campus.

sad thing.

budgets each year are dictated through in order to pursue USD Radio as my main student media commitment.

Seniors trying to graduate with no

much. of the campus discussion and debate

is funded through a $8.00 student fee tacked onto each undergraduate

editor! too hard to answer.

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OPINION The Vista digs into:

HOROSCOPES

AQUARIUS

PISCES

ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

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Correction: On May 2, Issue 22, The Vista identified Jessica Reyes in the “The Power and Danger of Stereotyping at USD.” Reyes was misidentified and it was actually an opinion from an anonymous source.

She did not say this and The Vista regrets that error.

The views expressed in the Opinion section are not necessarily those of The Vista staff, the University of San Diego or its student body.

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THE VISTA | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013

FEATURE

EDITORS

ART DIRECTOR

Samantha Paulus feature@usdvista.com

Cathy Nguyen design@usdvista.com

Spring 2013 is coming to

HERE ARE THE QUEST

STEPHEN WAINWRIGHT, political science major consulting company.

individual.

3. Absolutely nothing.

ELLEN ROHMAN, accounting major

meeting up with my friends at Olive Cafe and piecing together the events of the night before.

MAHAD GHANI, political science major

and Georgetown.

that are still in London.

ZINA ZAIA, sociology major

attending in the Fall of 2014.

who were from different colleges. years have been the best part of my life thus far and it has taught me so much about who I am and

COURTNEY NAPOLI, psychology major

to have your entire class live in one area.

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FEATURE

o an end and our senior Toreros are preparing for graduation. College is without a doubt

TIONS:

NICOLE TUCKER, biology major school!

2. There are way too many memories to choose from, but one that is at the top of my list was when I went

EDRED UTOMI, theater major Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Musical, Hairspray, and MIXTAPE

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me.

world! It always reminds me that choosing what you absolutely love to do is always the right choice. Oh,

general, nothing really. I do what I do when I do what I do.

HANNAH DOBBAS, communication major

memory I will never forget.

EGHOSA AIHIE, accounting major

line I founded.

point that it is now. The internship was my best memory from college, but really also the culmination of a

disappointment, not to fold, and to push on in the face of adversity until I reach my goal.

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BUSINESS Progress produces positivity

EDITOR

Kendall Tich business@usdvista.com

Prep School Recordings has taken the stage at USD

By Angelique Bash CONTRIBUTOR

By Kendall Tich BUSINESS EDITOR With the year coming to an end Photo Courtesy of Prep School Recordings

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Funny faces of USD

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BUSINESS Business students with big dreams: Neka Lackley

By Anastasia Macdonald CONTRIBUTOR Neka Lackley, a 20-year-old sophomore at USD, is majoring in business and marketing.

Since she was three, Lackley aspired to open an international, multi-cultural restaurant, motivating her decision to come to USD. Lackley chose USD because of the Business School and the San Diego weather. Coming from Atlanta, Lackley explained, “The two cities are on opposite spectrums.”

Lackley chose marketing based on her entrepreneurship goals.

“Most of my strengths are in the marketing department, I don’t want to be a

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It allows you to create notes and reminders which can then be synchronized with both desktop and browser software. This app increases your productivity by allowing you to take notes, take pictures, create lists, keep

“I really enjoy my business classes so much. I won’t take a class outside of USD.” -Neka Lackley chef, I want to be an owner, and eventually, I plan to open several international multi-cultural restaurants” said Lackley.

She has excelled in her business classes.

“I really enjoy my business classes so much, I wont take a class outside of USD, I feel like at another school a class that pertains to business marking I will miss out on vital information, and I will be shortchanging my education” said Lackley.

Some problems that Lackley and other students have seen with the business school have been a shortage of classes and teachers.

“Sometimes it’s a bit of a struggle to get into a class, forcing you to have to fall behind” said Lackley. She stated that changing registration and class sizes would help people stay on track.

Lackley is hopeful that her years in the USD business school will provide her with a rewarding job and future.

“Opportunities are excellent especially when

resources are very reliable. All the professors come from real world success” said Neka.

Lackley’s attendance at USD is impressive, student. Neka’s goals of entrepreneurship inspired her to work hard in attaining an education, and attending University.

Lackley did not have an easy upbringing but she is determined to have a successful future.

“Poverty is my inspiration, and I don’t let circumstances be the determination of the future” said Lackley.

Her goal of introducing a new food culture to the US has been her motivation to continue working hard toward establishing her own business.

For the busy college student, this app allows the user to take pictures of lecture notes instead of writing down all the information from the whiteboard. This allows the student to have more time to actually absorb the material the professor is teaching instead of frantically jotting notes from the board. Also, students can organize the notes by notebooks and tags for easier access. After taking notes and making lists, the user can sync them to their computer for easy access. Notes can also be exchanged with friends through Facebook and Twitter.

For the traveling student, Evernote makes travel planning easier. Evernote helps keep track of all travel plans, plane tickets, and even passports. For the student chef, this app allows the user to organize and save recipes. A cool feature Evernote has is that it can create a grocery list that allows the user to check off items as you get them. For the budgeting student, saving receipts, bills and contracts

students writing research papers. By being able to capture multiple pages without the

Fortunately, Evernote can do all of the above.

While mobile notes usually come in the form of pictures and texts, Evernote allows the user to store notes through voice recordings as well. These voice recordings can also be transcribed through the app into text, which is extremely useful for those times where notes must be seen and not heard.

Evernote accesses the internet and allows users to copy entire web pages and store them as notes. This is an especially useful tool for

it allows other people to edit notes, and it also has an added security feature: a PIN lock to keep your notes safe.

Evernote is a useful app to stay organized and productive. Evernote is available for desktops, most mobile devices including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Palm WebOS, Windows Mobile, as well as for tablets. It is also compatible with most web browsers including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer.

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ARTS & CULTURE

EDITOR

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Blanca Torii arts@usdvista.com

Khea Pollard arts2@usdvista.com

Imagine

By Blanca Torii ARTS&CULTURE EDITOR

My brother Andrew left the house I grew up in when he was 20 years old.

He left around this time during the fall semester of my sophomore year. He did the whole “Into the Wild,” thing, leaving everything behind and telling no one where he was headed. He took a backpack, his laptop, a Harry Potter paperback book and a select few other things. He left behind his cell phone, his car, his friends.

My family and I haven’t heard from him since then; we don’t know where he’s been or what he’s been doing.

It will be three years this upcoming November.

I can clearly remember the day that he left. My mom called me before 7am. I went to work. I went to classes. I didn’t tell my three roommates for three days.

His disappearance has caused a lot of things. Ironically, one of the things, at whatever it was that I wanted out of life.

I sat there in my classes, thinking I was going mad. There was a surge of inspiration; aside from everything, what my sister and I both were experiencing was a madness to pursue whatever it was that we wanted to do.

If our brother could do that one thing that many people say but few people do, then what was it that was holding us back?

The situation was ironic because we weren’t condoning other people to up and leave everything and everyone behind them.

I know that there are side-effects to travelling and being away from home.

By side-effects I mean that there is an effect that occurs to the self as a result of travelling. It varies from person to person, but it begins to show even during the act of travelling.

Often the most interesting stories of our travels, if we are fortunate enough to travel, come from the people we meet. The stories are created and formed by the people who are with us.

Somehow travelling, an act that brings us to places far and away, brings us closer to the people standing right next to us.

I was standing in line to pay one morning in La Paloma when I noticed the glass case of drinks shift forward. It wasn’t a lack of sleep; my eyes weren’t shifting out of focus. The trays were being shifted from the back. As a result, colors in the front.

For every boat moving there is an engine behind it.

After Thoreau’s brother died of an accident, Emerson told Thoreau to go into the woods to write. Some say that Thoreau knew he wanted to become a writer after the death of his brother.

Motivation can come from the strangest and most unwanted of places.

It comes from the pit, from the bottom when there is nothing and it can come I’m no Thoreau, but a similar epiphany occurred two years ago during my sophomore year.

Recently my dad told me that greatness comes from passion. My brother left in act of passion. Regardless of what other results came about from him leaving, I know that he’s doing something great.

There’s something about writing anything remotely pertaining to one’s personal life knowing that there’s a chance a stranger might read it.

Writing this column hasn’t made much of a difference in how I go about my day-to-day, but it used to make me paranoid in personal relationships.

When someone brought up certain topics, I would think, “Was it because I said this or that in my column? Does he or she now think I am this because of that?” too much about what other people will think. That’s where true motivation was in the woods by himself.

motivation can you start to truly care for something or someone outside of yourself. Then with every act there is can move closer to caring about others.

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Bonobo and El Ten Eleven made a stop in Hollywood this Cinco de Mayo. El Ten Eleven joined DJ Simon Green, aka Bonobo, on a tour throughout the U.S. to highlight Green’s recently released fifth album “The North Borders”.

Bonobo and El Ten Eleven hit Hollywood

By Aidan Breaux CONTRIBUTOR

Bonobo and El Ten Eleven made a stop in Hollywood this Cinco de Mayo. together with DJ Simon Green, aka Bonobo, on a tour throughout the U.S. album “The North Borders”.

El Ten Eleven consists of two guys, one who shreds a double-neck guitar while the other bangs on the drums.

The self-labeled power duo loops different pieces of their music to make a harmonious whole, creating their own unique style of instrumental music.

Simon Green is a British musician, producer and DJ who performs under the stage name Bonobo. He produces down-tempo, electronic beats with heavy bass and drums. For many stops on Bonobo’s international tour, a live

band performs the music that DJ Simon Green has electronically produced for his albums. Bonobo’s live show is unlike the stereotypical DJ set. Green takes turns playing the bass guitar and using his MacBook while conducting a talented mini orchestra in front of him. At times, there might even be ten people on the stage performing one song. Both El Ten Eleven and Bonobo put on unforgettable performances.

I ventured to Los Angeles to go see Bonobo for the third time in my life. The previous two times, I saw him perform in my hometown New Orleans at two different small, intimate venues.

The show at the El Rey Theatre this weekend was much the same as my previous experiences.

been stripped of its seats. Chandeliers hung above a room full of red carpet, red upholstery and red curtains. I felt like I was in a place straight out of a

minutes even though I was attending a sold-out show. This gave me some time to appreciate the outside of the theatre with its art deco style and classic neon signs. The inside looked like a typical old single-screen movie theatre that had

enough to see them loop everything and witness the complexity of each song.

perfect for the music that night, and I was easily able to secure a spot up front.

then brought in the live band for the rest of the show. A clarinet, trumpet, other instruments added harmony behind the beautiful sounds of vocalist who is featured on Bonobo’s

Although they only opened for the main act Bonobo, El Ten Eleven made me forget why I went to the show in the everyone’s attention. No one was amazement. There were no crazy light shows, no computers, nothing like that. It was incredible to see how two people could make a whole song using only two instruments to loop various

time for Bonobo.

Bonobo was a completely different experience. Simon Green opened up

stage presence; she was literally in the spotlight making every song feel personal. Along with the live music, Bonobo’s act featured an incredible stage design that helped evoke the chill ambiance of down-tempo music. Colorful lights also lit up the background of the stage with a variety of designs to complement the music and keep the audience in a trance.

Overall, the concert was amazing.

Both acts really blew me away and left me wanting more. The best part about their music is that you can listen to it at any time. El Ten Eleven and Bonobo are perfect for studying, driving in the car or hanging with your friends.

“Other Desert Cities” will make you laugh, then cry

By Khea Pollard ASSISTANT. A&C EDITOR

The Old Globe Theater welcomed “Other Desert Cities” to its ranks of performances on Sunday, April 27th.

“Other Desert Cities” is a comedic of the Wyeth’s. The oldest daughter Brooke, (Dana Green), a blossoming author and her younger brother Trip, (Andy Bean) a producer of a hit television show, have come to visit their parents in Palm Springs, Calif. for the Christmas holiday. Unbeknownst to them, Brooke is on the verge of releasing a memoir about her late brother Henry who committed suicide after being implicated in the bombing of a building where a life was lost.

If released, Brooke’s memoir would drudge up the family’s painful past and potentially cripple their reputation.

Will she publish the memoir anyhow?

The drama commences in perfect timing for the holidays.

The set was simple and clean set changes. All the action took place in the family’s living room which compelled the audience to focus on the interpersonal relationships between characters rather than the exterior world.

The actors portrayed the characters with such depth of emotion that they came to life in vibrant color. seamlessly alternate between brilliant comedic timing and dramatic action was phenomenal. Brooke suffered a deep depression following Henry’s suicide and Green was able to capture both the instability of her past while connecting it with her present while still maintaining the wittiness of the character.

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(from left) Kandis Chappell, Robin Pearson Rose, Dana Green, Andy Bean and Robert Foxworth in the San Diego premiere of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities, directed by Richard Seer, April 27 - June 2, 2013 at The Old Globe.

Kandis Chappell, who plays Polly Wyeth the matriarch and socialite of the family, puts on a superb performance.

Chappell embodied this character, portraying her as both a loveable and both the audience’s sympathy and disgust. As an archetypal Republican, Polly is set in her ways, functioning as a foil to her free spirited liberal son and daughter. Polly’s husband Lyman, (Robert Frostworth), while slightly more easygoing than she, is an exis most concerned with preserving the family’s image, even at the expense of shirking Brooke’s inner turmoil.

Silda is a comedic contrast to the

rigid character of Polly, her sister.

“Palm Springs is like King Tut’s mummies with tans.”

Though Silda shouldered the bulk of clever one-liners, Polly followed a close second.

“It’s all or nothing with your generation,” Polly said. “It’s either vegan or meth-head”.

These comical quips softened the blow of melodramatic scenes without detracting from their profound meaning.

From the outside, the family appears to have it all. It is within their intimate moments with one another that the audience gets to see this picturesque

family struggle with complex issues family dynamic raised larger questions regarding ‘the road not taken’.

“Other Desert Cities” is a metaphor for the many possibilities before us. What could happen if we decided to travel to explore these roads. The unexpected twist at the tail end of the story was most perplexing.

Perhaps these are real people. If art imitates life this family is certainly comparable to our own families in one aspect or another. “Other Desert Cities” plays through June 2 at Old Globe Theatre’s Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in Balboa Park.

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ARTS & CULTURE The film “42” pays homage to Jackie Robinson

The film set the record for the most earnings from a baseball movie at $27.3 million

By Paul Picado-Curtis CONTRIBUTOR

Photo courtesy of Legendary Pictures

Three weeks ago, the film “42” was released to mixed reviews. “42” depicts a snapshot of Jacjkie Robinson’s life and delves into his struggles of becoming the first African American baseball player.

Foodie on a mission: Devine Pastabilities The latest visit to a restaurant that serves a specially made sandwiches called torpastas

By Katelyn McCullough CONTRIBUTOR

Photo Courtesy of Devine Pastabilities’ Facebook page

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Devine Pastabilities’ Torpasta, which was created by poiking a hole into a bread roll.

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ARTS & CULTURE

EDITOR

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Blanca Torii arts@usdvista.com

Khea Pollard arts2@usdvista.com

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SPORTS What’s the deal with the Derby?

EDITOR

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Edwin Blebu sports2@usdvista.com

Torero golf set to compete in NCAA tournament

By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR

ish in the West Coast Conference Championships, the USD golf team was selected to participate in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship for the sixth straight season.

The Toreros will travel to the Golden Eagle Golf and Country Club in Tallahassee, Fla. for one of six

victory of the season back in October at the Bill Cullum Invitational in Northridge, Calif.

The team is lead by the WCC individual champion sophomore Grant Forrest. Forrest leads the team with of his teammates all hold scoring averages under 76 for the season. The team boasts a diverse background

By Alex Bullock

from each regional will move onto

SPORTS EDITOR

Capital City Club in Atlanta, Ga., a feat the Toreros have accomplished

from foreign countries including Canada, Finland, Scotland, South Africa and Sweden, as well as players from all around the U.S. The Toreros are hoping to repeat past year’s performances in NCAA

The Toreros are currently ranked No. 70 nationally, but have played better golf in their last two tournaments, placing third at the WCC Championships as well as the ASU Thunderbird Invitational in March.

The team picked up its one and only

which would help cement the Toreros place as a perennial national contender. This reputation paired with the beautiful golf weather in San Diego should help to continue to bring talented players to USD for years to come.

The Kentucky Derby, held every year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, is considered an American tradition, but is it really a sporting event? And why is it so popular?

These are the questions I found myself asking as I watched the coverage of this year’s edition of the “Fastest Two Minutes In Sports.”

For one thing, the coverage sure is boring for something that is called “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports.” I watched almost two hours of absolutely nothing, only because I was hoping to see the horse race which was always supposedly coming right up.

I watched the horses get moved from one set of stalls to another and paraded in front of the grandstands.

I watched the jockeys all process out of wherever jockeys get ready. Then I watched the jockeys mount their horses and walk around the track for what seemed like hours. And then the race happened and it was over just like that. commercial breaks and promos for NBC’s next big show.

Without a doubt the Kentucky Derby is a unique spectacle and part of American culture. It’s a spectator’s heaven. It’s held at an amazing venue are all happy to be there and ready to have a good time. It’s the Superbowl of people-watching, really, with all of the women in lavish attire and the a place to be noticed, especially for the millionaire horse owners and other celebrity fans who spend large amounts of money just to be there.

It seems to me, especially with all of the grandeur of the event that is associated with just being there rather than the actual reason to be there, the horse race, that the event is more popular as a sort of social event rather than a sporting event. As long as the spectacle and atmosphere surrounding the event remained unchanged, the horse racing part could be replaced with any other type of sporting event and the attendance and hype would remain the same.

And is it really a sport? I guess makes a sport, but to me, it all comes down to how fast your horse is and whether the jockey can pace the horse correctly in the right spots on the track to decide when the time is right to unleash the horse’s full speed. That does take skill, but not athletic skill. The horses are the real athletes here. After all, I could name you the name of the horse that won the derby, Orb, or a few other famous horses, but I could not name one talented jockey or horse trainer. ing your team or your favorite athlete and keeping that particular rooting interest over a long period of time. By nature, the Kentucky Derby prevents that, as only three-year-old horses may run in the race.

And really, it’s hard to root for a horse. Do you really think the horse comprehends the gravitas of the moment? When Orb was adorned in roses and celebrated as a champion, the colt probably had no clue what was happening. It’s a horse.

For me, the only kinds of racing that are actually sports are things like track and swimming and skiing.

NASCAR is not a sport. If you can sit down the entire time you are partaking in the event, you are not participating in a sport.

I don’t mean to downplay the skill needed to be a successful driver, but the machine is doing the majority of the work. If the drivers want to settle the score with a footrace, ala Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, then maybe I’ll be more welcoming. But until then, NASCAR can join horse racing in its limbo between sports and entertainment.

So, in my opinion, the Kentucky Derby is not a sporting event. It may be an American tradition, but let’s stop calling it a sporting event and simply call it what it is: horse racing.

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Grant Forrest earned medalist honors at the WCC Championships this season

Hitting the home stretch

USD baseball set to play final WCC series of the season

By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR

West Coast Conference series of the season against the University of Portto maintain their position in the WCC Baseball Championships to be held in Stockton, Calif. May 23-25.

The Toreros won just their third conference series out of seven played last weekend when they traveled to Moraga, Calif. to face the St. Mary’s College Gaels. Even though the Toreros were unable to complete the sweep of the Gaels, their two wins were crucial in creating space in the standings between them and the other teams tournament.

Their work is not over, however, as they must defeat the Pilots in order to ensure they move on to postseason play. The good news for the Toreros is that they are in control of their own destiny. If they win at least two of the three games, they will clinch a berth in the WCC tournament. match ups scheduled during the week between WCC series on the weekends, the Toreros have been unable to create momentum throughout the course of this season.

This week was no different. Following the series victory against the Gaels, the Toreros traveled to Las Vegas to face the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels.

Despite two homeruns from junior allAmerican third baseman Kris Bryant, the Toreros lost a high-scoring affair to the Rebels 12-10. Senior catcher Dillon Connor Joe each added homeruns for the Toreros in the game.

Despite the loss to the Rebels, the Toreros are surely looking forward to their pivotal series against the Pilots.

The Pilots are coming off of a sweep of the Loyola Marymount University Lions and a victory against a Pac-12 foe in the Washington State University Cougars. The Pilots will play a tough game against the tough in-state rival No. 6 Oregon State University Beavers, a team the Toreros defeated twice in March, before heading south to San Diego for a series in Fowler Park.

Luckily for the Toreros, the Pilots have not fared well away from the Pa6-17 in away games so far. The Pilots who is batting .360 on the season.

Regardless of the Pilots record so far, the Toreros will do well to play their best, win three games and leave no doubt about their hopes to make the postseason.

Opening round of the NHL Playoffs The Vista previews the Western Conference matchups

By Henry Kittle CONTRIBUTOR

Only the strong survive in the NHL Playoffs. The level of physicality is unparalleled by other professional sports. Hockey is played on the least forgiving surface known to man and each athlete is equipped with large wooden sticks in hand and curved blades on their feet. Bare knuckle boxing matches are an accepted, respected, and at times encouraged part of the game. Players will happily lose a tooth or two if it means increasing the chance of winning. Simply put, once the puck is dropped, no one safe.

On May 6, the second week of the ing hard to prove they are serious contenders for the coveted Stanley Cup. Here’s a preview of what’s going on in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Chicago Blackhawks (1) vs Minnesota Wild (8) The Blackhawks seized the President’s Trophy for most points by an NHL team this season and are highly favored in this offensively-loaded the season, the Blackhawks were able to acquire at least one point, crushing the previous record of 16 games set by Anaheim in the 2006-2007 season. Chicago is led by Patrick Kane on the wing who racked up 23 goals and 55 points total in the regular season and captain Jonathan Toews in the center who also But, in hockey, anything can happen, so the Wild should not be counted out, especially when playing at home.

Anaheim Ducks (2) v Detroit Red Wings (7) The Red Wings are heading into this series with momentum, winning their last four regular season games to give them an opportunity in playoffs.

The Ducks, on the other hand, were

rather sluggish in games leading up to

with a less than stellar record of 25-16-

games overall. But, Anaheim secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference early, which may be responsible for a reduced sense of urgency on the ice. They still have a potent offense and an elite goaltending duo with Jonas Hiller and Viktor Fasth. The Red Wings will need to bring everything together to stop coach Bruce Boudreau and his mighty ducks.

Vancouver Canucks (3) v San Jose Sharks (6) The Canucks are looking strong as the Northwest Division champi-

the season straight and then losing in the next seven, the Sharks are unpredictable. Recently, however, they have shown some resemblance to a championship-caliber squad.

St. Louis Blues (4) v Los Angeles Kings (5) The Blues were one of the strongest teams in the NHL early in the year starting with 6-1 record. However, injuries to impact players Jaroslav Halak and Vladimir Tarasenko hindered their offensive ability and led to a midseason crisis. The acquisition of defenseman Jay Bouwmeester seemed to solve the problem as the Blues went on to go 12-3 in the month of April. The Kings are the defending Stanley Cup Champions and will not go down without a

record. Vancouver has had only two consecutive losses since March 10 and have won 10 of 12 games between are no strangers to the playoffs and have made six postseason appearances in the last seven years led by head coach Alain Vigneault. The Sharks

to a back injury early in the season was a major blow to the squad but the Kings were still one of the most productive offenses in the league.

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The dugout diaries: Torero baseball rounding third and toward postseason

By Jackson Shannon CONTRIBUTOR

It was a pretty good week for Torero baseball as we were able to win the series on the road against the Saint Mary’s College Gaels. Last week I talked about how important it would be to win our remaining conference series.

Fortunately, we won Friday and Saturday taking the series and keeping pace in the West Coast Conference standings.

Friday’s game featured a new Friday starting pithcer for the Toreros as sophomore Max Homick took the mound. Instead of starting our normal Friday starting pitcher, junior Michael Wagner, coach Rich Hill decided to move Wagner to the bullpen to become our closer and give Homick the opportunity due to the success Homick had been having this year out of the bullpen. Hill felt comfortable making the move due to Wagner’s prior bullpen

experience.

“I had a lot of success coming out of the bullpen last year so I was really comfortable with the move back” said Wagner.

Homick put in a good start pitchallowing three runs and striking out seven batters. Offensively, the game started off with a bang as senior out-

It was a dramatic game with many lead changes but we were able to pitch out of a lot of jams and our offense was consistent all game, putting up ten runs. we won the game 10-7.

Saturday’s game wasn’t as dramatic thanks in part to another good start by freshman pitcher PJ Conlon.

Conlon didn’t have as good of stuff as he did last weekend in his complete game shutout, but he consistently made good pitches and attacked the zone.

Conlon pitched seven innings allowing three runs and striking out six. Junior third baseman Kris Bryant hit his 23rd home run of the season and our offense was able to battle a quality starting pitcher and score some runs and we won the game 6-3.

With the two wins Friday and Saturday we put ourselves in position for the sweep on Sunday. It was senior day for the Gaels so we knew that they were going to give it their all. The game was Coach Hill likes to make the analogy that the game is like a boxing match, we punch them and they punch back all day. Junior Dylan Covey got the start rendering three runs, but he eventually settled in and gave us a quality start on the mound.

We were able to tie the game 4-4 in the sixth inning but gave up the lead and trailed 6-4 heading into the ninth.

The Gaels brought their senior righthanded closer into the game and we sent up a barrage of left-handed hitters to face him. Senior AJ Robinson started the rally with a one-out single, then junior Logan Davis followed Robpitch advanced the runners to second and third and put the tying run on second. Sophomore Austin Bailey entered the game with two outs as a pinch hitbaseman and we tied the game at six runs apiece.

“I went up to the plate looking to go the other way but instead he came inside with a fastball and I was able to

Photo courtesy of USD Athletics

Kris Bryant leads the nation with 25 homeruns this season

Bailey.

Unfortunately we couldn’t hold the lead in the bottom of the ninth and the Gaels singled home the tying run and won the game 7-6. Sunday’s game was a grind and a great battle, easily one of the hardest things to do in col-

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AJ Robinson is batting .317 on the season.

lege baseball is sweep a series on the road so we can’t be too disappointed about this loss.

With six games left in the season every game becomes that much more important. In order for us to make it to the NCAA tournament we need to win the majority of our remaining games, and most importantly make our conference tournament. The top four teams in the WCC make the conference tournament and currently we are in fourth place. A sweep against the University of Portland Pilots will clinch a berth in the tournament, but winning two out of the three will most likely get us in.

The most important aspect of getting a bid into the NCAA tournament is team RPI, the Ratings Percentage Index. RPI is a statistical number which ranks teams essentially based on their strength of schedule and winning per-

centage. Fortunately for the Toreros, we have an RPI in the 40s, which leads the WCC. We are projected to make the NCAA tournament, but we can’t look at the projections and be complacent with our positioning. We need to buckle down and focus on one game at a time and take care of business.

This will be my last Dugout Diary as I am graduating this spring. My three years at USD have been great. I wish I had another year of eligibility but my time as a student-athlete have come to end.

I have really enjoyed writing the Dugout Diary the last two spring semesters and hope I was able to bring insight inside Torero baseball. Come out and support us in our last home series this weekend against the Pilots and especially on Sunday May 12 at 12pm as we honor the senior class.

To The Vista Staff 2013: Issue 23 of The Vista has just been sent to the printing company and we have turned the lights out in SLP 403B for the last time this year. I wanted to thank The Vista staff for their hard work, dedication and determination. Working countless hours in the office, we have truly become a family and I am very proud of everything we have accomplished as a staff. Each editor has made a huge contribution to help improve the overall growth and development of the paper. There will always be room to improve The Vista; however, the progress each editor has contributed has not gone unnoticed. Thank you editors for your hard work and I am so proud of everything you have accomplished for not only your section, but for The Vista as a whole.

-Taylor Cabalse Editor in Chief