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UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ◆ OCTOBER 13, 2020 NEWS USD hits over 100 COVID-19 cases ․․․․․․․ 1 OPINION Op-Ed: Students are overwhelmed ․․․․․․․․ 5 FEATURE Uniting math and storytelling ․․․․․․․․․․․․ 9 Spread: Filipinx Heritage Month ․․․․․․․․․․ 11 ARTS & CULTURE Fall TV and movie picks ․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 13 SPORTS This week in history: a pair of upsets ․․․․․․ 17 “Experience fall in San Diego,” Arts & Culture, page 15 Taylor DeGuzman/Te USD Vista THE USD VISTA STAFF Celina Tebor - Editor in Chief Alena Botros - Opinion Editor Gina Lew - Student Media Advisor Jennifer Mossuto - Associate Editor Brittany Lang - Feature Editor Marie Minnick - Operations Advisor Catherine Silvey - Managing Editor Taylor DeGuzman - Arts & Culture Editor Mikaela Foehr - Copy Editor Eric Boose - Sports Editor www.uofsdmedia.com Tori Tanigawa - Art Director Regan Ferrari - Social Media Manager @TeUSDVista Tyler Pugmire - News Editor @USDVista THE USD VISTA ◆ OCTOBER 13, 2020 USD exceeds 100 COVID-19 cases since school began Detailing what isolation looks like for those on campus TYLER PUGMIRE COVID-19 on Oct. 3 and way to check and see if experienced severe fatigue NEWS EDITOR 4, which led to an email we are alive,” McDonald and nausea herself. from administration said. “If I were to collapse, Te university is Te University of San asking her to meet in the I wouldn’t be able to have providing isolation Diego has been updating Valley circle to be picked anyone check in on me housing for up to forty and sharing their up. unless they were bringing people, and all of them are COVID-19 Dashboard “Tey put me in a golf me a meal, especially in Maher Hall. and has now seen a total cart limo and told me to because a symptom for San Diego County is of 126 confrmed cases, pack for ten days. I could some people is nausea, it is currently in the red tier as well as 16 probable bring whatever I wanted not unlikely that someone meaning that indoor cases. Tese include self- as long as I could take it could collapse and not operations of some reported, of-campus with me in that one trip,” be found for hours.” businesses can open cases, on-campus student McDonald said. McDonald said she has Con’t on Page 2 and employee cases, Te school has now put and employees working her in isolation in Maher remotely. Hall for ten days and has While there is no limited her social contact information available to no one else except for to the public on contact the person that knocks tracing, there have been on her door to tell her 126 cases from students that her meal has arrived. living on campus. Tis McDonald said that they comes two weeks afer bring three meals a day on moving 500 students onto weekdays, but only bring campus. two during the weekends. Afer a student tests She noted that it is nice positive, they are sent to how many snacks are quarantine on a certain provided in the meal bags. foor in Maher Hall, McDonald said that where some students are they are not asking her assigned to live in a single- to be tested throughout occupancy bedroom, her isolation, but her according to the Student temperature is checked Guide for Fall 2020. If a daily. She also said that her student tests positive, their professors have been fairly meals are lef in the cofee cooperative when she asks shop on campus, Aromas, for extensions or dealing for pickup. with studying during First-year student midterm season. Jennifer McDonald “Te main problem tested positive twice for is that they need a better The campus has closed access to the dorms of Maher. Tyler Pugmire/The USD Vista NEWS 1 Volume 58 Issue 8 ◆ NEWS ◆ THE USD VISTA Monday’s meal that was delivered to students in Maher. Tyler Pugmire/The USD Vista from Page 1 UCSD has had 15 cases while enforcing social in the month of October. distancing: this includes As they have started restaurants, gyms, and to begin their move-in places of worship. Te process, they have been county has become close able to curtail any major to heading back into the outbreak, as their frst purple tier, which would year students were able to virtually eliminate all move on to campus. indoor operations, but For USD, they have a low positive test rate had the majority of (3.5%) has kept the area cases coming from non- functioning with more residential students. 12 relaxed guidelines. residential students have SDSU cases have been tested positive. decreasing. Although they As it stands, 6.5 per reached over 1,000 cases 100,000 San Diegans have in September, they have the virus. If that number now had less than 100 in exceeds seven, there could the month of October. be stronger enforcement Afer their campus had its of social distancing. frst outbreak, the campus Surrounding private shut down and begin to schools, such as Francis patrol all surrounding Parker School, a high areas to enforce social school in Linda Vista, distancing. During the have returned to campus, peak of its cases, SDSU and USD has allowed a was responsible for more portion of classes to return, than 10% of the entire case depending on the subject count for all of San Diego matter and preference of County. the professor. Aromas coffee shop has been reserved to hold meals for those in isolation. Tyler Pugmire/The USD Vista NEWS 2 THE USD VISTA ◆ OCTOBER 13, 2020 2020 Vice Presidential debate: A discussion worth the buzz Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris went at each other at the University of Utah on Oct. 7 EMMA VALDISERRI Once again, USD Votes and climate change. approach the pandemic ASST. NEWS EDITOR in collaboration with Another one of the in the coming months, the university’s political segments was dedicated to Harris claimed the way Time is fying as the science department held a discussion about China the Trump administration election is just less than a discussion board on and asked Harris or Pence had handled the virus a month away. Te frst Discord, a messaging to defne the relationship was “the greatest failure and only vice presidential platform where faculty and between China and the of any presidential debate of the 2020 election students were able to share U.S.. administration in the season happened last week and discuss their thoughts When discussing history of our country.” between Senator Kamala and questions about the COVID-19 and how Pence, in retaliation, Harris and Vice President, debate. Several news each candidate’s claimed President Trump Mike Pence. Unlike the publications like Te New administration would Con’t on Page 4 previous presidential York Times had a running debate between Joe Biden fact checker during the and President Trump, debate, classifying many it’s safe to say these 90 of the candidates’ claims minutes followed a more as either lacking evidence, traditional route, giving misleading, or false. the American people In regards to the the discussion of policy debate and expectations they’ve anxiously been going into it, senior waiting for. Ashley Raines expressed Te debate took place her opinion about the at the University of discussion. Utah in Salt Lake City, “Te debate couldn’t and USA Today’s Susan really go anywhere but up Page moderated it. Te from the frst one,” Raines discussion consisted of said. “I defnitely thought nine separate segments, it would be more tame, each lasting between but I was also expecting it eight to 10 minutes. Each to be a little tense, which it candidate was allowed was at certain points.” two minutes to discuss Te segments covered each topic, with the rest many of the similar of the segment followed topics discussed in the by open discussion. Harris frst presidential debate, and Pence were seated and including COVID-19, separated by plexiglass as the recent SCOTUS Harris and Pence squared off on Oct. 7. they made their debuts to nomination, the economy, Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons the nation. healthcare, racial justice, NEWS 3 Volume 58 Issue 8 ◆ NEWS ◆ THE USD VISTA The Vice Presidential debate took place at the University of Utah. Photo courtesy of edgarzunigajr/unsplash From Page 3 2017 was only benefcial During the open an eighth grader could,” Pence, in retaliation, to large corporations and discussion about the Raines said. “So that was claimed President Trump the top one percent of the SCOTUS nomination, somewhat refreshing.” had saved the nation nation. If elected, Harris Pence repeatedly asked Despite there being a by suspending travel said, “On day one, Joe Harris why she and Joe lot of tip-toeing around from China and that Biden will repeal that bill.” Biden have refused to questions, the debate Biden had said this was According to the New York answer whether or not was incomparably better both “xenophobic and Times, this statement was they plan to pack the than the frst presidential hysterical.” According proven false, indicating court if they become debate in terms of to Te New York Times that Biden’s campaign had elected.