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The #MeToo Era: Challenges in Reporting Sexual Assault at UC San Diego
Written by: Thi Nguyen and Vrinda Chauhan
Content Warning: This article mentions sexual assault UC San Diego joined universities from all over the nation in honoring the 2019 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). …
Beyond a Life in the Red
Written by: Niall Twohig
Content warning: This article discusses suicide. I. A student took his life last June. All that I could find was a traffic report noting that the …
Submission: The Soul-Crushing Society that Produces Soul-Crushing Student Essays
Written by: Niall Twohig
In a New York Times opinion piece titled “The Soul-Crushing Student Essay”, Scott Korb, the director of first-year writing at the New School, bemoans student essays …
“This Must Be the Place”: Memories from Outback Surf Shop, 2009 – 2017
Written by: Moon Pankam
A year ago, on any given spring day, you could walk into the little surf shop at the mouth of Price Center–at the end of Library …
The Hospitality of HDH Director Mark Cunningham
Written by: Gabe Schneider
Keeping In Context “Students are lazy and they don’t really want to commute, so it’s a real big challenge.” That’s what Housing*Dining*Hospitality (HDH) Director Mark Cunningham …
The Death of George Winne Jr. and the Fight for a More Peaceful World
Written by: Curtis Yee
Kingdom Come May 10, 1970: The movie M*A*S*H had captivated the nation, The Guess Who was at the top of the Billboard charts, and a little …
The Compton Cookout: A Day Party to be Remembered (or Not)
Written by: Gabe Schneider
A Day Party to be Remembered “February marks a very important month in American society,” read the Facebook invitation. The invite told guests what to expect: …
Alumnus Kyle Heiskala: Age is Just a Number?
Written by: Shine Cho
“I want it to be done now. I don’t want to wait until I’m ‘old enough’ to run for public office — ‘old enough’ to be …
Alumnus Anni Ma: From Fear to Freedom
Written by: Curtis Yee
Over the course of our conversations, Anni Ma has made it very clear that she “just exists.” It is through her very existence that her art, …
The General Store Co-Op: That Hits the Spot
Written by: Curtis Yee
It is interesting to note that eccentricity — a term typically used to denote misalignment with ordinary conventions — is slowly making its way into the …
