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COVID-19 hits student workers hard: ‘’It took away my only source of income”
Just ten weeks ago, the UC San Diego bookstore was bustling with activity. The store was filled with students grabbing scantrons, picking up extra pencils, and …
The #MeToo Era: Challenges in Reporting Sexual Assault at UC San Diego
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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?
“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
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, …
