Opinion
Has this ever happened to you? Something about UC San Diego frustrates you to no end and you feel like standing on a (metaphorical) platform and proclaiming: Hey, all of us should care!!! Well, look no further than our Opinion section, where you’ll be doing just that … just, a little more eloquently, using pointed articles.
Ellamentally Yours: Self Care is Key
Dear Reader, Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! This month I challenge you to ask what self-care looks like to you. I’m sure it’s different for every …
The Pandemic Did Not Cause UCSD’s Housing Crisis
UCSD will now offer guaranteed housing only to incoming first-year and transfer students, which is a drastic shift from the pre-pandemic two-year housing guarantees. Not only …
Ellamentally Yours: Finding Where Our Roots Grow
Dear Reader, Where do your roots lie? Our roots can stretch across continents, and they don’t always have a single point of origin. I was born …
Ellamentally Yours: Understanding Our History Through Healing
Dear Reader, I was chatting with an old friend recently, and we started discussing the way we were raised. Everyone’s upbringing is different and these differences …
The Sauce: “Say It Loud: I’m Black & I’m Proud!”
Hey, my loves and happy Black History Month! It’s February again and although this Black History Month might look a little different since we’re stuck inside, …
Ellamentally Yours: Spirituality, Medication, and The Mind
Dear Reader, I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions because I pretty much give up after January is over. I find New Year’s resolutions fleeting …
Ellamentally Yours: The Journey to Self-Love
content warning: suicide, self harm, substance abuse Dear Reader, January was always an interesting month for me. My birthday is in January, which I never enjoyed …
Ellamentally Yours: Setting Boundaries with Others and Myself
Dear Reader, Honestly, 2020 was a crazy year, but it gave me the opportunity to reflect. Being inside during quarantine forced me to confront my mental …
The Sauce: “I Am A Person, Not A Color”
While sitting in lecture listening to a white professor talk about Black History, the absolute last thing that you want to hear as a Black student …
Ellamentally Yours: Healing My Mind through My Body
Dear Reader, Remember how I said that mental health wasn’t really a solidified concept in my head until I came to college? I didn’t even begin …
