Community Op-Eds
Statement Regarding Incident at Merced from AS Office of External Affairs at UCM, UCSD, & UCI
Saturday evening, July 8, 2017 at a Black student gathering in a Merced hookah lounge, Merced city police abruptly raided…
Submission: Pride and Protest
With marriage equality recognized in all 50 states; a Republican president who has been pressured into symbolic commitments to equal…
Submission: Save the Jewel
We are organizing against the expansion of UC San Diego because in 1849, when California placed in its Constitution the…
UCSD Faculty Response to the April 30 La Jolla Shooting
Dear Students and Members of the Community, As UCSD faculty, we write in response to the mass-shooting that took place…
No More Wandering in the Desert
There are many incredible things about UC San Diego: the top-rate education, our dedicated faculty and administration, and the stunningly…
Secrets of the Fire
Let’s begin with the bare facts: On May 10, 1970 George Winne Jr. stepped into Revelle Plaza. He held a…
Nathaniel I.: School Makes Students Get High
“For four hours, I didn’t want to look up from my desk.” Narrating for me one of her first experiences…
Tenzing Dolma: A Tibetan refugee’s perspective on the Dalai Lama
Congratulations to UCSD’s graduating class of 2017. As the first person in my family to attend college in the United…
"I am the person who made the posters:" Artist explains intent
I am the person who made the posters, and I feel I should clarify their meaning, as well as apologize…
Refilwe Gqajela: The ‘Lumumba-Zapata’ Collective Should Change Their Name
For those of you who may be wondering about the absence of the Black Student Union in current campus reactionary…