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…

7 years ago

Submission: Pride and Protest

With marriage equality recognized in all 50 states; a Republican president who has been pressured into symbolic commitments to equal…

7 years ago

Submission: Save the Jewel

We are organizing against the expansion of UC San Diego because in 1849, when California placed in its Constitution the…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

"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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago