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UCSD Graduate Students Circulate Strike Poll as Two More Campuses Join COLA Strike

UC San Diego graduate students sent out a strike poll last night for the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) campaign to help determine whether graduate students at UCSD are willing to strike. If willing, UCSD graduate students would join in the wildcat strike that was started at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) and has since expanded […]

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UCSD Graduate Students to Withhold Final Grades If UCSC Strikers Are Terminated

Around 150 UC San Diego demonstrators from the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) campaign led a walkout today at 11:00 a.m. in response to threats from UC administrators to fire striking graduate student workers at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC). UCSD 4 COLA is a part of a systemwide coalition demanding that UC administrators negotiate with […]

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UCSD Graduate Students Demonstrate in Support of Systemwide Cost of Living Adjustment

The UC Student Workers Union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865, held a systemwide demonstration on Monday, demanding that the UC system re-enter negotiations for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).  This demonstration was held in solidarity with the ongoing wildcat strike occurring at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), which started when graduates students withheld Fall […]

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Studying With Focus Flows

With midterms season in full swing, students can get overwhelmed by high stress, preventing them from being in the optimal emotional state while studying or testing. In times of panic, students should review test material while jamming to their favorite tunes—it is proven that studying with music can help reduce stress! Before reviewing and explaining […]