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Hundreds Show Their Support for Palestine in Series of Demonstrations

Hundreds gathered in a series of demonstrations across UC San Diego over the past month in support of Palestine. Organized by UCSD’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), demonstrators honored the lives lost in Palestine following attacks by Israel. On October 12, about a hundred students and community members gathered around the Silent […]

Posted inArts and Culture, Club Culture, Student Life

Six Ways To Make Friends on Campus and Counter the “UC Socially Dead” Narrative

UC San Diego has long held the title, “UC Socially Dead,” deemed by students attending the accredited university to mock the almost non-existent social and Greek life on campus. This nickname casts an intimidating shadow on first-years and current scholars trying to make friends among the 30,000 undergraduates currently attending the school. There are, however, […]

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out Couldn’t Be Better

Earlier this year, UC San Diego’s Housing Dining and Hospitality Department made headlines by announcing that three on-campus markets would feature Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. At Roger’s, Sixth, and Seventh Markets, students can bypass the forced human interaction at checkout and instead just grab their items and walk out the door. All they need […]

Posted inArts and Culture, Music

On softscars Yeule Reconfigures Their Music and Themself

Arriving a little over a year after 2022’s critically acclaimed Glitch Princess, Yeule’s third full-length album is their loudest and most immediately satisfying. Pulling effortlessly from ‘90s rock and shoegaze, softscars is less a departure in sound than in disposition; the record’s greatest revelations come in the sound of an artist facing themself and reclaiming […]