A Theatre and Dance Department-sponsored student production of Tartuffe concluded its run at the Arthur Wagner Theater in Galbraith Hall on November 17. Directed by UC San Diego Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) student Nicholas Raap, this contemporary interpretation faced many challenges before it successfully made it onstage. The production was met with concerns from […]
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Canyon Vista to Close for Renovations in 2019
Canyon Vista, the Warren College dining hall, will close for renovations at the end of Winter Quarter 2019, reopening Fall 2019. According to Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) Executive Director, Hemlata Jhaveri, the purpose of the remodel is to “better serve students and the campus community.” The new Canyon Vista will include a combined market and dining […]
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UC San Diego Joins the 2018 National First-Gen Celebration Day
Hundreds of UC San Diego students, staff, faculty, and community members rallied in the Student Services Multipurpose Room on Thursday, November 8 for an evening that honored the stories of first-generation college students from all over the nation. The 2018 National First-Gen Celebration Day was organized by Triton Firsts, a comprehensive initiative founded in Spring […]
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The Looming Geisel Legacy
Content warning: The following article references suicide. Before intentionally swallowing a lethal dose of barbiturates, Helen Palmer Geisel wrote a note to her husband Theodor, stating that her “going will leave quite a rumor,” that he could say she was “overworked and overwrought,” and that his “reputation with […] friends and fans will not be […]
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HDH Announces Upcoming Changes to the Dining Dollar System
UC San Diego Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) announced new dining plan changes at the HDH Forum two weeks ago. These changes will take effect over the course of the next two years. HDH currently offers four dining plans for on-campus students. Students that live in residential halls can buy either the $3,677 or $4,056 dining […]
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HDH Unveils New Locations for Seventh and Eighth Colleges
UC San Diego’s department of Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) unveiled a new housing plan for the locations of Seventh and Eighth Colleges. According to HDH Executive Director Hemlata Jhaveri, Seventh College will replace The Village, the current transfer student housing, beginning 2020. Eighth College will replace the Revelle College parking lots in 2023. The proposal […]
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"Dear Ex" Makes Powerful Opener at SDAFF Taiwan Film Showcase
The San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF), in partnership with the UC San Diego Taiwan Studies Department, brought the Taiwan Film Showcase to the UCSD Price Center Theater November 9-11. This is the seventh year of the Showcase, which is the largest presentation of Taiwanese film outside of Asia. This year, ten movies were screened, […]
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UC Board of Regents Creates Basic Needs Committee
The University of California Board of Regents Governance and Compensation Committee unanimously approved the creation of a new special committee on basic needs at the Board of Regents meeting November 13-15. The committee, created by Student Regent Devon Graves, Student Regent-designate Hayley Weddle, and Board of Regents Chair George Kieffer, will take two years to […]
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Life as a First-Year Commuter
It is 6:47 a.m., and I have just parked my car after a 40-minute drive. I will most likely be spending an additional hour in this liminal space before I leave to walk to my class. Another student parks next to me, and they recline their chair all the way back to catch up on […]
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UCSD will Offer Two B.S. Degrees in the Social Sciences Division Next Fall
The UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences will offer two new Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees with one in the Department of Anthropology and the other in the Global Health Program. Both will be available for enrollment starting Fall 2019. The Department of Anthropology will offer a B.S. degree in Biological Anthropology. The new […]