A select committee from the Raza Resource Centro held their first community meeting on Monday, June 4 to discuss the possibility of a name change for the resource center to be more inclusive of the Chicanx and Latinx community. Located across from the Conrad Prebys Music Center on the first floor of the Student Services […]
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Governor and California State Legislature Approve Increased UC Funding
Governor Brown and the California State Legislature approved funding boosts for the University of California (UC) on June 8. In May, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education approved $117.5 million in new funds for the UC system. After separate budget bills are passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, the differences in the bills […]
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An Interview with CARE at SARC Director Nancy Wahlig
Warning: This article concerns sexual assault. “When a starfish loses its limb, it grows back and becomes whole again. We want to support and advocate for our survivors to heal completely, like starfish,” said Nancy Wahlig, director of Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) at Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC). The logo for CARE at […]
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Submission: A Response to "UCSD Greek Life Needs to Prove It Cares About Sexual Assault Victims"
Warning: This article concerns sexual assault. I’m appalled—appalled at the minimization of an epidemic of sexual violence across college campuses. The submission published a few weeks ago covering Greek life at UC San Diego and sexual violence was highly simplified and largely based on a singular experience: a research article written in 1991 that only […]
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Over 25,000 Signatures Collected on Student Petition Demanding Sexual Assault Reform in Greek Life
Warning: This article concerns sexual assault. An online petition created by a UC San Diego student demanding sexual assault reform in UCSD Greek life has reached over 25,000 supporters as of today. Organized by Jake Henry, a third year Political Science major, the petition calls for a public report of sexual assault statistics to be compiled […]
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Revelle College Should Update Its Writing Sequence
At the end of my last HUM 2 (the second course of the Revelle College Humanities sequence) lecture of the quarter, my professor concluded by saying, “It is remarkable that across these texts, humans still come up with the same basic answers.” But Dr. Lyon, in a course in which we only read texts written […]
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CSE Instructor Publicly Humiliates Student on Class Forum
A UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) instructor is receiving backlash for humiliating a student and releasing the student’s private information on a public question-and-answer forum this past weekend. Rundong Zhong, an international student and Math/CS major, posted a question on Piazza, a commonly-used forum that allows classmates, instructors, and professors to address […]
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University Centers to Replace Three Price Center Vendors
University Centers Advisory Board (UCAB) will replace three Price Center vendors—Shogun, Zanzibar, and Round Table Pizza—by 2020, despite a lack of transparency and student involvement. The 2017–2018 board extended the leases for Shogun and Zanzibar on May 8 with the recommendation that they be replaced the next time the leases are up for renewal in […]
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Two UCSD Artists Featured in “25 and Under” Art Showcase at MCASD
Two UC San Diego artists and graduating seniors, Wendy Rodriguez and Anika Ullah, were both featured in the annual “25 and Under” Art Showcase at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego (MCASD). Out of 25 finalists, Wendy took home the Curator’s Choice First Place award for her short animation “Photographs,” while Anika exhibited […]
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Anika Ullah Continues to Push the Boundaries of Health, Science, and Activism Through Art
This article is part of a series profiling two UCSD artists and graduating seniors who were finalists for the annual “25 and Under” Art Showcase at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego (MCASD). The first thing Anika Ullah wants to make clear is that she is not just an “documentary filmmaker,” a term […]