Students will vote on two referendums this year: whether or not statewide organization CALPIRG Students can continue collecting voluntary pledges via the campus billing system, and whether or not to extend—and increase—the Student Transportation Fee for bus and transit access. The first referendum on the ballot deals with the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). […]
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Only One Political Party Running for ASUCSD
For the first time in possibly 10 years, Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) elections have a single political party, referred to as slates, running for office. Student election candidates gathered for a candidate meeting at The Forum at Price Center on Thursday, March 8 at 8:00 p.m. EMPOWER is a newly-formed slate that […]
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Bad Suns Album Art is Appropriation Masked by Alteration
The exploitation, misappropriation, and devaluation of indigenous culture is not a pattern unique to the 21st century. Familiar with America’s history of both colonization and white supremacy, we must remind ourselves: It has never been unique. The past and present stereotyping of Native Americans illuminates the fact that prejudice, though having always been there, is […]
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UCSD Students Debate Abortion Access Amid Push for Statewide Bill
UC San Diego students Rachel Pryce and Caroline Siegel-Singh debated in the local newspaper on Wednesday over the possibility of abortion pills being distributed on campus. Siegel-Singh and Pryce both submitted opinion pieces to the San Diego Union-Tribune, respectively arguing for and against access to abortion pills on campus. Senate Bill (SB) 320 is a […]
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UCSD Students Receive $11,701 Grant to Build Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Yonder Deep, an undergraduate student organization at UC San Diego, was awarded a full budget of $11,701 by the Marine Sciences Academic Senate Resource Committee to create four autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) on Feb. 8. Yonder Deep’s mission, according to its website, is “to empower students to make tangible differences in research, by inspiring lifelong […]
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Sixth College Dryers “Explode”; Burn Student Clothing
Sixth College students have been experiencing dryer “explosions” throughout the month of February as a result of a lack of maintenance on the dryer machines. Connor Otto, a Sixth College Bioengineering major and UC San Diego club volleyball player, posted pictures on ”UCSD Memes for Sleep Deprived Tritons” of a dryer malfunction that resulted in […]
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Housing, Dining, and Haters: Why Are Students Making Fun of HDH?
Why are students bashing Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) on Facebook? The recent trend of making fun of HDH food on Facebook has taken on a life of its own, reaching thousands of students. On ”UCSD Memes for Sleep Deprived Tritons,” second year Political Science major Marcel Aviles posted a photo. “Let’s say this place is […]
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Congressional Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar: Admin, Not Professors, Should Deal With White Supremacist Threats
Activist, entrepreneur, and former Obama administration staffer Ammar Campa-Najjar spoke to about 40 UC San Diego students at the College Democrats’ meeting last Tuesday. Campa-Najjar, a San Diego native and San Diego State University alumnus, is running to replace Republican Duncan D. Hunter as the United States Representative for California’s 50th Congressional District. The district […]
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Arson and Burglary Committed at Groundwork Bookstore
Unknown suspects smashed the glass door entrance to the Groundwork Bookstore yesterday morning, knocking over bookshelves and lighting a bookcase on fire, causing $500 in damage. Founded in 1973, Groundwork Books is UC San Diego’s student-run bookstore that offers a variety of social justice books related to workers, women, black, Latinx, indigenous, and critical histories. […]
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HDH Director Mark Cunningham to Retire
Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) Director Mark Cunningham will retire at the end of the academic year. Several student government representatives have confirmed Cunningham’s retirement, which will go into effect at the end of the school year. Cunningham has managed HDH for the last 40 years, watching over 5.3 million square feet of facilities contained […]