When tragedy struck Las Vegas on Oct. 1, its ramifications rippled through the nation immediately. However, for a brief moment, I found myself unsurprised. While America has been pulsating with feelings of anger and sadness and the President has only reinforced such emotions with his messages, I hesitate to jump on Twitter or Facebook to […]
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California Gubernatorial Candidate Delaine Eastin Visits UCSD
California gubernatorial candidate Delaine Eastin spoke to around 100 students in Price Center theatre yesterday evening at a forum hosted by the UCSD College Democrats. Eastin is the first gubernatorial candidate this year to visit UC San Diego. Her expansive platform, which seems to draw significantly on her previous experience as California State Superintendent from […]
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Unpaid Internships Are for the Privileged
Prelude: A Revelation Shrouded with malaise as I navigated to my first day at a new job, I nestled into my seat on the D.C. metro. The sea of newspaper-bearing, podcast-consuming young professionals ebbed and flowed before me at every stop. These patterns of commuters’ comings and goings offered me comfort in a place that […]
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China Cuts Funding for Visiting Scholars After Dalai Lama Visit
China will no longer fund travel for visiting scholars at UC San Diego, according to a memo apparently written by government officials circulated among Chinese academics. The move, according to UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy professor Victor Shih, is likely in retaliation against UCSD for inviting the Dalai Lama to serve as the […]
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Luke Christopher to Headline Fall Y’all Festival 2017
Luke Christopher and Mating Ritual will perform at this year’s Fall Y’all Festival on Sunday, Sept. 24th. Associated Students Concert and Events (ASCE) announced the lineup last Thursday. This year marks the third year of the Fall Y’all Festival, which was headlined by Casey Veggies in 2016 and Joywave in 2015. Luke Christopher is a […]
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Students Rally For Replaced UCLA Valet Workers at Regents Meeting
Around 80 students and workers from several UC campuses staged an action last Wednesday during the public comment portion of this September’s UC Regents meeting, protesting against what they claim has been the mistreatment of hospital valet workers at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Hospital. The hospital’s valet workers, previously contract workers, are set to be replaced […]
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Power in Profanity: An Interview with Ben Bergen
You lock your car keys inside your car. You get a test back and you did significantly worse than expected. You find out the milk in your fridge expired two weeks ago, but you are really craving some cereal. As far as I can tell, these events only have two things in common: (1) they […]
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The Value of Protest
2017 has been a year of incredible controversy. Shock waves of nativist populism and widespread dissent could be indicators that American identity is shifting away from traditional partisan politics, and is becoming more extreme. Yet, at a personal level, I struggled to establish a clear-cut resolve. This was not despite challenging introspection; in fact, I […]
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UC Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Repeal
The University of California filed a federal lawsuit today against the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which provides around 800,000 undocumented residents who immigrated as children with the ability to legally live and work in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco against the Department of […]
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UCSD College Republicans Also Ask Muslim Students to Condemn Terrorism
After the San Diego State College Republicans published a press release on Facebook demanding the San Diego State Muslim Student Association to condemn terrorism, UC San Diego student organizations took the time last week to respond. The Muslim Student Association at UCSD condemned the San Diego State College Republicans’ press release, while the College Republicans at […]