As a child, the only career I found suitable for myself was that of an actor. Anyone who knows me knows that my true “secret” passion is for the theater. My mother would joke that because the Oscars and my birth were simultaneous, it was a sign of my eventual Oscar win. And I definitely […]
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Sun God Playlist (SDSU Jacket Edit)
Oh, hey! Sun God is, like, tomorrow! Please enjoy the festival responsibly.
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UC President Napolitano calls for Davis Chancellor Katehi to Resign
UC President Janet Napolitano asked UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi to resign, The California Aggie reported in a tweet early this afternoon. The request comes after The Sacramento Bee’s early April report that UC Davis contracted with several public relations consultants for at least $175,000. These contracts formed a campaign aimed at decreasing the amount […]
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Editorial: Does Our Chancellor Stand with Us?
“It is incumbent upon our senior administrators to pay attention to student concerns, to build relationships with students and student groups, and to solicit the thoughts and views of students at every opportunity,” reads the policy brief commissioned by the UC Regents in 2012 to help administrators prevent and mitigate campus unrest. On April 9, […]
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Traveling in Circles
“What would happen if we were to introduce art into a space where it wouldn’t normally be found?” This is the question fourth year Jake Cushnir attempted to answer on a two-week road trip through California with his friend from high school, Gabe Kittle-Cervine, a resident and poet of Santa Cruz, CA. Two years later, […]
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Students #ChalkBack in Response to Triton Day Chalkings
Members of UCSD’s student groups Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan (MEChA) and Migrant Rights Action (MiRA), students, and community members gathered Tuesday to protest the April 8 chalkings, as well as UCSD’s response. The rally, entitled #ChalkBack, was publicized on Facebook as a way to peacefully protest and create a forum to bring forth these issues. […]
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UC THE PROBLEM: Starbucks, "Fair Trade" and You
A millennial sips a cup of Starbucks coffee, thinking about their passion for art and hope to save humanity, but has a hard time noticing the lack of truth in their own cup of coffee. With Starbucks at the epicenter of pop culture, many of us are willing to support Starbucks blindly, without question, as […]
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Frankie Cosmos at the Ché Café: Pop Poetry for a Generation
Last Friday night, Frankie Cosmos rocked the Ché Café with openers Anna McClellan, Yowler, and Eskimeaux. Anna McClellan and Yowler (Maryn Jones) were solo performers: McClellan sang powerfully sparse, introspective tunes about desire, identity, and wonder, while Yowler filled the Ché with slow-burning, cavernous strumming and more reverb than a Slowdive record. Afterwards, Eskimeaux took […]
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Talking White
One day, you’re going to be successful. One day, you’re going to be in politics. One day, you’re going to change the world. This kind of praise isn’t unique — many children are propped with inspirational compliments when they’re young. The type of (unnecessary) praise that has always stuck with me, however, went a little […]
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Million Student March Returns to UCSD
Over one hundred students marched through the center of campus Tuesday afternoon, on the second national day of action called by the Million Student March. The march centered around demands for free tuition, student debt abolition, and a living wage.