We attend one of the most amazing schools in the state. Although I may sound like an advertisement — it’s true! We have stellar academics, amazing research opportunities, and we’re five minutes from the beach. The only complaint I ever hear (other than “I need an In-N-Out on campus!!!”) is that our campus culture is […]
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Student Spotlight: Nicolette Valicenti and Lauren Mutschler
The concept of the interdisciplinary is a hot topic in just about every field of study: How can biology inform design? How can art influence scientific research? How can I convince my physics professor to accept an interpretive dance in place of taking the midterm? Nicolette Valicenti, a fourth-year Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (ICAM) […]
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La Bête: What is Good Art?
Many people consider verse to be difficult to comprehend. Finding a human who’s read through anything by Shakespeare since high school is a rarity (not including people who have an affinity for theatre, they’re a special breed). But in this new rendition of the play, La Bête, by David Hirson, the UC San Diego Theatre […]
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UCSD Receives C+ on Mental Health Evaluations
UCSD received a C+ grade on evaluations of mental health resources available to students as part of the #HowAreYou campaign, announced the UC Student Association (UCSA) Monday. The evaluations were based on accessibility of services, diversity in counselor training, and outreach on campus, criteria that were chosen based on a questionnaire administered to Counseling and […]
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Vagina Warriors Embrace Femininity Through The Vagina Monologues
The annual Vagina Monologues captured UCSD’s campus from February 20-23, to talk about one of life’s greatest mysteries: the vagina. Originally written by Eve Ensler in 1996 in the midst of Third wave feminism, The Vagina Monologues has taken real-life experiences and transformed them into a masterful episodic play. Ever since its birth, Vagina Monologues […]
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Hermitude Conquers Hip-Hop / Electronic Fusion
On February 21, award-winning Australian electronic / hip-hop group Hermitude performed with Keys N Krates and GANZ at House of Blues. During this concert, which impressively lasted over four hours, Angus “El Gusto” Stuart and Luke “Luke Dubs” Dubber — who formed Hermitude in 2000 — rocked the audience with their downtempo rhythmic patterns and […]
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Editorial: UCSD Freedom of Speech not Under Attack
There’s a certain irony in the fact that UCSD was included in a recent Huffington Post opinion piece entitled “The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016” for cutting print funding. The Huffington Post, as most know, has never been a print publication. Defunding print media does not limit freedom of speech on the UCSD […]
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Movers + Shakers
The United States is a primed political powder keg — which UC San Diego Assistant Professor of Playwriting Deborah Stein and her creative partner, Performer and Director Suli Holum, fully understand. Stein and Holum have created a new theatre piece that explores the extent of modern behavioral tendencies, using the platform of a political campaign. […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Dance
ZOR: From Bollywood to Justin Bieber
Brains, beauty, or Bollywood dance skills — one would think you could only pick one, maybe two if you are lucky. However, UCSD’s nationally recognized dance team, ZOR, proves you can have all three. Since their on-campus establishment in 2009, they have been taking Bollywood dance competitions by storm through their innovative choreography, precise dance […]
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UCSD Students & Alumni Unite at NAMM 2016
ANAHEIM — From January 21 to January 24, UCSD students and alumni visited with 100,000 other attendees the 2016 NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Now over a century old, NAMM—the National Association of Music Merchants—is a nonprofit organization whose objective is to buoy the music products industry and spread on a global scale […]