The influx of commuters at UC San Diego in the 2021-22 school year, exacerbated by the recent “housing crisis,” has drawn a new light to existing transportation issues on and around campus. Last spring, UCSD’s Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) ended the two-year housing guarantee for undergraduate students. HDH also eliminated triples for the 2021-22 school […]
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UCSD Students Unable to Attend Online Classes due to Zoom Issues
Students at UC San Diego were blindsided at the start of the Winter Quarter 2022, when large class sizes prevented some students from being able to join the Zoom calls for their remote classes. Remote instruction at UCSD for the first two weeks of the winter quarter was initially announced on December 21, 2021, lasting […]
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Uncle Italian Creates A Comforting Refuge at UCSD
UC San Diego (UCSD) opened the brand new Uncle Italian bar and restaurant on campus early October located at the Old Student Center, replacing Soda and Swine. The decision to establish Uncle Italian was made by Consortium Holdings, a hospitality group founded by a UC San Diego alumni, Arsalun Tafazoli. Consortium Holdings has 18 different […]
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Gracepoint Church Faces Abuse Allegations Across the UC
Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of depression, suicide and sexual abuse. After five years as an involved member and eventual staff intern for the Gracepoint Church on UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) campus, Jane Doe, a source who does not feel safe revealing her identity to individuals still associated with Gracepoint, faced a debilitating […]
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The Sauce: “Do You Know Any Good Spots?”
Welcome back, Tritons! First off, I would like to say farewell to the class of 2020 and wish you all good luck as you embark on new adventures. Secondly, I would like to welcome all new students who have just taken their first steps onto UCSD’s campus this year. We are so happy to see […]
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Disability Activists Criticize UCSD
Students, faculty, and activists are expressing their frustration toward the UC system for inadequate accommodations and lack of representation for the disabled community, especially at UC San Diego (UCSD). According to a November 2020 report gathered from UC Office of the President (UCOP) data and UC campuses’ Disabled Student Services (DSS) offices, the percentage of […]
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Muir Student Dies in Tragic Fall
Early Oct. 23, K. Wayne Yang, the provost of Muir College, announced in an email that a Muir student passed away. No further details about the tragedy were disclosed in the email. According to NBC 7 San Diego, the San Diego County Medical Examiner identified the 18-year-old student as Aaron Fan. After Fan fell from […]
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Lecturers Protest Working Conditions at UC Schools
The University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) union, which represents lecturers, librarians, and K-12 educators across the University of California (UC), rallied in front of Geisel Library at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 14. This protest raised awareness of working conditions lecturers face and their struggle to get the UC to address their concerns. Lecturers are […]
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UCSD Students face Housing Crisis as Enrollment Rises
Due to a massive influx of students seeking off-campus housing, thousands of UC San Diego students are struggling to secure housing for the 2021-22 school year, a predicament that students have dubbed a “housing crisis.” One second year transfer student has been left homeless, and plans on living out of their car until they can […]
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UCSD Wants a Green New Deal
University of California San Diego (UCSD) students and staff rallied in solidarity with the global climate strike in front of Geisel Library on Sept. 24. This protest was lead by Green New Deal at UCSD, an organization that advocates for an end to the university’s carbon neutrality initiative and demands the university to commit to […]