UC San Diego’s Office of the Chancellor announced their intention to hold spring commencement ceremony in person on RIMAC field via email on April 14. Ceremonies for the Class of 2021 will take place on June 12 and June 13. Students will have the opportunity to bring at most two guests to the in-person ceremonies. […]
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Myanmar Coup Creates Uncertainty for International Students
When Henry Naing, a fourth year Biochemistry major, first heard about a coup occurring in his home country of Myanmar, he struggled to focus on anything for days. Worried for his family’s safety back home, he immediately called to check up on them—but the Myanmar military had shut down the internet, making it difficult to […]
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Sigma Chi Continues Spring Recruitment Despite Sanctions and Deregistration
Spring 2021 Recruitment for the UCSD Chapter of Sigma Chi is currently underway, despite the Fraternity’s deregistered status which prohibits recruitment. Due to sexual misconduct allegations, which include sexual assault and drugging, a Panhellenic wide social ban prompted the University to suspend the fraternity. Following a lengthy investigation in May of 2020, they were officially […]
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2021 Elections Results: AS Seeks to REVIVE Student Life
The Associated Student at UCSD (ASUCSD) Election Committee announced results of college council and campus-wide elections Friday, April 9 via Zoom. Voter turnout this election cycle was 7.89%, down from last year’s 21.37%, with Seventh College boasting the highest turnout rate at 21.53%. Of 29,473 students currently enrolled, 2,324 cast their ballot for this year’s […]
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Systemwide Data Breach Poses Threat to Students’ Personal Information
The University of California released a statement on March 31 stating they were impacted by a cyber attack that affected at least 300 organizations including several universities, such as Stanford and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and many government agencies. This data breach of personal information was due to a vulnerability in Accellion’s system, a […]
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Meet the AS Candidates: Voting Ends April 9th
Campus-wide elections for Associated Students at UC San Diego (ASUCSD) began on Monday, April 5 and will continue until Friday, April 9 at 4 pm. Of the 18 elected positions open, 7 races are uncontested, including the 3 executive positions of AS President, Vice President of Campus Affairs and Vice President of External Affairs. AS […]
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UCSD Police and CAPS To Launch New Mental Health Emergency Response Team
UC San Diego announced on January 28 that they would pilot a Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT). The program is a joint venture between the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the UCSD Police Department (UCPD) with the goal of better addressing mental health crises that occur on campus. “I think what we’re finding is […]
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What Makes Seventh College’s New Writing Course Different?
The end of Winter Quarter marks the first completed course of Synthesis 1 for 320 Seventh College students, UC San Diego’s newest college’s writing sequence, called the Synthesis program, centers communication and writing while taking on the lens of the climate change crisis, in reference to the overarching theme of Seventh College, which is a […]
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New VP External Appointed Ahead of Spring AS Elections
The Associated Students at UCSD (ASUCSD) Senate appointed Rebecca Paskowitz as the Vice President of External Affairs (EVP) on March 3, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of former EVP Alisha Saxena on January 28. EVP Paskowitz will be responsible for representing and advocating for the needs of UCSD students, connecting members of the […]
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UCSD Developing Face Masks which can Detect the Coronavirus
UC San Diego is developing a face mask with a sensor attached that can detect the novel coronavirus. The mask will consist of a test strip which will change colors when it detects COVID-19 in a user’s breath or saliva. It may potentially detect virus molecules inhaled by the face mask user from another person. […]