Content Warning: This article concerns personal experience and narrative of self-harm, anxiety, and depression. It was the day before move-in began. I sat at my dining room table, hands clutching my head hoping if I held it hard enough the thoughts would stop. All I could think about was how badly I wanted to die. […]
Black Student Union Releases Demands to UCSD
On June 22, the Black Student Union (BSU) released a statement of demands to UCSD that required university response by June 26. Since the statement was released, only the Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) has responded. The list of demands was released after a month of civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder […]
ICE Reverses Policy that would Force International Students to Leave the US
At a federal hearing this morning, the Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that they will rescind their latest policy which would have forced international students to leave the country if their classes were mostly online. When universities shut down in March, ICE suspended the rule requiring students holding […]
UC System to Sue Federal Government Over New ICE Policy
The University of California (UC) system announced plans on Wednesday, June 8 to sue the federal government for violating students’ rights with a new policy which requires international students to leave the country if they are taking only online courses in the fall. The lawsuit “will seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent […]
UC Announces New President to Replace Janet Napolitano
The University of California (UC) announced at the Board of Regents meeting this afternoon that Dr. Michael V. Drake will be replacing Janet Napolitano as the next UC President. The UC President oversees all 10 UC campuses, five medical centers, and three affiliated national laboratories. Current President Napolitano resigned last year at the September Board […]
Black Students at UCSD Share Their Experiences Protesting Police Violence
If you were watching the protests in La Mesa, they looked nothing like how the La Mesa Police Department described them, according to Alexander Pile. “It was peaceful the entire time. We weren’t violent,” said Pile, a fourth year Black student at UCSD. “My friends and I were willing to walk in the front to […]
ASUCSD Approves Resolution Supporting UCSDPD Defunding, UCPD Abolishment
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) passed a resolution during a special meeting on June 17 expressing support for defunding the UCSD Police Department (UCSDPD) and abolishing the University of California Police Department (UCPD). Sixth College Senator Zaccary Bradt and Vice President of External Affairs Alisha Saxena drafted the resolution in response to […]
Submission: Justice, then Peace
The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black communities and the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and Rayshard Brooks should finally make it clear: Our house is not built equitably. It is stratified along the lines of race and class. Working class communities of color face premature death from […]
Safe Spaces For Black Students Should Be Protected
If the university claims to stand with Black students and hear us, they would commit more than empty promises in their emails and newsletters. Instead, they would be more proactive in making changes which benefit the Black community on campus, the same community which continues to be overlooked and ignored until traumatic events occur. On […]
UC Berkeley Transfer Student Alexis Zaragoza Nominated for 47th UC Student Regent
UC Berkeley transfer student Alexis Zaragoza was nominated for UC student regent for the 2021-22 school year, pending approval by the UC Board of Regents during their July 28-30 meeting. The UC Office of the President announced the nomination on June 5, and if approved, Zaragoza will become the 47th UC student regent-designate. Zaragoza will […]