A survey from NextGen America claimed that UC San Diego’s voter turnout on Election Day was 78 percent, as reported by Teen Vogue. However, while student turnout did increase at UCSD this year, post-election reports from the San Diego Registrar of Voters Office show that turnout at campus precincts on November 6 was approximately 18.25 […]
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UCSD Prof. Nathan Fletcher Wins Election for San Diego County Supervisor
UC San Diego Professor Nathan Fletcher (D) secured his position as the San Diego County Supervisor for District 4 on November 6, defeating former San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis (R). Aside from the responsibility of representing the greater San Diego area, Fletcher will also be the only Democrat on the Board of Supervisors, which […]
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Democrat Mike Levin Elected to Represent UCSD in Congress
Environmental lawyer Mike Levin defeated Republican businesswoman Diane Harkey in the House race for California’s 49th Congressional District (CA-49). Levin, who won 53.5 percent of the vote, will represent the UC San Diego west campus in Congress for at least the next two years. The CA-49 currently encompasses UC San Diego, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Oceanside, and […]
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Saba to Headline Hullabaloo 2018
Saba will headline the eighth annual Hullabaloo festival, with Vincent and LELAND as supporting acts, on November 16, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in Matthews Quad. Saba is a rapper and producer from Chicago. He had his first moment in the spotlight after being featured on Chance the Rapper’s second mixtape, Acid Rap, as well as on […]
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An Interview with The Marías
Los Angeles-based band The Marías has taken the underground music scene by storm this year. With only two extended plays (EPs) out, the up-and-coming group has reached more than one million monthly listeners on Spotify and earned a Coachella debut earlier last spring. It’s hard to place The Marías under a specific genre—lead singer María’s Spanish crooning over […]
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Where is Our Money Going?
Fall tuition has struck our (parents’) bank accounts again, and the crazy cycle begins anew. As we start to haggle over Dining Dollars, sell old Halloween costumes on Free and For Sale to afford textbooks, and panic about that free trial for our online math homework running out, we often wonder: Where is all our […]
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Stuart Collection Adds 20th Art Installation in Revelle College
“What Hath God Wrought?”, the 20th artwork in the Stuart Collection of public art at UC San Diego, was erected this past weekend at the entrance to Revelle College. It consists of a tall metal pole with a flashing light at the top. The sculpture was conceived by Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford. At 197 […]
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UC Workers Voice Frustration and Exhaustion During Second AFSCME Strike
UC employees belonging to the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 went on strike at UC San Diego and university hospitals from October 23–25, protesting the outsourcing of labor, benefit cuts, and insufficient wages. As the largest UC labor union, AFSCME Local 3299 represents 24,000 UC employees, consisting of 14,000 […]
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The Enduring Myths of the Six-College System—General Education is a Fraud
This week, freshmen will encounter their first midterms in their often rightly-bemoaned college writing programs. For some, this is only the fourth of 50 brutally-paced weeks that will delay them from engaging in coursework for their majors. Others have only 16 weeks to go. A foundational myth of the six-college system is that such general […]
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Slow Hollows' Not So Slow Night at the Ché Café
Los Angeles-based indie rock band Slow Hollows transformed the Ché Café from a normal music venue into an intimate garage party last Friday night, supported by local San Diego artist TEMPOREX. Slow Hollows gained popularity after guitarist and lead singer Austin Feinstein’s previous collaborations with Bon Iver, Frank Ocean, and Tyler, the Creator. A good-sized […]