It’s Week 9 and with finals and graduation on the horizon, summer break has never seemed so far away. We know that the quarter system doesn’t stop for anyone, so we’re featuring some music that will help you get through the end of spring quarter. “Geyser” by Mitski Released: May 14, 2018 For fans of: […]
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UCPD Arrests Second Individual for Carrying Loaded Firearm on Campus
The UC Police Department (UCPD) arrested 23-year-old courier Menooa Azizian for possession of a loaded firearm inside a vehicle parked on campus last Thursday, May 24, at 3:28 a.m. According to police records, a Residential Security Officer (RSO) discovered the firearm while conducting parking enforcement near Lot 201 by Peterson Lecture Hall. Azizian was arrested […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Literature
A Night with Former US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
“What has happened to friendship? What has happened to tenderness?” Juan Felipe Herrera has spent his life trying to answer these personal, evocative questions through his poetry. On May 17, the Institute of Arts and Humanities hosted an experimental reading at Atkinson Hall Auditorium featuring Herrera, a renowned poet, author, and activist. Herrera is a […]
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UCSD Student Arrested for Carrying Loaded Firearm on Campus
The UC Police Department (UCPD) arrested UC San Diego student Xue Ju Huang for weapons violation and vandalism in parking lot 206 (parking lot near the Faculty Club) on Wednesday, May 2, at 11:19 a.m. According to the latest UCPD arrest report, UCPD arrested Huang for carrying a loaded firearm in public, vandalism, and possessing a loaded […]
Posted inFeature, Opinion
Submission: The Soul-Crushing Society that Produces Soul-Crushing Student Essays
In a New York Times opinion piece titled “The Soul-Crushing Student Essay”, Scott Korb, the director of first-year writing at the New School, bemoans student essays that many college professors are familiar with: convoluted prose that seems written by machines, not people. Korb concludes that students write these “soulless” essays because they have lost touch […]
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County Issues Tuberculosis Warning for UCSD
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) issued a news release on Wednesday warning of possible tuberculosis exposure to anyone who has visited the UC San Diego campus between January 25 and May 15. According to an article by The San Diego Union-Tribune, one infected person was on campus during the given […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
What Your Savior Looks Like
Starting from an incredibly young age, girls are bombarded with an endless amount of princess stories, more specifically the “damsel in distress” type. We’ve got Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, and so on and so forth. Now, what do all of these princesses have in common? Well, they are all waiting for a prince […]
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Editorial: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Has Attacked Campus Free Speech
On May 23, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, and professional tennis player and activist Billie Jean King will speak on a Women in Leadership panel hosted by the nonprofit Sally Ride Science at UCSD. But Secretary Rice requests a special condition: no news media allowed. Ironically, journalist and author Lynn Sherr will […]
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UCSD Linked to Upskirt Photo Forum, Police Still Searching for Perpetrator(s)
This article concerns sexual harassment. An unknown suspect, or possibly a group of suspects, has reportedly been taking upskirt photos of women around the UC San Diego campus and posting them on an online forum. According to a Motherboard article written by Joseph Cox on VICE, a site called “The Candid Forum” hosts roughly 4,300 individual […]
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One Reason CAPS Isn’t Helpful Enough
On UC San Diego alone, there have been several articles (here is one by The Triton) about problems arising with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) regarding students not receiving ideal treatment as a result of our mental healthcare center being severely underfunded. Multiple week-long waiting periods to see a counselor are the norm, and unfortunately, […]