Three UC San Diego faculty—Professors Darwin Berg, Marta Kutas, and Ivan Schuller—were recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in late April. The honorary society was founded by John Adams, John Hancock, and James Bowdoin to recognize outstanding devotion to the advancement of societal, scientific, and intellectual issues. On April 28, the […]
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Former Vice President Joe Biden Endorses UCSD Professor Nathan Fletcher
Former Vice President Joe Biden endorsed UC San Diego professor Nathan Fletcher on Friday for 4th District County Supervisor, making this the first endorsement from a top politician in this race. This will be Biden’s second endorsement of a California-elected position, following his endorsement of Senator Dianne Feinstein for U.S. Senator. “Nathan Fletcher served his […]
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Governor Brown: UC Schools Should “Be More Like Chipotle”
California Governor Jerry Brown said that universities should be more like Chipotle and stop giving students so many options for classes in an address on May 23 to the California Chamber of Commerce. “What I like about Chipotle is the limited menu. You stand in the line, get either brown rice or white rice, black […]
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UC System Demonstrates Exceptional Support for Low-Income Students
A recent report by Third Way, a center-left think tank, details that UC system schools, as opposed to most U.S. universities, excel at providing aid and support toward low-income students. The report focuses on the average enrollment and graduation rates of Pell Grant awardees. Among the top 100 U.S. universities, five out of the nine UC campuses included had […]
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New Week, New Tunes
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]