Dolores Huerta will speak tomorrow from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Great Hall, in conversation with Associated Students of UCSD President Lesly Figueroa. Huerta is often credited with coining the phrase “Sí se puede” or “Yes, we can,” which was adapted by then-Illinois Senator Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential run. […]
Star Trek Icon George Takei to Speak at UCSD
Actor and civil rights activist George Takei will give the DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture in the Price Center West Ballroom at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. The DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture at UC San Diego is sponsored by the UCSD Law and Society program, Warren College, and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at […]
UC Employs Predominantly White Men
The University of California (UC) system employs predominantly white men as administrators and faculty members, according to the Left Out college diversity report released this month by the Campaign for College Opportunity. UC San Diego is one of the most egregious offenders, with a less diverse faculty than other UC campuses. The study discovered that […]
UCSD Appoints New Executive Director of HDH
The University of Texas at Austin Housing and Dining Executive Director Hemlata Jhaveri will serve as the new Executive Director of Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) after April 16, 2018. The current Executive Director, Assistant Vice Chancellor Mark Cunningham, will retire at the end of the academic year amid two different responses: consistent and public student […]
Chancellor Khosla Verbally Commits to Funding the Undocumented Student Center Past 2020
Chancellor Pradeep Khosla committed full financial support past the 2020 fiscal year to the UC San Diego Undocumented Student Center during questions and answers at an Associated Students (AS) council joint session. Campus Wide Senator Itsi Sanchez-Rea asked about whether there will be funding to sustain the Undocumented Student Center after the phase-out of […]
Chancellor Confirms University Art Gallery Will Not Become a Classroom
Chancellor Pradeep Khosla confirmed that the University Art Gallery will no longer be considered to be converted into a classroom. However, the gallery currently has a budget of $0 for the next academic year, as it has for the last three years. During a visit to Associated Students of UCSD (ASUCSD) on February 28, […]
#NeverAgain Movement Leader David Hogg Rejected from UCSD
David Hogg, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior and a student leader of the #NeverAgain movement against gun violence, was rejected from UC San Diego on Friday. On Friday, Hogg tweeted, “Just got rejected from another college but that’s ok we’re already changing the world. Goodnight everyone.” Hogg later confirmed that he had been denied […]
No Amendment is Greater than the Right to Live
Mass shootings have become a staple of American life. Coming up on 19 years of life, I have observed countless mass shootings, many of which happened in schools. I have had to participate in lock-down drills, and have prepared for the worst while being in a place that is supposed to offer me safety and […]
UCSD Fires Teaching Center Director Without Reason; Hires Administrator’s Wife Instead
More than 70 faculty members are asking for answers after the Director of the Center for Engaged Teaching (CET), Jace Hargis, was terminated from his position this year and the encompassing center was reorganized with a new lead: Carolyn L. Sandoval, the wife of Vice Chancellor Dr. Becky Pettit. “The administration, without our input or […]
TREND: Making More Than Fashion Statements
In his essay, “What is Art?” Leo Tolstoy defines art as “a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward the well-being of individuals and of humanity.” That being said, art is not limited to paintings or on-stage productions. Photography, prose, poetry, graphic […]