Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and other UC San Diego staff members were surprised and appreciative of President Donald Trump’s executive decision on Monday to block a proposed takeover of San Diego telecommunications company Qualcomm. In an executive order, President Trump blocked Qualcomm Inc, one of UCSD’s largest sponsors, from being purchased for $117 billion by Singapore-based […]
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UC Regents Raise Tuition for Out-of-State Students
The UC Board of Regents voted in favor of raising non-resident tuition today, 12 to 3, during a meeting held at UCLA. The proposal to increase tuition was unanimously voted to be deferred last January at the recommendation of UC President Janet Napolitano.UC Regents Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, John Pérez, Paul Monge and were the only […]
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Napolitano Proposes Guaranteed Admission for Community College Students
UC President Janet Napolitano announced in a speech last Wednesday that she wants the Academic Senate to explore how to guarantee admission to academically eligible community college students. Napolitano said that the UC can guarantee admission for transfer students based off of the UC’s Transfer Pathways, which are “roadmaps” for community college students to appear […]
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The Future of California is at Risk if We Don't #FundTheUC
As we begin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the University of California, it’s important to evaluate where we currently stand as a university system. Until the 1970s, California led the nation in both K-12 and higher education by offering a free UC education for all California residents. What has changed? State investment in education. […]
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Student Frustrations Boil Over at HDH Forum
Dozens of students gathered in front of a panel of dining administrators at the Revelle Formal Lounge for the Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) Open Forum on March 7, with many expressing anger towards the lack of communication and action taken in addressing student concerns. “I hear what you’re saying… That’s why we’re here. We came […]
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A Happening: Visual Arts Recreates “SWEET WALL” by Allan Kaprow
On Thursday, March 8, around 1:00 p.m., people walking through the eucalyptus path connecting the Sun God statue to Library Walk had curious and confused expressions on their faces as they looked at a wall made of cinder blocks. The wall, which sat directly under Robert Irwin’s “Two Running Violet V Forms,” was being constructed […]
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Virtual Reality Club Draws 100 Students to its First Hackathon
The Virtual Reality (VR) Club hosted UC San Diego’s inaugural HackXR, a unique event for aspiring developers, from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25. The three-day hackathon focused solely on extended reality, with workshops and game development centered around virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. The hackathon had four workshops for participants of all experience levels, including […]
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CALPIRG Fee Collection, Transportation Fee Extension Up for Student Vote
Students will vote on two referendums this year: whether or not statewide organization CALPIRG Students can continue collecting voluntary pledges via the campus billing system, and whether or not to extend—and increase—the Student Transportation Fee for bus and transit access. The first referendum on the ballot deals with the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). […]
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Only One Political Party Running for ASUCSD
For the first time in possibly 10 years, Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) elections have a single political party, referred to as slates, running for office. Student election candidates gathered for a candidate meeting at The Forum at Price Center on Thursday, March 8 at 8:00 p.m. EMPOWER is a newly-formed slate that […]
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Bad Suns Album Art is Appropriation Masked by Alteration
The exploitation, misappropriation, and devaluation of indigenous culture is not a pattern unique to the 21st century. Familiar with America’s history of both colonization and white supremacy, we must remind ourselves: It has never been unique. The past and present stereotyping of Native Americans illuminates the fact that prejudice, though having always been there, is […]