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UCSD Students Debate Abortion Access Amid Push for Statewide Bill

UC San Diego students Rachel Pryce and Caroline Siegel-Singh debated in the local newspaper on Wednesday over the possibility of abortion pills being distributed on campus. Siegel-Singh and Pryce both submitted opinion pieces to the San Diego Union-Tribune, respectively arguing for and against access to abortion pills on campus. Senate Bill (SB) 320 is a […]

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UCSD Students Receive $11,701 Grant to Build Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Yonder Deep, an undergraduate student organization at UC San Diego, was awarded a full budget of $11,701 by the Marine Sciences Academic Senate Resource Committee to create four autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) on Feb. 8.    Yonder Deep’s mission, according to its website, is “to empower students to make tangible differences in research, by inspiring lifelong […]

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Congressional Candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar: Admin, Not Professors, Should Deal With White Supremacist Threats

Activist, entrepreneur, and former Obama administration staffer Ammar Campa-Najjar spoke to about 40 UC San Diego students at the College Democrats’ meeting last Tuesday. Campa-Najjar, a San Diego native and San Diego State University alumnus, is running to replace Republican Duncan D. Hunter as the United States Representative for California’s 50th Congressional District. The district […]

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Arson and Burglary Committed at Groundwork Bookstore

Unknown suspects smashed the glass door entrance to the Groundwork Bookstore yesterday morning, knocking over bookshelves and lighting a bookcase on fire, causing $500 in damage. Founded in 1973, Groundwork Books is UC San Diego’s student-run bookstore that offers a variety of social justice books related to workers, women, black, Latinx, indigenous, and critical histories. […]

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HDH Director Mark Cunningham to Retire

Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) Director Mark Cunningham will retire at the end of the academic year.    Several student government representatives have confirmed Cunningham’s retirement, which will go into effect at the end of the school year. Cunningham has managed HDH for the last 40 years, watching over 5.3 million square feet of facilities contained […]