On select Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., the UC San Diego Music Department puts on concerts of contemporary classical music usually held in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, the swan song masterpiece of acoustic architect and engineer Cyril M. Harris. Besides being a leader in the world of musical theory, UCSD Music is spearheading some of […]
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UCSD Student and DACA Recipient in ICE Custody After Making Wrong Turn Near Border
UCSD student and DACA recipient Orr Yakobi was detained Sunday by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) after making a wrong turn near the U.S. Mexico Border coming back from San Ysidro. First reported by 10News, Yakobi and his friend Ryan Hakim were visiting the Las Americas outlet mall in San Ysidro on Sunday near […]
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan González Retires
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan C. González has retired after serving in the role for three-and-a-half years. “Vice Chancellor González has served UC San Diego with distinction, and has collaborated with campus, community, and systemwide partners to enact impactful initiatives that enhance and enrich the lives of all of our students,” reads a campus-wide […]
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UC San Diego Second Most Applied to in UC System
UC San Diego is the second most applied to campus in the UC system for the second straight year, according to preliminary admissions data released by the University of California on December 14, 2017. The UC system as a whole received a total of 221,788 applicants, with UCSD receiving a total of 116,452 applicants. There […]
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Kate Steinle Flyers Posted on Campus by California College Republicans Regional Vice Chair
One hundred and fifty posters expressing anti-undocumented immigrant sentiments caused a stir on campus this past finals week. The posters showed a picture of Kate Steinle, a San Francisco woman who was killed in 2015 by Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a Mexican-born undocumented immigrant and felon previously deported five times. The posters were captioned “She […]
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SOVAC Campus Political Forum Takes Several Heated Turns Among Student Organizations
Student political groups argued, sniped, and flaunted to a riled audience of around 300 people during a forum held on Dec. 5 in Price Center Theater. The event, held by the Student Organized Voter Access Committee (SOVAC) and moderated by SOVAC Executive Director Hunter Miranda and Operations Coordinator Pace Hartmann, was meant to introduce the […]
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A Testament to the Sci-Fi Community
Acclaimed science fiction writer and UC San Diego former student Andy Weir returned to campus to talk about his newest book Artemis, answer sci-fi questions, and host a meet-and-greet with VIPs on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. Hosted by the Arthur C Clarke Center for Human Imagination, Andy Weir began by speaking of his childhood love […]
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UC Regent Pattiz to Resign Amid Sexual Harassment and Allegations of a Gun Threat
Amid sexual harassment and allegations of gun threats, UC Regent Norman Pattiz will resign in February. First reported by the SF Chronicle, Pattiz submitted his resignation to UC Regent Chair George Kieffer. In September, allegations surfaced that Pattiz had brandished his gun as a threat to one of his employees. Pattiz, a Westwood media mogul and […]
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Graduate Student Tuition Waivers Will Not be Taxed
The final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is yet to be signed by President Trump after passing both the House and the Senate, will not count graduate student tuition waivers as income. Late last month, approximately 200 UCSD students met at Silent Tree in front of Geisel Library, to protest the […]
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UCSD Forgets Ofo; Pilots Orange Bike-Share Program with Spin
UC San Diego announced a new campus bike-share program last Friday in partnership with San Francisco-based bikeshare company Spin. The campus has placed 50 stationless bikes for a trial run around the campus, which will be followed by an additional 250 bicycles in mid-January as part of the pilot kickoff. But instead of a […]