2017 has been a year of incredible controversy. Shock waves of nativist populism and widespread dissent could be indicators that American identity is shifting away from traditional partisan politics, and is becoming more extreme. Yet, at a personal level, I struggled to establish a clear-cut resolve. This was not despite challenging introspection; in fact, I […]
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UC Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Repeal
The University of California filed a federal lawsuit today against the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which provides around 800,000 undocumented residents who immigrated as children with the ability to legally live and work in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco against the Department of […]
Posted inCampus, News
UCSD College Republicans Also Ask Muslim Students to Condemn Terrorism
After the San Diego State College Republicans published a press release on Facebook demanding the San Diego State Muslim Student Association to condemn terrorism, UC San Diego student organizations took the time last week to respond. The Muslim Student Association at UCSD condemned the San Diego State College Republicans’ press release, while the College Republicans at […]
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Snooze, The Melt, and Philz Coffee Coming to La Jolla Village
Tritons returning from summer break will find a variety of new student-friendly dining options near campus to enjoy: The Shops at La Jolla Village is in the process of adding student favorites Philz Coffee, Snooze: an A.M. Eatery, and The Melt. All three are expected to open before classes begin on September 28. The three […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
Empowered by Orthodox Judaism
I am a student at UC San Diego, unremarkable in many ways, but you may already know who I am. I am that girl who sits in the first few rows of your lecture hall and outspokenly voices her opinions. I am that girl you’ve seen handing out donuts in Revelle Plaza, candles on Library […]
Posted inLabor, News, UC System
UC to Payout 1.3 Million After Underpaying Thousands of Employees
The Regents of the University of California will pay approximately $1.3 million in back wages and damages after it was discovered that a system error resulted in small miscalculations of overtime pay for around 13,700 UC employees. The UC contacted the Department of Labor to conduct an investigation in late 2015 after noticing small discrepancies […]
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“This Must Be the Place”: Memories from Outback Surf Shop, 2009 – 2017
A year ago, on any given spring day, you could walk into the little surf shop at the mouth of Price Center–at the end of Library Walk, right before Geisel, at the top of the stairs that descended into the plaza–and disappear into a slice of UC San Diego largely unknown to the thousands of […]
Posted inCommunity Op-Eds, Opinion
Submission: How UCSD Shaped My Core
Most of the memorable lessons I learned at UC San Diego occurred outside of its academic environment. On the same day I was accepted as a UCSD freshman in 1975, I was turned down by Stanford University, which was my first choice and the only other university to which I had applied. In retrospect, I […]
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Statement Regarding Incident at Merced from AS Office of External Affairs at UCM, UCSD, & UCI
Saturday evening, July 8, 2017 at a Black student gathering in a Merced hookah lounge, Merced city police abruptly raided the space with claims of searching at least one of the individuals present for drugs. The aggression brought in the space was met with defense and the events that followed lead to several students sustaining […]
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Submission: Pride and Protest
With marriage equality recognized in all 50 states; a Republican president who has been pressured into symbolic commitments to equal rights; and members of the LGBTQ community beginning to serve openly in clergy, the Boy Scouts, and the US Armed Forces; it is readily apparent why some erroneously see “the end of the culture wars” […]