We are organizing against the expansion of UC San Diego because in 1849, when California placed in its Constitution the objective of a complete educational system, Governor Low suggested that the university system be based on the University of Michigan system. The state auditor’s reports have caused the Regents of the UC system and Janet […]
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The Hospitality of HDH Director Mark Cunningham
Keeping In Context “Students are lazy and they don’t really want to commute, so it’s a real big challenge.” That’s what Housing*Dining*Hospitality (HDH) Director Mark Cunningham said to a panel of around 100 developers, builders, and architects last November. Apart from picking up traction on Reddit, his comments, published in the Business Section of The […]
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Student Thinks 3D Printers Are Too Expensive, Builds His Own
“It’s basically a hot glue gun on motors.” This is how Tommy Spencer, a second year aerospace engineering major, explains his home made custom-built 3D printer. Spencer, the propulsion research lead for the UC San Diego Human-Powered Submarine Team (HPS), needed a low cost solution in order to quickly fabricate and test different versions of […]
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The MENding Monologues: A Vulnerable Masculinity
The MENding Monologues opens like a Macklemore song. “When I was a kid, I often wondered if I was gay,” declared second-year student Chris Doherty, reciting “Man Up,” a canon monologue that details the story of a straight man who likes theater and dance. “But just as I can’t deny that I am a singing, […]
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Students Petition for Disability Resource Center, Equity
A group of eleven students sat around a tile table inside a half-study space, half-Thai restaurant. Late in the Spring Quarter, the group had been discussing for weeks what their next action would be. Inside of the on campus restaurant Hi-Thai was hardly a choice location for meetings, but this was exactly what they were […]
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Seventh College Currently in Planning Stages
UC San Diego is currently in the planning stages of building a seventh college. The current proposal by the Seventh College Planning Task Force, published on the Academic Senate website on May 31, suggests two options: a college focusing on interdisciplinary themes or transfer students. The task force suggested that if an interdisciplinary college is […]
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Campus Entrepreneurs Cash Out in $300,000 Startup Competition
Nine teams of UC San Diego students, researchers and entrepreneurs collectively won $300,000 at the Entrepreneur Challenge startup competition on Tuesday, May 30 at Qualcomm, Inc.’s Sorrento Valley headquarters. The challenge was separated into three categories: “High Tech,” “Life Tech,” and “Clean Tech.” The first-place team in each category won $60,000 in cash and services […]
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UCSD Students Host Campus’s First All-Women Hackathon
UC San Diego students affiliated with SD Hacks hosted their first annual HackXX last weekend, a 24 hour all-women hackathon aiming to provide an inclusive space for anyone who identifies as a woman to compete and flex their skills with other women in the industry. The event’s director, second year computer science major Kaylie Lu, […]
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A Night of Unifying Poetry: Andrea Gibson at QuERC’s Gay Day in May
It’s QuERC’s Gay Day in May and Andrea Gibson makes their way across the stage of Great Hall. As a well-renowned poet, spoken word artist, and political activist, Gibson’s mere presence quickly enlightens the spirits of everyone in the room. It’s safe to say: We’re all in our own world of awe. The clapping eventually […]
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UCSD to Offer Data Science Major and Minor Fall 2017
The Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department held a town hall in Ledden Auditorium last Wednesday to discuss the newly established Data Science undergraduate program. The town hall aimed to answer questions about the program’s requirements and philosophy. The Data Science program, open to all students starting September 25, 2017, is a new interdisciplinary major […]