Students and faculty in the UCSD Computer Science and Engineering department held an emergency meeting this evening at 6 p.m. to address and organize its opposition to the Trump administration’s executive order on immigration. The meeting was an open discussion that allowed attendees to share ideas and propositions. Discussion focused on the way UCSD considers […]
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UCSD MSA Statement on the Immigration Ban
We, the Muslim Student Association at UCSD, stand with our sisters and brothers in humanity against the divisive and hate-filled policies of our government that stem from a horrifying place of blatant racism and xenophobia. We denounce Trump’s executive order targeting residents and refugees from Muslim-majority countries and we reject his inflammatory and reprehensible promise […]
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UCSD groups unite to protest Trump’s immigration ban
Approximately five hundred people gathered on Library Walk this afternoon to rally in response to President Trump’s executive order on immigration, banning all refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The march, initiated by two roommates and organized with help from their friends, was an effort to build solidarity among students in light of what […]
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UC Regents approve tuition hike beginning fall 2017
The UC Board of Regents approved a 2.5 percent tuition hike to go into effect starting fall of 2017 in a meeting earlier today. Other hikes include an increased student services fee for all students and a 5 percent supplemental tuition fee for out-of-state students. In exact figures, students will pay an extra $282 towards […]
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ASUCSD External Affairs: It is our duty, it is our right, #FundTheUC and #FundOurFuture
During today’s meeting, the Board of Regents of the University of California will most likely be voting to effectively increase tuition by approximately 2.5 percent for the upcoming academic year. An increase like this can produce multifaceted impacts for all of our students, especially in terms of increasing the food and housing insecurity, which is […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
Forced food funding
Living on campus is exorbitantly more expensive than off-campus and one of the most pressing reasons is mandatory Dining Dollars. While Housing*Dining*Hospitality (HDH) is seemingly accessible with their dining and housing plans, they enforce mandatory dining plans for all on-campus residents. All students who are living on campus, regardless of income, kitchen access, and food […]
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UCSD’s Unknown 2nd Best Rankings
Last year, one of the central arguments for Division I athletics was that it would be the final step towards shedding UCSD’s “second-best” stigma. With the passage of the division one referendum and a new school year, we have four key rankings that we can’t wait to break out of second-best. #2 in Parking Crises […]
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Hundreds rally on campus; demand UC to denounce Trump
Hundreds of UCSD students, faculty members, and staff demanded the University’s denunciation of the Trump presidency during a walk-out strike and public rally on Jan. 20. Organized by the Lumumba Zapata Collective (LZC), a coalition of UCSD faculty, staff, and students, participants attempted to block parking lots and traffic to disrupt the normal flow of […]
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HDH is here to serve you?
Housing*Dining*Hospitality (HDH) claims to be advocating for student needs; their primary goal is to create enough profit to be self-sustaining. So, what is HDH’s incentive to help students? HDH, UCSD’s primary source for on-campus food and housing, claims to not be “not for-profit.” However, this does not mean HDH is a “non-profit,” which would require […]
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Some IM sports at UCSD ban women from being goalies; double points for goals by women
Under the current rules by UCSD Recreation, co-ed intramural (IM) sports allow men and women to play on the same teams, but several of the sports also require that “GOALIES MUST BE MEN” and give women double points for scoring. Rules such as “a goal scored by a female will be worth 2 points” while […]