You sit beside a pile of textbooks, preparing your research paper about how social organization can sustain a colony of army ants. Outside, you see your friends playing frisbee in the sunshine, laughing freely. They are finished with finals. “Lucky for them…,” you think aloud as you down another espresso and return your bloodshot eyes […]
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UCSD Administration Declines to Confirm Fate of University Art Gallery
UCSD administrative staff repeatedly refused to confirm or deny whether the University Art Gallery (UAG) will remain open or closed for the 2016-17 academic year. In the last year, UCSD students and faculty have spoken out against the administration’s decision to suspend the Gallery and, although an email from administrative staff confirmed that the space will […]
Posted inCommunity Op-Eds, Opinion, Staff Op-Ed
Hannah Reinheart: From the Eyes of a UCSD Theatre Major – Going D1
Recent news of the approval of the vote to increase our activities fees in order to move our Athletics Department to D1, as well as the announcement of the closure of the 50-year-old Undergraduate Art Gallery, has forced me to take a step back and question the importance that UCSD places among different departments on […]
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SEDS UCSD Launches Rocket Powered by 3-D Printed Engine
UCSD’s Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS UCSD) launched a rocket powered by a completely 3-D printed engine, making them the first student group to do so. “This sort of technology has really come to fruition in the last few years. This is proof of concept that if students at the undergraduate […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
Editorial: Freedom of Speech Does not Justify Chalkings, The Koala, or Your Ignorance
“Because freedom of speech.” This was the rationale of a student chalker the night before Transfer Triton Day, when asked why they were scrawling implicitly-threatening messages across UCSD. The First Amendment protects hateful speech like the chalkings, but does that mean the First Amendment justifies such actions? Does Freedom of Speech justify being an asshole? […]
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LGBT Housing: A University How-to
My first interaction with the idea of LGBT housing was tinged with cynicism. “The university says it’s ‘welcoming’ and ‘values diversity’ and that we’ll be perfectly safe and respected anywhere, but that LGBT housing is some kind of ‘extra safe.’ It seems suspicious to me,” my friend said. We were finishing high school, preparing to […]
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Alumnus Kyle Heiskala: Age is Just a Number?
“I want it to be done now. I don’t want to wait until I’m ‘old enough’ to run for public office — ‘old enough’ to be a leader.” For UCSD alum Kyle Heiskala, that “it” is creating lasting change through policy, taking initiative to solve problems he deeply cares about, and shaping the lives of […]
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San Diego ACLU to Sue UCSD on Behalf of the Koala
The San Diego ACLU filed a lawsuit today against the officers of UCSD and AS UCSD on accounts of violations of the First Amendment against Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press. The suit names The Koala as the Plaintiff and Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, AS President Dominick Suvonnasupa, and AS Financial Controller Tristan Britt as […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Music
Simplicity At Its Finest: Sales and Inspired and the Sleep Perform at The Loft
On May 13th, the Florida-based indie duo SALES joined together with San Diego’s very own Inspired and the Sleep to create a night full of calm vibes and harmonious melodies. These two bands, though quite different in sound, complemented each other nicely and share an undoubtable passion for performance. Since the release of their first […]
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Division-I Referendum Passes
The ICA Activity Fee Referendum passed 6137 to 2567 votes, with 124 abstaining, which means that UCSD will be moving to Division I for the 2016-17 school year. Associated Students UCSD announced the outcome of the special election today at noon. Voting was extended until May 23 after a technical issue caused the site to […]