“”[Getting financial support from the administration] is not fighting against an uphill battle – that’s fighting against a wall.””
– Dan Noel
Chair, Triton Athletes Council
“”Athletes Take a Stand to Save Dept.””
San Diego City Councilman Jim Madaffer, a leading supporter of a citywide crackdown on popular student residences known as “”mini-dorms,”” sports an anti-mini-dorms T-shirt during a May open forum.
Nov. 20, 2006
“”For [the faculty] to take a stand on
athletics is not helpful. The stand that we will always take is protecting the integrity of the academic mission.””
– Henry C. Powell
Chair, UCSD Academic Senate
“”Faculty Take Bench in Athletics Decision””
Jan. 16, 2007
“”Prop. 209 [made] an already bad situation a hundred times worse.””
– Jorge Mariscal
Literature Professor
“”Ghosts in the Machine””
Sept. 19, 2006
“”[Former Vice President External Eddie Herrera] wasn’t on top of his stuff and he didn’t have a clue what he was doing. He was getting closer and closer to being called incompetent.””
– Erik Rodriguez-Palacios
Senior Senator, Eleanor Roosevelt College
“”Beset Herrera Resigns””
Sept 25, 2006
“”Peter Kim was the reason people quit.””
– Anonymous Former Community
Service Officer
“”Insiders, Audit Slam CSO Boss””
Sept. 28, 2006
“”It is grandiose to believe that a staff of 11.5 can take care of 27,000 students. … Our employees bust their asses off and get burnt out. We just need more people to help.””
– Robert C. Mashman
Clinical Director, UCSD Psychological and Counseling Services
“”Report: UC Mental Health Shortchanged””
Sept. 28, 2006
“”It’s obvious, especially with their decision to regulate profanity, that administrators are insistent on treating campus departments like little kids.””
– Harry Khanna
A.S. President
“”Khanna Takes Admin’s Cable Policy in Stride””
Oct. 2, 2006
“”[T]he nation’s understanding – or misunderstanding – of the disease isn’t an excuse to allow patients to unknowingly spread HIV.””
– Natasha Naraghi
“”Standard Tests Would Stifle
Spread of HIV””
Oct. 9, 2006
“”[Ratcliff] is kidding himself if he thinks [the review] is going to be satisfactory. We want our fucking office back, and we want the alleged [marijuana] residue back.””
– David Gregory
Koala Editor in Chief
“”Week-Long Koala Sit-In Continues””
Nov. 2, 2006
“”Overall, Khanna’s recommended changes to the A.S. constitution are well-reasoned, and should make the student government more responsive and productive. The new election setup should ensure that all students are represented, no matter what group they identify with.””
– Guardian Editorial Board
“”Practical, Reformed A.S. Constitution
Is Long Overdue””
Nov. 6, 2006
“”I grew up and people would tell me, ‘Oh, you’re Indian? Wow, you’re going to get all this money when you turn 18, and your school’s going to be paid for.’ We don’t have anything more than anybody else.””
– Perse Hooper
UCSD Alumna
“”The Lagging Class””
Nov. 13, 2006
“”There is a history of abuse with this group. So many girls get raped by its leader.””
– Peter Daley
English Professor and Critic of Religious Group Global Association of Culture and Peace
“”Alleged Cult Sows Seeds Via Campus Event””
Nov. 13, 2006
“”I’ve become a contrarian to the idea of the dead-and-gone newspaper. Let’s call it the transitional age, hitting rock bottom right before you decide to buy that new red Ferrari.””
– Charles Nguyen
“”Times Saga No Death Knell
for Print Media””
Nov. 13, 2006
“”Chicanos and other underrepresented students usually enroll elsewhere because the UCSD campus climate manifests elitism and institutional racism.””
– Patrick Velasquez
UCSD Chicano/Latino Concilio Member
“”An Invisible Wall””
Nov. 30, 2006
“”So if come Jan. 1, 2008, you find yourself on the couch watching the Rose Parade, still eating junk food and procrastinating, I say: Pass the Cheetos, brother. There’s always next year.””
– Hadley Mendoza
“”Resolved for 2007: Abandon Any
and All Resolutions””
Jan. 8, 2007
“”If [UC] employees know the rules and willingly defy them, a 30-minute ethics course will not bring moral fortitude to the university any more than traffic school deters speeding.””
– Guardian Editorial Board
“”UC Ethics Course Only Traffic
School for Morality””
Jan. 18, 2007
“”Students participate in advisory committees, but it’s clearly the administration who makes the, hopefully informed, decisions.””
– Joseph W. Watson
Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
“”Khanna Jockeys With Watson Over Student Hold of Facilities””
Jan. 25, 2007
“”When you get to the end of the day, and you see everything that there is to see, the Office for Civil Rights is a fat excuse posing as an agency of the federal government.””
– Michael Burch
Former Wrestling Coach, UC Davis
“”UC Settles Wrongful Firing Suit””
Jan. 29, 2007
“”The way [the athletes] conducted themselves during the debate has created a hostile environment. They back students into a corner to vote for this.””
– Kyle Samia
Junior Senator, Thurgood
Marshall College
“”Ruling Censures Referendum Proponents””
Feb. 1, 2007
“”So, I can attest to the reality that there are white kids out there who have to struggle just as hard to get into college as any underrepresented minority.””
– Nathaniel Wisan
Eleanor Roosevelt College junior
“”On the Decline: White Enrollment Eclipsed by Competition””
Feb. 5, 2007
“”We’ve all seen the ‘Most Tritons’ campaign. Be it in the form of OceanView Terrace table flyers, newspaper advertisements, chalk-written signs or posters around campus, the Sexual Assault Resource Center really wants you to know that nine out of 10 Tritons probably won’t rape you. Well, thank God for that.””
– Hadley Mendoza
“”Rest Assured: Only One in 10 UCSD Men May Rape You!””
Feb. 20, 2007
“”The governor provides no rationale for the proposed [UC] fee levels.””
– Legislative Analyst’s Office Report of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Budget
“”State Office Stands Against Governor’s UC Fee Proposal””
March 5, 2007
“”[UCSD administrators] try to work with us a little bit, but they look at us as a student organization. They don’t look at us like we know what we’re doing. We do – we’ve read the space agreement and we have a lawyer.””
– Rikki Cunningham
Food Co-op Employee
“”Admin, Co-op Spar Over Construction””
March 8, 2007
“”I believe the scrotum is an immunologic sanctuary.””
– Paul J. Turek
Urology Professor, UC San Francisco
“”Hot Tub Use Connected to Male Infertility””
March 15, 2007
“”The council should keep in mind commitments made to students of UCSD to foster student life and a fruitful community on campus. To take steps to shut the Grove down would be to dismantle this community.””
– Derek Phillips
Grove Caffe Employee
“”Grove’s Future Uncertain as Debt Piles Up””
March 15, 2007
“”[H]iring a nonstudent to manage A.S. enterprises would undermine the main goal of A.S. Enterprise Operations, which is to encourage student entrepreneurship. What’s the point of having a student-operated business if it’s going to be run by a hired professional, with students relegated to service jobs they can get at any McDonalds?””
– Nathan Miklos
“”Great Innovations””
April 2, 2007
“”UCSD has a severe lack in student spirit. We all know this. Beer at UCSD is the only thing I see that can have an immediate impact on that. I mean, yeah, we could get a football team or whatever, but that’s going to take years. If we get more beer flowing through this campus, then everyone’s going to be a little happier.””
– Junaid Fatehi
A.S. Presidential Candidate
“”Four-Legged Race””
April 2, 2007
“”[W]hile pacifists may gloss over the recent developments about Hillel and the mini-dorms, this board finds the coupling of the two events alarmingly indicative of the current state of affairs. The world for UCSD students is already small, and our neighbors seem bent on keeping it that way.””
– Guardian Editorial Board
“”UCSD to La Jolla: Won’t You Be Our Neighbors?””
April 12, 2007
“”What’s strange, though, is how often the student body imposes fees on itself without having an accurate idea of where the money will be going – and usually without taking any steps to make sure they retain direct say over where the money goes.””
– Nathan Miklos
“”At UCSD, Students Wield Their Authority by Giving It Away””
April 16, 2007
“”If you’re going to say something racist, it better be funny.””
– Dave Johnston
“”Broadcast Decency””
April 16, 2007
“”The regents even approved $30,000 for a dog run for former UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton.””
– Natasha Naraghi
“”Added Compensation Transparency Won’t Prevent UC Pay Indulgences””
May 3, 2007
“”We don’t like to say ‘canceled’ so much as ‘postponed until next year.'””
– Michelle Yetter
Senior Senator, Earl Warren College
“”Disinterest Spells Doom for May Ball””
May 10, 2007
“”I’ve already told those predators out there that we are coming.””
– Michael Aguirre
San Diego City Attorney
“”‘Mini-Dorm’ Forum Offers New Solution””
May 14, 2007
“”The administration has repeatedly refused to meet with us publicly. This is a problem because of the changes that have happened in D.O.C. behind closed doors – without student input, without faculty input, without TA input. We’re here to open those doors right now. We’re here to make this a public debate.””
– Benjamin Balthaser
Former Dimensions of Culture Program Teaching Assistant
“”Critique in Action””
May 14, 2007
“”Exclaiming anything on a plane post-9/11? Very bad move.””
– Hadley Mendoza
“”The Heinous Conspiracy Against People Who, Well, Just Gotta Go””
May 17, 2007
“”Don’t date people on [the A.S. Council]. Period.””
– Kari Gohd
Former A.S. Associate Vice
President of Athletic Relations
“”New Speaker Sandoe Faces
Intense First Meeting””
May 24, 2007
“”If a student org gets their funding cut, who else can they turn to for funding but A.S.? But if Triton Tide gets its funding cut, who do they turn to? A $6 million athletics budget.””
– Lana Blank
Chair, Thurgood Marshall
College Council
“”Budget Approved After Brief Tiff””
May 31, 2007
