As the people who run the clockwork of campus transportation, shuttle drivers are the figures with whom we rarely converse, but are an essential part of student life. Ted Jacobo, who currently runs the Mesa route and has been working as a driver for 12 years, recounts his experience, from the privilege of not being obligated to check ID’s, to the occasional friendships that come out of the brief encounters.

These days, a 30-mile drive to cross the Mexican border can easily turn into a several-hour long ordeal. Fortunately, a team of students from UCSD’s computer science and engineering department have developed an iPhone app to help border crossers make informed choices about when and where to cross over — thereby avoiding frustrating waits in heavy traffic at popular crossing points. The app was released in the Apple App store on iTunes on Oct. 26.

A former lawyer sets out to change the American legal system, one Quibble at a time.

The odd-looking, giant dome that looms over Muir parking lot P207 has puzzled and intrigued UCSD students for years. It resembles a giant Moon Bounce, but there are no signs of merriment from within.

A look at La Jolla’s nudist scene and Black’s Beach.

Latex condom dispensaries are now available in bathrooms at all six colleges.

The Gideons of San Diego come to Library Walk.

By uploading video podcasts of classes to a newly launched website, UCSD is joining a national movement.

Over the past decade, undergraduate admission rates have fallen across the country. And while a report released by the Registrar’s Office on Oct. 23 may suggest that UCSD is bucking the trend with a slightly higher acceptance rate for 2012-13 (37.7 percent), the rankings-obsessed should relax and remember that we are still far more selective than we were in 2000, when we had an admission rate of 55.7 percent.

The Guardian goes behind-the-scenes with the creator of UCSD Memes and UCSD Confessions.

Plans to open a Teach for America branch in San Diego open discussion on the program’s approach, what it could provide to students and the opportunities it presents UCSD graduates.