Growing up around the conservative influences of my parents and family, I always felt a sense of fear when it came to altering my appearance, even though I find it most comforting to express my personality...

Know your way around campus Becoming acquainted with the campus you live, work, and attend classes in is probably the most important asset you can have in your back pocket. Not only does it help in...

The past year and a half has been difficult for everyone, from the student body to faculty members. Speaking from experience, spending hours on end hunched over a desk while quietly dozing off in Zoom...

Hidden between the buzz of students jumping from academics to different aspects of student life such as student organizations and other extracurricular programs, stand the people who make it all possible....

Looking for the perfect weekend hike to escape the deathly close finals scaries? Look no further than the Los Penasquitos Waterfall, a waterfall hike that doesn’t feel like it exists on the U.S. mainland....

According to Business Insider, the average person spends over 90,000 hours of their lifetime working. That’s a hefty slice of life. The conversations I’ve had with adults who are now deep into their...

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“Secret swings” exist around the world, especially in coastal areas that scream appreciation for the great outdoors. While some outdoor swings are widely known about and are tagged on maps leading...

Call me dramatic, but I would travel the world if it meant getting to dive off a diving board located where adrenaline junkie thrills meets natural beauty. With COVID-19 severely limiting the people we...

As we are full-swing into spring, I am once again reflecting on the silly, serious, and sometimes absurd things my students tell me in the after-school program I work for. As an update: we are still meeting...

Although I had an affinity for boba before college, I didn’t reach boba-connoisseur status until I began attending UC San Diego, where boba is the substance of the gods. Dare I say ~boba culture~ has...

The other day I was asked by my high school counselor during a Zoom dinner catchup what some of my favorite classes have been during my time in undergrad at UC San Diego. As I was answering, I realized...