After Democrats won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives last November, soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that the focus of the House Democrats would be to “strive for bipartisanship....

Unsightly and seemingly never-ending construction has quickly become a staple of UC San Diego, from academic structures like the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society to art pieces like “What Hath...

If you are straight and have hooked up with someone in college, congratulations: you are one of the 60 to 85 percent of undergraduates in the United States who have had a casual heterosexual fling. These...

When the agreement for the Stuart Art Collection was first formalized in 1982, it promised to be a sculpture garden of “real vision” with “fresh and solid thinking behind it.” Standing in front...

Until last week, embryonic genetic modification was something usually only discussed hypothetically and with non-viable subjects in high-performing medical laboratories or scientific-fiction novels, and...

Under the federalist system we know and love, many responsibilities are divided up among federal, state, and local governments. This has allowed many programs and statutes to be streamlined for citizens....

In 2012, the University of California committed its campuses (minus the medical facilities) to achieving zero waste, defined as 90-percent diversion from landfills, by 2020. UC San Diego, though, still...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message to a friend in Baltimore, Maryland. A mere four words signaled the dawn of the coming technological age: “What hath God wrought?”...

On September 17 our darling Welsh Corgi fluff, Katie, lost her long battle with cancer. She was a fighter and she kept her vivacious personality until she passed away. When we saw Katie’s picture on...

The stakes of getting into medical school are higher than ever, and many students are looking for ways to make their resumes the “diamond in the rough.” One popular solution is to offshore one’s...

Picture this: a vast arena of varying terrain spreading out into the distance, dozens of people scattering around, finding the most obscure places to hide in, while another team begins a frantic search...