California made history last week as the first state in the union to allow for a third-gender option, “non-binary,” across all state documents. Not to be outdone by Oregon, which recently gave individuals...

On Wednesday Oct. 11, President Donald Trump said this: “It’s frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write and people should look into it.” Immediately, a mediatic...

Shortly after Maria had finished her warpath through the United States territory of Puerto Rico, CNN ran an article with the headline “More Americans Live in Puerto Rico than in 21 States (and other...

On issues of concern to immigrants and our families, UC President Janet Napolitano is guilty of either serial hypocrisy or a troubling pattern of empty political grandstanding. As Secretary of Homeland...

Once, one of my friends asked me to say something in Russian, my native language. I did so. The reaction that followed was beyond all my expectations — it was a reaction of astonishment. Puzzled, I asked,...

“Maybe you should come back when you’ve learned Python …” he said at the interview. I wasn’t surprised. Despite having taken all the introductory computer science classes and learning the popular...

As government moves into the 21st century, social media has become an unlikely, yet powerful, tool of law enforcement. In 2013, Ross Ulbricht (self-named Dread Pirate Roberts), the former head of a $1-billion...

In Winter Quarter 2016, the Associated Students of UC San Diego voted to bring an NCAA Division I Referendum into the hands of the student body. After an 8,828 student voter turnout and 70 percent “yes”...

In just 12 days, I will be joining my peers in the class of 2017 as we walk across RIMAC field and earn our degrees. Four years of hard work, late nights and exorbitant amounts of coffee have accumulated...

If you want to prove someone has done something wrong, then follow the money. That is exactly what state auditor Elaine Howle accomplished during her investigation into the UC Office of the President....

Dear Students and Members of the Community, As UC San Diego faculty, we write in response to the mass shooting that took place on April 30 at La Jolla Crossroads, an apartment complex just a few minutes...

In the interest of retention, UC San Diego courses should promote skill-based learning by utilizing grading systems based on students’ applications of skills. An ideal grading system wouldn’t emphasize...