Last Wednesday, it was impossible to step foot on campus without seeing droves of women dressed in shiny tank tops with Greek letters and clustered together in front of the Triton Statue by Price Center....
We have a farming problem. And by we, I mean nearly every country on Earth. The problem? Small farms are unprofitable to the point where the vast majority of small farmers cannot make a living from farming.
This...
Less than 2 percent of UC employees will be affected by the university’s new minimum wage — 1.6 percent to be exact. And according to the UC Office of the President media representative Kate Moser,...
“There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon,” President Barack Obama said in a White House press statement.
It’s a sobering statement, and one...
Investigations of the city’s parking and towing practices have revealed various allegations of corruption, including expensive tickets meant to maximize profit.
City of San Diego and UCSD Administration...
It’s 2015, and we are still trying to cheat climate change — at least, the German car company Volkswagen is, but we’ll come back to that later. It all started decades ago, when scientists realized...
California has hit its lowest point in tax support for public higher education since 1962. States now put less than half as much per capita as the feds put into higher education. Kentucky, Mississippi,...
In a triumphant moment for women’s equality, the state Senate passed an Equal Pay bill on Aug. 31 to refresh some old laws in desperate need of an update. Gov. Jerry Brown has since indicated his intention...
Anyone who’s walked around UCSD knows that public transportation is a necessity, but students can also attest to the difficulty of exploring San Diego via bus. We’re all for saving money on gas and...
If the United States is really the so-called “land of the free,” you’d expect legislation to push for more refugees to be accepted into the country. This would make sense considering this great country...
Health: It is one of the most valuable things we can possess and it is also, at times, terrifyingly out of our control. But being at the whims of pesky pathogens, happenstance heredity and arbitrary accidents...
The House of Representatives recently approved a bill to strip funding from Planned Parenthood. Last Thursday, the Senate voted against these efforts to defund the women’s healthcare group.
Planned Parenthood...