In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this week’s column will delve into the state of global mental health. Sadly, mental health is not improving at the rate it should be for such a severe, widespread...

As computer programs continue to replace a great deal of content in various sectors of the media such as news and music, the implications for artistic expression remain uncertain for the future. Computer...

Unlike the majority of industrialized countries in the world, the U.S. provides little legislative protection to ensure that new parents are granted paid leave after child birth. Just one week ago, the...

Don Draper saw it all coming as the TV show “Mad Men” was unfolding. As seasons went by, the government cracked down on tobacco companies’  advertising tactics. In the early ‘50s and ‘60s, the...

Students at the university are generally viewed as uncooperative when their basic constitutional rights, such as privacy and the right to remain silent, are asserted. Constitutional rights as we know...

Various cases of gender discrimination, apparent in dress codes which disproportionately target females, have become the focal point of controversies regarding women’s education. Sometimes it’s hard...

The workaholic culture of UCSD continues to proliferate the lives of students as constant reminders of the competitive work force which students will enter, creating stressful environments. Increased...

You may have heard about the drought affecting large swaths of our state, with entire lakes turned into muddy swamps and citizens of certain cities only seeing running water at three in the morning. Some...

Anyone who lives in California needs to know that the ongoing drought isn’t just bad. It’s literally one of the worst water shortages in recorded history. In fact, climatologists have found evidence...

Following the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore was put into the limelight as its citizens staged protests and sometimes riots against police brutality. For the record, Freddie Gray was a black man who...