Student protesters occupied the Chancellor’s Complex for over six hours on Friday, calling for the university to be shut down, and for the administration to respond to a list of 32 demands issued one week before by the Black Student Union. The latest in a string of racially charged events — including a “Compton Cookout” [...]read more
It may be grim, but there’s enough humor in Anton Chekhov’s dark comedy “The Seagull,” this week’s headliner at Mandell Weiss Forum, that you can leave your Prozac at home. Silly and sad, it’s perfect date fodder for a mismatched couple. Konstantin, a young and unappreciated playwright, is at the center of a messy love pentagon [...]read more
Hundreds of students walked out of an administration-planned teach-in yesterday morning to attend a counter teach-in organized by the Black Student Union. The Feb. 24 Price Center protest began with a press conference held by the BSU, the student organization that declared campus climate to be in a “state of emergency” last Friday. The BSU has [...]read more
The question of whether we should enforce affirmative action at the University of California — one of the most contentious and drawn-out issues of our generation — has never been more relevant. Yesterday, approximately 400 students from the Southern California area joined in a Black Student Union-led protest to address racism on campus. They asked Chancellor [...]read more
By Angela Chen
Student protesters occupied the Chancellor’s Complex for over six hours on Friday, calling for the university to be shut down, and for the administration to respond to a list of 32 demands issued one week before by the Black Student Union. The latest in a string of racially charged events — including a “Compton Cookout” [...]
By Vernesha Potts
I would like to thank everyone for their support, and for standing in solidarity with the community against hate speech and for the human right to be respected. At first, I felt really discouraged because it felt like many people were supporting this ill-intentioned “free speech,” and were so reluctant to sympathize with the racial hostility [...]
By Alyssa Bereznak
Somewhere in 1983 Revelle College alumnus Joshua Harris’ collection of life possessions exists a videotape of himself taking a shit. Lucky for whoever’s currently bunking in Harris’ second-floor Discovery Hall dorm room, the camera that recorded the epic event wasn’t installed in his college digs. The footage was taken much later, in a typical [...]
By Rebecca Erbe
Cop Out Starring Bruce Willis & Tracy Morgan Directed by Kevin Smith Rated R Director Kevin Smith is a staple of our generation’s tender, angsty years. He is the man responsible for our loose, foul sense of humor—for our love of weird and hilarious back and forths. So sitting through “Cop Out,” Smith’s latest, felt akin to watching Mr. Rogers [...]
By Matt Croskey
GOLF — Instead of fighting for a position on the board, the UCSD men’s golf team found themselves fighting each other — with snowballs — on Feb. 23. A thick layer of snow blanketed the Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin, Tex., forcing officials to cancel the final round of the St. Edwards Invitational. Battling the [...]