Opinion
I Give Up — The Next Global Disaster Will Be Too Weird to Predict
A decade of unprecedentedly unprecedented times, whatever people are calling it, has put me out of business. If you asked me a decade ago where we’d …
Mold Is Dangerous and It Should Be the University’s Responsibility to Remove It vs. Mold Actually Makes You Smarter If You Sniff Enough of It
POINT: Mold Is Dangerous and It Should Be the University’s Responsibility to Remove It When I moved into the UC San Diego dorms, I expected to …
You Are Not Snow White vs Tell That to These Fucking Ravens
POINT: You Are Not Snow White Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I practice the tradition of frolicking through Eucalyptus Grove and serenading my entourage of forest …
It Takes Forever to Get Anywhere Because of the Construction vs. In My Day, We Walked Uphill Both Ways
Armed with a summer’s worth of marathon training, enough protein powder to sustain a small village, and the willpower of a proper American imperialist ready to …
One TA Can’t Possibly Grade it All vs. It Builds Character
POINT: One TA Can’t Possibly Grade it All I am writing this message by candlelight — yes, by candlelight, like it’s the 1800s, because I can’t …
We Love and Respect All of Our Students vs I’m Homeless
POINT: We Love and Respect All of Our Students Here at UC San Diego, the greatest research institute of all time, student satisfaction is one of …
Happy 40th Birthday to the Stuart Art Collection! vs What Even Are All These Weird Pieces of Art?
POINT: Happy 40th Birthday to the Stuart Art Collection! Have you ever been on an amble through campus when you have stumbled upon a curious, nay, …
My First Bonfire Wasn’t as Magical as They Said It Would Be
For as long as I’ve resided in this field, I’ve heard the same hangout plans from a new group every day: “Let’s have a bonfire next …
The Mobile Ordering System on Campus Is an Unstable Nightmare vs The Triton2Go System Works Perfectly, You’re Just Being a Baby
Point: The Mobile Ordering System on Campus Is an Unstable Nightmare Like the rest of you folks, I was forced to purchase a campus dining plan. …
It’s Not Hazing vs I Can’t See Anything in This Fog
This generation makes everything so dramatic. Along with your need to label everything with made-up words like “hazing,” you little twerps like to get so upset …
