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New Candidate for New York’s 3rd Congressional District Announced

Written by: Farhad Taraporevala

Soon after the House of Representatives voted to expel George Santos from his position, several candidates from both sides of the aisle announced their bids for …

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Psychoanalysis Wrapped — Your Top Armchair Diagnoses in 2023

Written by: Kaz Nuckowski

If your day-to-day interactions with strangers were anything to go by, 2023 was a hard year for you. You exhibited 2,133 different typical behaviors that people …

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Rocket Launch ‘Went Perfectly’

Written by: Connor Betterly

After another launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket culminated in a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” one expert noted: “This means that it blew up (in other words, the …

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UCSD to Replace All Footpaths with Scooter-Only Lanes

Written by: Nadia Marigold

In a controversial decision last Tuesday, the UC San Diego facilities department announced a plan to convert all the footpaths on campus into scooter-only lanes. Ryder …

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Humans Declared Critically Endangered by ‘Guy Who Can’t Get Laid’

Written by: Erica Rosslee

An intern for the Environmental Protection Agency recently declared humans an endangered species on the agency’s X account. The post was quickly retracted by the intern’s …

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Rats Unionize

Written by: Dylan Towner

UC San Diego’s rodent population has recently received recognition as an organized union by campus administration. The Lab Rats’ 12-month campaign has garnered them protections against …

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Every Time a College is Opened, a Provost Gains its Wings

Written by: Amit Roth

With the opening of Eighth College this year and the anticipated opening of more in the near future, upwards mobility in the provost job market is …

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UCSD Student Begins New TikTok Gym Trend: ‘Deathmaxxing’

Written by: Aaron Sonin

UC San Diego student Jim Borough has found himself at the center of a new workout trend taking TikTok by storm, dubbed “Deathmaxxing,” which began with …

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UCSD Buys Seaworld to Expand SIO Research

Written by: Alberto Ruiz

On Tuesday, the Regents of the University of California allowed UC San Diego to buy the SeaWorld theme park for a price of $200 million to …

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MTS Exclusive Offer Was Available October 1–30 ONLY

Written by: Amit Roth

For the fall season, MTS held a monthlong promotion where bus riders received a certain amount of points based on how far they commuted. Points were …