Over the past few weeks there have been a handful of race related incidents that have many students, staff, and citizens of the San Diego area extremely upset. The most recent incident occurred this week on Monday, when a white KKK style hood was found at the University of California San Diego. This KKK style hood was covering the head of the Dr. Seuss statue on campus, where plans had been made to celebrate his birthday yesterday. However the racial tension across UCSD resulted in the event being called off, which was a big disappointment to many since Theodor Seuss Geisel is so popular among American culture. (more…)
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Race Related Incidents Continue at UCSD
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Administrators Upset Over UC San Diego Fraternity Party
Friday, February 19th, 2010Fraternities from the University of California system are frequently in the news for their good and bad activities, but lately most of the press they have been receiving has been negative. A recent party held by UC San Diego fraternity students mocked Black History Month, and many students and administrators are upset. The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, also know as PIKE, was pointed to as the organizers of this party, but in fact it was not an official event from PIKE. There were students who were part of PIKE and other fraternities who were involved with the posting of it on Facebook. (more…)
UC San Diego Looks to Establish Law School
Thursday, January 28th, 2010A joint committee has been formed between UC San Diego and the California Western School of Law, to investigate ways in which they could partner together to form a law school at UCSD. Last fall UC Irvine launched the fifth law school in the University of California system, but outside of that there have not been many new law schools in the state. The formation of a UC San Diego School of Law could be a huge gain for students in the region looking to pursue a law degree. However the big challenge at hand is trying to get this law school up and running in a way that is self-supporting, which does not require any money from the state, or UC San Diego funds. (more…)
