STUDENT LIFE AND SPORTS ON CAMPUS
 Globetrotting Fellows
Four talented UCSD undergrads spent their summer conducting research all over the world—and one won’t come back! Chosen from 90 applicants, they were part of the inaugural year of the Minority Health International Research Training Fellowship program traveling to Peru, Egypt, Taiwan and the Czech Republic. MORE
Victim of Our Success
Why are some freshmen crowded three to a room in Muir? Simple answer: UCSD is too popular. The University received 400 more statements of intent to register than projected for the 2006-07 year, and John Muir College was impacted the most. MORE
Paper
Trail
Council Seeks All-Campus Graduation - October
2, 2006 Student government
leaders want to restore campuswide ceremonies to attract better
speakers. The A.S. Council, led by its senior senators, has proposed
an all-campus baccalaureate to administrators to supplement the
individual college commencements. MORE
Beer, but No Bears at A.S. Garden -
October
23, 2006 The first of
four Bear Gardens—an offshoot of once-weekly “Thank
God It’s Friday” concerts—opened its doors October
20 to a crowd of 550, although a campus policy prohibiting the
advertisement of the presence of alcohol at University events hindered
attendance levels. MORE
Office Keeps Injured Students Walking - October
30, 2006 The Office
for Students with Disabilities has received a significant amount
of student criticism in response to its recent suspension of services
to temporarily disabled students. Due to a limited number of golf
carts and trained student drivers, Assistant Vice Chancellor of
Student Development Brian J. Murray said that it was impossible
for OSD to provide rides to and from class for temporarily disabled
students—those with such afflictions as a broken foot or
leg, pulled tendon or sprain.
MORE
Week-Long Koala Sit-In Continues -
November
2, 2006 Members of UCSD’s
controversial satirical student newspaper the Koala have staged
a round-the-clock sit-in since October 26 to protest the University’s
decision to evict the organization from its Student Center office
following allegations of possession of illegal drug paraphernalia
and alcohol. MORE
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