Wednesday, May 6

Violent trespassing rare, official says

This past Sunday, Kerckhoff Hall was the scene of a shooting. When Officer Terrence Duren of university police shot alleged trespasser Willie Davis Frazier, the security of on-campus facilities was brought under the spotlight. Read more...


Transgender student emphasizes identity over orientation

Razi Michael Zarchy spent a lifetime questioning his gender identity. Born a female, Zarchy always felt he had trouble identifying with his assigned gender. “I felt something was wrong my whole life, but I couldn’t place my finger on it,” said Zarchy, a third-year linguistics and anthropology student. Read more...



Editorial: Connerly should respect voters, forget Prop. 54

The bit of good news from Tuesday’s election was that Proposition 54 went down in a landslide. After university students and public health and law enforcement officials spent months organizing opposition to the ill-conceived ballot initiative, voters sent a clear message that attempting to eliminate race and ethnicity from public life is not a good idea ““ a message Ward Connerly missed. Read more...


Dynes steps in during tough, critical period

With the tremendous attention directed toward the recall election, many other important state issues have been placed on the back burner of media attention. Amid the recall frenzy, University of California, San Diego, Chancellor Robert Dynes has just become UC President Dynes. Read more...


Offbeat briefs: Recall

Adult film star visits church Porn star Mary Carey went to church on Tuesday ““ to vote. One of 135 replacement candidates on the ballot to succeed Gov. Read more...