Multiple blasts have paralyzed London, with six underground blasts being reported as well as explosions on double-decker buses above-ground. This comes just after the IOC announcement, and right at the beginning of the G8 summit. Keep an eye on the BBC News feed for updated information. No sense in bothering with CNN or anything.

Yeah, this isn't related directly to UCSD. I think it's fair to say that it's still a goddamn important thing to keep on eye on.

Those of you still in Southern California have probably just felt one of our trademark earthquakes. The SCEC already has what they're calling "Version #B" of an earthquake data sheet online. This particular bastard was magnitude 5.6, centered about twenty miles southwest of Palm Springs. For those of you born and raised here, it was just another "hmm the ground is shaking"-style event. Most of us from Southern California don't even consider anything under magnitude 3.5 or so to be worth fretting over. A 5.6 is enough to pique one's interest, though. I'd bet that those of you not from the area were justifiably freaked out as, when you get to the heart of the matter, the goddamn earth was quaking. That shit ain't right.

My own bedroom is on the second floor. The house started shaking, I waited a second to see if I was going to die, then just sort of shrugged and continued about my business. I lived through the Northridge quake in 1994. I think I'm a bit jaded.

It would appear that this isn't a good year for student employees of the University. We've been told that no less than five of the Housing Advisors from Muir College have either resigned or been fired for unbecoming conduct. According to what information we've become privy to, two of the HAs were intercepted by law enforcement while trying to drive a university-owned golf cart to the cliffs overlooking the beach. Both were fired. Word has it that another decided it would be a good idea to throw a Sun God party in his or her room – the party host was fired, and it's believed that two other HAs who were at the party ended up resigning. We'd be glad to receive any clarifications, confirmations, or information from people involved, especially those students in the dorms who were left without advisors in the last few weeks of the school year.

As I type this there's a small yet determined group of religious fundamentalists on Library Walk. Two of them are holding aloft a slipshod laminated banner proclaiming homosexuality to be a sin – these are the guys that everybody is yelling at. The poor folks who were left with the over-dramatic pictures of aborted fetuses sitting on American currency were being ignored, half-heartedly trying to engage passerby in "discussions" of abortion even though their debate tactics consist of "hay guys look at this gross picture!" I didn't have the heart to tell them that they air open-heart surgery and shit on television now, and that gross pictures do not an argument make. They seemed proud of their little posterboard aborted fetus craft projects, and I didn't want to take that away from them.

Anyway, the abortion people getting ignored is understandable. I mean, the anti-homosexuality idiots had hot and angry guys making out in front of them, and there's nothing that Americans surreptitiously enjoy more than homoeroticism. The banner itself has a bunch of references to various biblical laws, with the time-honored favorite of Leviticus 18:22 being the first. I've always found it cute how these people will yell about one old testament law until they're blue in the face while at the same time ignoring and violating a law that lives only a few lines away.

By the time I left, a group of passing students had formed a human wall in front of the banner while one of the fundies was yelling about wanting to vomit. I hear, though, that they make medication for nausea and stuff now. Maybe he should look into that.

(If anybody has pictures, send them in. My camera wasn't on me, and Cingular's picture phone service might as well be run by diseased carrier pigeon.)

Matt Corrales sent us this:

The UCSD College Democrats are hosting U.S. Congressman Bob Filner this Friday @ 7pm @ the Institute of the Americas, Hojel Hall (next to RIMAC). He will be discussing the Iraq war, social secuirity, and the future of the Democratic Party. For more information, check ucsdcollegedems.com. The event is FREE and light refreshments will be provided.

Hell yeah.

Snoop Dogg
w/ the Game

Friday, May 20, 2005 @ RIMAC Arena
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm

*Special Pre-Sale for UCSD Students ONLY:
THIS THURSDAY, March 31 @ 12:00pm
at the Price Center Box Office
$46.00 with UCSD ID
(limit one student ticket and one guest ticket per UCSD ID)

Public On-Sale THIS FRIDAY, April 1 @ 3:00pm $48.50 per Public Ticket at the Price Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations.

I received an email about "an exciting new service" being planned for the winter quarter. This "exciting new service" is the ability to ask librarians questions, only digitally instead of in person.

Try our new instant messaging service, Ask a Librarian Live! http://sshl.ucsd.edu/chat

The UCSD Libraries are piloting an exciting new service this Winter Quarter.

Using Ask a Librarian Live! you can chat with librarians who will:
** answer specific questions about your research
** clarify which resources will work best for your topic
** find the perfect book, database, or article on your topic

Ask a Librarian Live! is available Sunday - Thursday 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m. Winter Quarter.

Somebody please tell me why the hell this is a necessary service? I would have thought that, if one needs to ask a librarian something, one would go to the library and ask the fucking librarian. How often does one feel the need to talk to a librarian without actually being in a library? A part of me, the part that doesn't quite hate all of humanity yet, refuses to believe that UCSD students are so afraid of human interaction that this service is actually a necessity. Please prove that part of me correct.

Today, in honor of Native American Month, Sixth College carted a bus full of students to Viejas Casino. Whoever thought this was a good idea should be smothered with small pox blankets.

Take this opportunity to celebrate Native American Month! This free trip includes a tour, lunch at the casino buffet and free time to enjoy shopping at the outlets, etc.

I'd personally prefer to celebrate with a wheelbarrow full of peyote buttons washed down with a couple gallons of mescal for good measure—but that's just me.

Apparently complete dorkiness loosens its grip on UCSD one day a month, because there's a hip-hop battle going down at Porter's Pub this Tuesday night at 9pm—and the event organizers are approved to hold a battle a month throughout the year. Get...outta...town! One of the event organizers, Adam Gould, wrote to us saying in part, "the event is all ages even though we promote it as a 21 and up event for the purpose of maximizing potential for sales at Porter's Pub. This is our second time doing this, and the first round was a lot of fun. The master of ceremonies was praised for his crowd participation and humor."

Sounds like a bangin' good time to us. Gather any shreds of "urbanness" you may possess and check out the drink specials, the clever wordplay, and the "hip hop drunkies" promised on their flyer. I would make up a little rhyme about how fun this battle (and all the successive ones) are gonna be, but we all know I'm not nearly cool enough for that.

Contrary to what everybody was expecting, there were no riots or violent acts on election night. In the days following there have only been token demonstrations scattered across the nation, receiving next to no media attention. This all comes as a bit of a surprise with the rather vicious tone of modern politics, but it seems that some UCSD students are trying something. Fliers have been appearing across campus, asking "Where's the riot?" and directing students to show up on the Sun God lawn this Friday at noon, wearing black. No other information. We'll keep an eye on this and see where it goes.

Wednesday, 09/29: Go greet (or heckle) your new Chancellor from 4:00 to 5:00 pm in her hi-tech, hacker-proof, Information Superhighway chat room. Sainthood goes to anyone who confronts her about her ridiculous salary. Original post.

Thursday, 09/30: Watch "The Al Franken Show" broadcast out of Mandeville Auditorium from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Chances are you'll come away from it with a head full of happy thoughts, such as Ann Coulter's grisly death. Original post.

Friday, 10/01: Show up for Fallfest, you wankers. Rimac's doors open at 6:30, so you've got plenty of time to drink after class. This is going to be the biggest thing on campus this quarter, and I for one will not be missing Jimmy Eat World. Original post.

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Peter Camejo, Ralph Nader's Vice Presidential running mate, is speaking this Wednesday, Sept 29th at noon in Price Center. Hopefully the groups of campus Republicans cheering and throwing money at him will finally make him realize that he's supporting the wrong people. But seriously, I like Ralph Nader; he has just picked the wrong elections to run in. The election is too close and there is too much at stake. We all understand that Kerry sucks, but Bush as president again is simply fucking scary.

Hey kids, get set to get scared, because the most-horrifying-ever spectacle of limp, counterfeit punk rawk is going to hit RIMAC this Halloween night. Sum-41 and Good Charlotte will blast their brand of TRL-oriented rebellion at a preteen audience no doubt decked out in all the Hot Topic goth accouterments.

Of course, you could drive up to The Grove of Anaheim on the 31st to see The Misfits, some genuinely satanic music. But minus Glenn Danzig, even that might be somewhat tame. Too bad the Queens of the Stone Age (what’s left at least) are locked in the studio right now. Last Halloween at the Greek Theatre, singer Josh Homme was dressed as the motherfucking Pope.

Al Franken, author of Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, will be doing a broadcast for Air America Radio (AM 1360) from the UCSD campus on September 30th. "The Al Franken Show" will broadcast out of Mandeville Auditorium next Thursday from 9:00 am to noon.

So go and show some support for Air America Radio and their progressive platform. For every ten students who don't show up, Rush Limbaugh gets an erection.

So…Fall Fest is on Friday October 1st with Jimmy Eat World, Dilated Peoples, and the Velvet Teen. Hopefully this douche bag will think it is just as siiiick as last year’s show…

Taken from Daniel Szabo’s Xanga:

We then went to Fall Fest at RIMAC.. which was sick... Midtown was awesome.... it was crazy down in the pit area by the stage... bunch of people crowd surfing.. this one guy named Dan kept feeling up girls' tits when they passed overhead... was so damn funny... then the chicago rapper, Common, came out and tore it up! the place was goin crazy! at one point he pulled this one guy out of the crowd to freestyle... so the guy does and the Common does too.... his freestyle was so sick... so much fun... all the Sig Ep guys were blazing.. so much smoke all around me.. so i was kinda feeling it... after it was over we all went to OVC.. where i ate my ass off...

We know that Welcome Week can be a bit overwhelming, so here is a quick crib sheet that will help you navigate the chaotic landscape of organizations and cults all fighting for your attention. Our brainstormed notes appear in italics. Many events beyond these two 'samples' can be found in the extended entry, linked below.

Catholic Community Ice Cream Social
09/20/2004
Price Center SB/LA
Come meet the Catholic Community at UCSD! Free ice cream!
Help smear chocolate sauce and butterscotch all over the naked, writhing bodies around you as we all furiously masturbate to The Passion of the Christ. Extra credit to those who deny the existence of the Holocaust.

Night & Day in TJ
09/21/2004
2:00pm
Price Center Ballroom A
Planning on visiting Mexico? Come and learn tips to double your fun and stay safe.
Two words: Donkey Show. Wait, here are another fourteen words: Getting Raped by a Marine Inside a Filthy, Rotting Club Somewhere on Revolution Blvd.

The Pixies played an amazing show at RIMAC last night. Considering the average UCSD student's music taste, which seems to involve being in love with fucking Switchfoot, most of you probably didn't go.

Bill Maher (Oct 18th) & Margaret Cho (Oct 23rd) are coming to UCSD. Here are both of the shows in three lines:

Fuck Bush
Fuck Bush
and Fuck Bush!

I'm down — see you there, bitches!

From the ever-disappointing Union Tribune.

A group calling itself the Community of Suburban Anarchists is gathering at 1 p.m. today in Balboa Park.

The group plans workshops aimed at young anarchists and other activities, such as a vegan potluck.

The event is free. The group will meet at Park Boulevard near Presidents Way.
(source: San Diego Union-Tribune)

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