Just Calm Down!   

By Edwina Welch  

In the past month I have noticed a steady increase in people snapping at each other, virulent Facebook posts, and just a general "snarky-ness." I have been chalking it up to a regular spring manifestation when so many changes are taking place- seniors graduating, friends leaving, campus events that bring up political and social debates. But maybe the mood is something more?. - Read more 

Empire's Proxy: American Literature & U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines       

Wednesday | May 9 | 2pm 

CCC Library   

Drawing on a wealth of material, including historical records, governmental documents from the War Department and the Bureau of Insular Affairs, curriculum guides, memoirs of American teachers in the Philippines, and 19th century literature, Meg Wesling not only links empire with education, but also demonstrates that the rearticulation of American literary studies through the imperial occupation in the Philippines served to actually define and strengthen the field. Empire's Proxy boldly argues that the practical and ideological work of colonial dominance figured into the emergence of the field of American literature, and that the consolidation of a canon of American literature was intertwined with the administrative and intellectual tasks of colonial management. View the flyer 

Saturday | June 9 | 4-6pm 

The Great Hall at ERC 

Attention all graduating undergraduate and graduate students! Please join the UC San Diego LGBT community as we come together to honor the students who are graduating, our volunteers, our scholarship recipients and all who have impacted our community over the last year. The event serves as the formal induction of the graduates into the family of the UC San Diego LGBT Alumni.  If you are graduating, contact Shaun Travers at stravers@ucsd.edu so you are on the list!