Self Study

“I want to tell you a Sacramento story”

November 16, 2023 by

Riley Burke reflects on growing up in Sacramento and her layered connection with Joan Didion.
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Nostalgia: Who are we and where do we go?

November 9, 2023 by

Michelle Shteynberg reflects on nostalgia and how it makes us who we are.
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The Throne Zone: We tried every bathroom so you don’t have to — top 10 edition

November 2, 2023 by and

Sam Healey and Seamus O’Meara are petitioning Chancellor Henry T. Yang so they can teach an “Intro to Bathroom Studies” course at UCSB.
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Letter to the editor: Hispanic Heritage Month Write-in

October 20, 2023 by and

José Suarez and Luis Ledezma reflect on what being Hispanic means to them.
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An ode to my freshman year dorm

July 13, 2023 by

Kira Logan reminisces on her freshman year dorm experience.
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Love and attention: on my unremarkable hometown and remarkable mom

May 11, 2023 by

Emily Yoon reflects on her hometown and the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships.
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My freshman experience: Spring quarter and a year’s worth of takeaways

April 13, 2023 by

Amitha Bhat's three-part retrospective continues as she recounts her revitalizing spring quarter.
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My freshman experience: The horrid winter quarter

February 23, 2023 by

Amitha Bhat's three-part retrospective continues as she recounts her turbulent freshman winter quarter.
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My freshman experience: The fall quarter of denial

September 25, 2022 by

Spoiler alert: Amitha Bhat's freshman experience didn't go exactly as planned...
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It’s Okay To Change Your Major

August 5, 2022 by

Alice Zhang advocates for the choice to change one's major as she recounts her academic experience thus far.
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A Case Study for the Ages: Passion v. Profit

May 19, 2022 by

Amitha Bhat explores the painful importance of weighing one's desire for passion and profit.
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Bananas, Bimahs and Biology: On my Chinese and Jew-ish Experience

May 22, 2021 by

Toni Shindler-Ruberg unpacks her oftentimes conflating Jewish and Asian American identities, reflecting on the universality of not knowing.
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Your Performative Activism is Showing Again

April 9, 2021 by

Sydney Haupt discusses the recent attacks again Asian Americans in Atlanta and performative activism on social media.
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An Ugly Past Revived

April 6, 2021 by

Kiana Perez-Granados urges the younger generations to fight against the colonial racist attitudes that have survived through our history.
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A Call to Increase Diversity in Classrooms — Beyond S.T.E.M.

February 25, 2021 by

Sophia Lovell points outa. lack of diversity in the philosophy major and argues for the need for more minority racial and gender voices in social science classrooms.
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