<p>Yeah… there are a lot of innate “social killers.” Everything I’ve read leads me to believe that UCSD is the result of concessions made by University of California to the city of La Jolla. Students on campus live at six arbitrary residential colleges and are further subdivided into suits of 10-12 rather than long halls of hundreds. </p>
<p>There has also been heavy oppostion to to Division 1 sports from the community of La Jolla and the administration and faculty, which I find humorous. Yet what’s even more ridiculous is that when taken to a vote, the majority of students who care enough to vote actually oppose the jump from Div II to Div I. There have been numerous other examples of students restricting themselves (i.e. the shutdown of student run television).</p>
<p>While I’d love to blame the UCSD administration and La Jolla for all of UCSD’s problems (and I frequently have), the last 2 years here have lead me to believe that the student body, especially in recent years, has played a large role in UCSD’s lameness. To say that UCSD’s students are “boring” is unfair (especially because I don’t want to call myself boring). However, to say that the majority of the student body is “apathetic” seems fairly realistic. </p>
<p>So while UCSD is designed to never become a Cal or UCLA (in my opinion), the students themselves don’t seem to take any kind of initiative to make any kind of change to improve UCSD. Therefore, the policies here are those of the administration, La Jolla, and a small minority of outspoken students and organizations (i.e. the SAAC orgs). The majority quickly conforms because it’s easier than speaking up. The policies on this campus are a whole different level or ridiculous, but since this a thread about Div 1, I’ve been trying to keep my ranting on topic.</p>
<p>No, we don’t have Div 1 sports, spirit, or a significant social scene on this campus. But in my opinion, we get what we “pay” for.</p>