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A visit to SDSU is ideal, but virtual tours can act to refresh your memory or as a preview for your on-site tour.

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Inevitably, on-campus tours of classrooms, libraries, dorms, and dining halls will start to blend. Jog your memory using the virtual tour and even explore the area surrounding the campus using the interactive mapping tool. If you're just beginning your college search, a virtual tour can be a great way to get a feel for a campus before your visit. Remember, when you do go, be sure to ask current students about their college life. A student perspective can be the most helpful way to gauge your future experience at San Diego State University.

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Your tour of Mount Laguna Observatory starts in front of the Awona Harrington Visitors’ Center. The Observatory is operated by San Diego State University as the primary research, teaching, and training facility of its Department of Astronomy. It is operated under Special Use Permit from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Mount Laguna Observatory is located forty-five miles east of downtown San Diego on the eastern edge of the Cleveland National Forest at an altitude of 6100 feet (1859 meters). Just to the east is the Anza-Borrego State Park, which is the largest state park in the nation. This remote location, which is free from excessive development because of the nature of National Forest and State Park lands, remains one of the darker major observatory sites in the contintental United States. San Diego County and various municipalities, such as the Cities of San Diego and Oceanside, have ordinances and codes directed towards the wise use of outdoor lighting with the goals of minimizing light pollution and maintaining quality of life for their residences by reducing upward pointing light and direct glare.

Mount Laguna is part of the Southern California Coastal Range (an extension of the Baja California Peninsular Range), and as such benefits from smooth laminar air flow directly off of the Pacific Ocean, which results in steady atmospheric conditions (or “seeing”). Additionally, an average of 6.4 hours of observations can be obtained each night during the year. When combined with its dark skies, Mount Laguna Observatory remains one of the truly excellent astronomical sites remaining in North America.

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It depends how you use them. San Diego State University (SDSU) is a hustling, bustling campus and community. The beauty of San Diego State University (SDSU) virtual tours on CampusReel is that authentic video tours, made by real students, can be spectacular at capturing the San Diego State University (SDSU) vibe. We also go well beyond the confines of the San Diego State University (SDSU) campus by taking you around San Diego. In traditional virtual tours, you will mostly see still, unengaging images and will not see the surrounding area at all – which is why CampusReel virtual tours are so important.

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If you cannot visit San Diego State University (SDSU) in person, then we can honestly say that we believe a CampusReel virtual tour of San Diego State University (SDSU) is absolutely the most effective and holistic way to understand the San Diego State University (SDSU) people, campus and community. However, if you do plan on visiting San Diego State University (SDSU) and other colleges in person, we strongly recommend that you at least prescreen your college options on CampusReel before spending the time and money to visit. Most prospective families find that as soon as the step on campus, they instantly know whether or not they like the school – but they’ve already spent all that time and money getting there! Our goal is to eliminate all the time and money visiting San Diego State University (SDSU) in person until you can make a strong educated guess that it’s worth the investment.

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• Storm Hall at San Diego State University (SDSU)
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What are the downsides of a San Diego State University (SDSU) virtual tour?

The downside of virtually touring San Diego State University (SDSU) on CampusReel is that, admittedly, our technology does not yet mimic the exact feeling and experience of visiting San Diego State University (SDSU) in person. We are working on this though! A common request we also receive from users is to add more perspectives (e.g. student guides) to the platform. Rest assured we are working on adding more CampusReel guides to the San Diego State University (SDSU) virtual tour. However, our selection of guides still far outweighs the available perspectives of traditional virtual tour platforms.

What are the benefits of a San Diego State University (SDSU) virtual tour?

The most obvious benefit of a San Diego State University (SDSU) virtual tour on CampusReel is that is can be accessed from anywhere. This can save families a lot of time and money compared to visiting San Diego State University (SDSU) in person . Another often overlooked benefit of a CampusReel virtual tour is that it goes far beyond a traditional in person tour San Diego State University (SDSU) . Campus visits are limited both in time and scope – how are you expected to truly understand a college in a 1 hour tour? That’s why we stress the added benefit of CampusReel virtual tours – experience San Diego State University (SDSU) and San Diego during different seasons, days of the week, and even hours of the day. What’s game day like? What is finals week life? Again, traditional virtual touring platforms don’t include this benefit.

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January 18, 2017   by   James Frazee

On January 13, 2017 San Diego State University’s Director of Instructional Technology Services (ITS) and Senior Academic Technology Officer, Dr. James P. Frazee, provided a virtual tour of two of SDSU’s new Learning Research Studios for the EDUCAUSE Learning Space Constituent Group and approximately 70 people from around the world tuned-in live. Below is a link to the recording of the virtual tour/webinar:

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The ITS   Learning Research Studios   (LRS) provide innovative learning spaces for faculty to experiment with state-of-the-art instructional technologies and student-centered classroom design. Faculty who teach in the LRS spaces are encouraged to pursue research related to pedagogical innovations and are supported by ITS staff and a cohort of fellow LRS faculty. One of the LRS spaces highlighted on the virtual tour featured a large   Learning Glass   device situated within an active learning classroom. Learning Glass is new technology for delivering and recording lectures that allows instructors to write notes while maintaining face-to-face contact with students. Essentially, it’s a transparent whiteboard paired with a lecture capture system. This studio is also capable of   “one-button” recording   to a USB device, or automated recording through an integrated   Mediasite   capture system. Interested in building your own Learning Glass? During the virtual tour we describe the latest build and buy options available today.

The LRS spaces at SDSU foster effective pedagogy and support initiatives on campus that encourage active learning, pedagogical innovation, and the use of technology to improve student success and time to degree.

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Pro-Palestinian encampment on UC San Diego campus continues for third day

By nbc 7 staff and city news service • published may 1, 2024 • updated on may 3, 2024 at 11:17 pm.

Students at UC San Diego established a "Gaza Solidarity" encampment on the campus' Library Walk Wednesday, joining dozens of universities around the world where students maintain pro-Palestinian sites. NBC 7 saw a couple dozen people camped out on Friday afternoon.

A rabbi led a peace vigil not far from the camp on Friday evening. Students and faculty of all faiths were invited to attend.

Even though the scene has remained peaceful, Saturday's Sun God Festival, an annual campus music festival, has been canceled due to security concers, according to UCSD's Associated Students office of Concerts & Events.

"We know this news is not easy," UCSD's ASCE said in an Instagram post on Thursday. "The decision was ultimately made with the safety of the students in mind, a value integral to all ASCE programming, and all the possible options were considered and exhausted."

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The UCSDivest Coalition, organizers of the campaign, is calling on UCSD to "end their silence and publicly condemn the destruction of over 80% of schools and all 12 universities in Gaza in a systematic dismantling of infrastructure that UN experts have termed scholasticide," a statement from the organization reads.

"As a Jewish American student, I stand with the many Jewish, Palestinian and people of all backgrounds that demand divestment from the occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people," said Rachel, an undergraduate majoring in biological anthropology. "We are inspired by the Black civil rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam — to repair the world — to call for a free Palestine.

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"The chancellor and university admin want us to stay silent — not for the benefit of humanity but for the benefit of their own pockets. The call for divestment is now. The call to end to complicity is now," she continued.

UC San Diego's Associated Students passed a resolution last month calling for divestment. The university rejected that call, stating: "The resolution does not align with the position of UC San Diego, which like the University of California and the other nine UC campuses, has consistently opposed calls for a boycott against and divestment from Israel."

The UCSDivest Coalition is specifically calling on the university to issue a statement affirming the right of Palestinian people "to live in freedom and safety in their indigenous homeland" and condemn the actions of Israel, and offer amnesty for all associated with the encampment.

They also want a campus-wide boycott of institutional and research partnerships with Department of Defense contractors, companies named by the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement and "all Israeli companies, universities, and government agencies.

Numerous San Diego Jewish community leaders and organizations released the following joint statement on Friday:

"We, as Jewish communal leaders in San Diego, stand with our Jewish college students. Like you, we have been watching, with great concern, as pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests and encampments have rolled out across college campuses across the country, including a walkout earlier this week at SDSU and an encampment at UCSD.

"We have watched in horror at the misinformation and disinformation on display amongst the protestors, at the students and outside agitators masking their identities with keffiyehs and glasses, in effect, dressing like Hamas terrorists, as if this is something to be emulated. To say these encampments are peaceful does not begin to capture the intended effect, and the intimidation they are meant to cause.

"Many of the protesters on campus are not actually students. On the ground on Library Walk at UCSD are chalked slogans like “From the River to the Sea” and “One solution; intifada revolution.” These words are not about liberation; they are about annihilation. From the River to the Sea is a slogan that calls for the obliteration of the state of Israel, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Calling for “Intifada,” the term commonly used to refer to two periods in Israel known for horrific terror attacks designed to kill Jews, is a call for violence.

"We agree that a university campus should provide a marketplace of ideas, but violence and intimidation are not provided for under free speech. These encampments violate campus protocols to which all students and faculty agree to abide. They are fueled by a campaign of misinformation and by underlying antisemitism, and we appreciate the steps that the university has taken and strongly encourage further action to ensure their code of conduct is honored, the encampment gets shut down, and to hold those responsible accountable for their actions, while protecting the safety of everyone involved.

"Collectively, we are in close contact around this situation, led by Hillel of San Diego and our campus partners. We are extraordinarily proud of the Jewish students who have been strong, resilient, articulate, supportive of one another and who have represented the Jewish people with remarkable care and courage. They have asked that community members not engage or antagonize the protestors. Rather, they have asked that the community attend any of the public events during the student-led Peace in Israel week, May 13-17, which includes important speakers, demonstrations against the atrocities committed by Hamas along with a rally and nighttime shuk.

"We all want to see peace in the Middle East. We want to see the more than 130 hostages still held in Gaza home safely, and an end to the fighting. And every single one of us wants to see our college students free to enjoy all that a university education entails without fear, intimidation or harassment simply because they are Jewish, or support the right of Israel to exist."

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UCSD Hillel, a campus Jewish organization, put out a post on Instagram calling for safety for Jewish students.

"Jewish students should be able to express their Jewish identities and support for the Jewish state without fear, in a learning environment free of hostility," the organization's post read. "As always, we are resilient in the face of these challenges. Our doors are always open, and we will continue to serve as a safe space for Jewish students."

A little later in the day, UC San Diego's chancellor, Pradeep Khosla, released the following statement:

" Today, at approximately noon, campus community members and non-affiliate individuals arrived on campus and set up several tents on the grass adjacent to Library Walk. This activity is in  violation of campus policy , which prohibits unauthorized encampments.

" We are encouraged that the protest activities on our campus have been peaceful to this point – and reiterate the importance of adhering to our campus  Principles of Community . Campus police and security teams are on site to ensure campus safety and continuity of campus operations.

" UC San Diego fully supports the  right to peacefully protest  and express views on campus; however, we are also fully committed to protecting the physical safety of all individuals in our community and upholding the rights of all students, faculty and staff to continue to work, study and carry out the academic mission of the university without undue disruption.

" Our focus remains squarely on maintaining a safe campus environment free from discrimination and harassment and continuing the operation of our academic mission without disruption. We implore all campus community members to treat each other with dignity and respect. We remind all students, faculty and staff that sanctions for violating university policy and/or the law can include interim suspension, suspension, dismissal or legal action. We will provide further updates as they become available. "

The Protest at the University of San Diego on Wednesday

On Wednesday, a fairly sizable crowd of protesters gathered on the main quad of the University of San Diego shortly after noon for what organizers described on social media as a Requiem for the Dead and Dying in Gaza.

The students and other pro-Palestinian supporters were peaceful, mostly lying prostrate on the ground or sitting in concentric waves around speakers, with many holding signs, including one that read "Arresting Kids Is Not Self-Defence"

At least three Palestinian flags were spotted flapping in the breeze.

If there was any police presence at the scene, it was difficult to detect with SkyRanger 7 flew over the campus.

An Instagram post that went up before the protest said, "The Gaza @ USD faculty coalition is organizing a memorial THIS Wednesday, May 1st, and are inviting you to join in this moment of solidarity!" and "Stand With Us As We Pray for All the Lives Lost." The post also called for protesters to wear all back, a call to action responded to by a large percentage of those attending.

The announcement stated the protest was scheduled for 12:30-2 p.m.

Protest Tuesday at SDSU

The encampment comes a day after hundreds of San Diego State University students staged a walkout with demands for the university to sever financial ties with Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

That action, organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at SDSU, San Diego 4 Palestine Coalition and SDSU's Middle Eastern and North African Student Union, began at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hepner Hall followed by a march through campus at 2:30 p.m.

SDSU students join other US college demonstrations against Israel-Hamas war

A social media post circulated by the student groups said that among other demands, they want SDSU to "divest financially from Israel's war on Gaza and occupation in Palestine." They called on SDSU President Adela De La Torre "to acknowledge the genocide and discrimination on campus."

SDSU addressed Tuesday's walkout with the following statement: "As a public university, and as aligned with our institutional values, San Diego State University must allow for constitutionally protected free speech and an individual's right to acts of peaceful protest.

"As a diverse campus community, this also means that those within our campus community will have varying values, ideas and points of view. We both expect and encourage all those within our campus community to engage in respectful conversations and interactions, as detailed in SDSU's Principles of Community. SDSU does not accept any instance of harassment or discrimination. Additionally, university safety professionals and administrators from the division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity continue to be in contact with members of our Jewish, Islamic, Arab, and Palestinian communities, in addition to other campus community members.

"We strongly encourage all who choose to gather to adhere to laws and university policies."

While there were no reports of violence emerging from the walkout by mid-afternoon, a local law enforcement presence was formed.

Protests also continued Wednesday at USC and UCLA, with encampments formed by protesters who have vowed to occupy public spaces on campus until their demands are met. Protest encampments also emerged Monday at UC Irvine and UC Riverside.

Violence, chaos erupts on campuses as protesters and counter-protesters clash over the war in Gaza

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SDSU set to present the world premiere musical ‘In a Sunshine State’

The story, about a college professor who falls in with her female boss, was developed in the university’s New Musical Initiative

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In a new historical musical by T.C. Lind, Phoebe Kreutz and Derek Gregor, the fabulous ‘50s aren’t so fabulous in Florida. Love is threatened by hate.

“In A Sunshine State” is the newest work to emerge from San Diego State University’s New Musical Initiative, in which MFA students under faculty direction develop a work over the course of two years. This production is being presented in association with Diversionary Theatre.

Diversionary’s interim artistic director Stephen Brotebeck, a professor in SDSU’s School of Theatre, Television, and Film, is directing “In A Sunshine State.” Musical direction is by Robert Meffe, head of musical theater and a graduate advisor on Montezuma Mesa.

Both Brotebeck and Meffe recall “In A Sunshine State” standing out two years ago when they encountered it among the more than 160 initiative submissions.

“It immediately grabbed us,” said Meffe. “The story of this 1950s professor who has an affair with her female boss and this politician who is coming down to Florida to root out homosexuality on college campuses was so thrilling.”

Brotebeck remembers that “what really drew us to it was the story and the music — the two elements you need for a good musical. When we read this back in 2022 it was at the time of so many things happening in Florida. We thought ‘Wow, this is so relevant.’

“When I read plays and musical there are times when I just go ‘OK, OK’ and times when they leap off the page and I can visualize what they might look like. That happened with this. This takes place on a college campus. We knew right away there was going to be a level of engagement.”

Seven graduate students in SDSU’s MFA Musical Theatre program will play the principal roles among an 18-member cast. They’ve been working on it since the fall of 2022. “Sunshine State’s” creators have been frequent collaborators during this development process. The process is a win-win.

“As great as it is for writers, it’s equally good for the students,” said Meffe. “It exercises every muscle that we are training them to use. They have to learn music very quickly, they have to develop characters when there’s no prior reference, they have to be flexible.

“A lot of our graduate students are going to be directors and writers and choreographers and producers, so they’re getting a rubber-on-the-road glimpse of what this process looks like.”

Meffe modestly downplays his own role: “I’m a lowly gardener planting the seeds and watering.”

The New Musical Initiative has been supported for the entirety of its six years by the Julia Brown Foundation. The program headed by Meffe and Brotebeck includes over the course of two years script readings, a workshop production and the final full production. The average development of a new musical in the professional world, said Meffe, is about seven years.

In the initiative program the two years are years of discovery for all involved.

“This is what’s exciting about doing new musicals,” said Meffe. “Opening these little minds and hearts to the inside.”

For Brotebeck “Where the passion comes in for us is that we are creating this world for the very first time. There’s nothing more exciting in musical theater than that.”

‘In A Sunshine State’

When: 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Where: Mainstage Theatre, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile, San Diego

Tickets : $17-$20

Phone : (619) 594-5091

Online: [email protected]

Coddon is a freelance writer.

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