Kaitlin Lee

Jun 11, 2024 | dailynexus.com | Kaitlin Lee

We’ve all been there — it’s the night before your 8 a.m. final and the library announces that late-night study is moving to the first and second floors. You experience a rude awakening to the sheer amount of material you have left to cram inside your brain before the morning. The question is: Do you get a good night’s sleep or do you pull an all-nighter in an attempt to succeed? Some swear by the all-nighter ritual, while others decide to call it a night and head to bed.

Jun 3, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Kaitlin Lee

I wrote and lived with the mentality: “This is big, and I need to see how this unfolds.” An undying curiosity about the world and life propelled me, as writer and news editor, but it also unveiled an undeniable but depressing truth. “Thanks” to social media and AI, we’re becoming complacent. News is now amuse-bouches, minimized for easy consumption. Issues have been reduced to hashtags. A genocide, fed into an algorithm to spit out an ugly AI-generated image. It’s bullshit.

May 19, 2024 | ucsdguardian.org | Kaitlin Lee

The United Auto Workers Local 4811 passed a strike authorization vote on May 15 at 7:10 p.m. The authorization arose in response to the University of California’s actions against protesters at the UC San Diego Gaza Solidarity Encampment and UCLA. The vote, according to a post by the UAW Local 4811 Instagram account, has passed in all units. This vote enabled the UAW board to call for a Stand Up Strike.

May 14, 2024 | ottawa.citynews.ca | Kaitlin Lee

By Kaitlin Lee Former Ottawa city councillor Diane Deans passed away Tuesday. A statement from Deans' family says she passed surrounded by family, following a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. "Despite her diagnosis Diane continued to live every day to its fullest with a fighting spirit, unwavering tenacity, courage and compassion," the statement reads. Deans served as an Ottawa city councillor for 28 years. More to come ...

May 14, 2024 | ottawa.citynews.ca | Kaitlin Lee

Ottawa police are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect in an assault earlier this month. It happened May 4th around 6:05 a.m., in the 100 block of Murray Street. Officers allege a man attempted to enter a residential building and assaulted a person who was exiting the building. The victim was left with minor injuries. Police have released a picture of the suspect, who is described as a white male, 25-26 years old, five foot eleven, with a thin build.