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Board of Regents announces James Milliken as new UC president
May 5, 2025
Adalia Luo, Editor-In-Chief
On Friday, May 2, the UC Board of Regents announced that it approved the appointment of James Milliken, current chancellor of the University of Texas system, to be the new president of the University of California system. Milliken will take office...
News
Thousands of union members march for May Day rally organized by UC worker unions
May 5, 2025
Isaac Burge, Senior Staff Writer
At 11 a.m. on May 1, thousands of union workers and San Diego community members marched from Hillcrest Medical Center to Balboa Park for a rally commemorating International Workers’ Day, also referred to as May Day. The event was primarily led...
Opinion
You can’t have your Kirk(land) and eat it too
May 5, 2025
Jaechan Preston Lee, Staff Writer
On April 15, UC San Diego’s chapter of conservative student organization Turning Point USA announced that Charlie Kirk would be visiting UCSD at 12 p.m. on May 1. One week later, on April 22, the Costco Club announced that it would be hosting the third...
Arts & Entertainment
A&E reviews Sun God
May 5, 2025
Abby Offenhauser, Jocelyn Almanza-Barreto, Lina Mauk, Thi Tran, Laila Del Rio, and Arshia Singh
The Arkangels As the only student performers at the Sun God Festival, rock band The Arkangels featured a strong sense of community in its opening performance. The enthusiasm and hype from the crowd was tangible, with a group of diehard fans cheering...
Sports
Sylvana Northrop chases postseason success after record-breaking year
May 5, 2025
Abigail Kapur, Senior Staff Writer
When UC San Diego redshirt junior Sylvana Northrop broke the 5,000-meter school record on April 4 at the Triton Invitational — her second time taking it down this season — she was “pissed.” Northrop led the race from gun to tape, gapping the...
Features
UCSD remembers: The Gaza Solidarity Encampment
May 5, 2025
Alex Reinsch-Goldstein, Senior Staff Writer
For six days in early May 2024 — in the midst of the largest student uprising in the United States since the Vietnam War — UC San Diego students joined their peers across the country and set up and occupied a protest camp. The protestors were there...

Features
Voices from the encampment: 1 year later
May 5, 2025
Vivian Dueker, Managing Editor
On May 1, 2024, a group of UC San Diego students and community members set up the UCSD Gaza Solidarity Encampment, following in the footsteps of students across the nation protesting in support of Palestine. University administrations across the United...
Opinion
Guest: Sheriffs goosestepping on Geisel — reflections on my arrest at the 2024 UCSD Gaza Solidarity Encampment
May 5, 2025
Guest Writer
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written in June 2024, a couple weeks after police dismantled the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. For the one-year anniversary of the encampment, this anonymous community member revisited his original piece recounting...
Sports
Transfer portal ushers in a new era of Triton men’s basketball
May 5, 2025
Alan Zhang, Senior Staff Writer
After a rough start, the Triton recruitment train is picking up steam. The late March departure of head coach Eric Olen led to a flurry of transfer portal exits, with junior guard Chris Howell, junior forward Nordin Kapic, and senior guard Hayden Gray...
Opinion
Guest: An Open Letter in response to the detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk
May 5, 2025
Guest Writer
Editor's Note: This article was originally anonymously submitted to The UCSD Guardian for publishing on March 26. The writer is a student at the UCSD School of Medicine who we have granted anonymity due to the current dangers posed to international students...

Arts & Entertainment
Triton Television hosts annual UCSD Student Film Festival
May 5, 2025
Thomas Murphy and Thi Tran
On April 26 and 27 in Price Center Theater, Triton Television screened a collection of student-made films spanning topics from go-carts to margaritas, interviews with Lyft drivers, and adoptive childhood...
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Costco Club president eats entire rotisserie chicken, continues 3-year tradition
May 5, 2025
Giselle Hinojosa, Associate News Editor
At 12 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, approximately 1,300 UC San Diego students gathered at the Epstein Family Amphitheater to watch third-year Jacob Hoang, Costco Club president, eat a Costco rotisserie chicken. The...
Sports
Timeout: A brief analysis of a noteworthy week or so in the sports world
May 5, 2025
Kurt Johnston and Alan Zhang
With sincere condolences to Journalism — the horse that finished second in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — here are the three biggest sports stories of the last 14 days. 1) Shedeur Sanders...
Lifestyle
My first time going to Sun God
May 5, 2025
Naisha Nallakula, Senior Staff Writer
I have been looking forward to Sun God Festival since I committed to UC San Diego two years ago. After last year’s cancellation, I have had a lot of time to build up unreasonable expectations. I had...
News
Charlie Kirk comes to UCSD
May 5, 2025
Natalie Ambler, News Editorial Assistant
From 12 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, in the center of UC San Diego Town Square, conservative media personality and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk debated event attendees on topics like...

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