Campus College Democrats recently began planning the start of a left-leaning publication called the New Frontier to give liberals on campus a counterpart to the conservative California Review.

“We wanted to expand our influence on campus,” said Thurgood Marshall College sophomore and College Democrats Print Director Priya Singh. “We wanted to have an option for the liberal side.”

Marshall senior and College Democrats president Dylan Snowden said that the New Frontier is a necessary addition to the campus media because liberal students do not have enough resources.

“We’ve seen that there [are] a lot of liberal students here at UCSD,” Snowden said. “They don’t know where to turn.”

The College Democrats plan to include information about “internships and availability of job options in the political arena,” Snowden said.

The publication, to be printed three times a quarter, will also focus on issues pertaining to UCSD students, according to Snowden.

“[We will] delve into issues that deal with every single college,” Snowden said.

College Democrats have said that the newspaper will discuss domestic issues that are not given much coverage, such as the environment and women’s rights.

The New Frontier will not be the only liberal publication on campus, however. The New Indicator, while not affiliated with a particular club or political party, is another progressive publication available to students.

“I wish [the College Democrats] the best of luck,” said John Muir College senior and New Indicator writer Steve York. “I personally see [the New Frontier] as a direct response and mirror of the Review.”

York said that he expects that there will be differences between the New Frontier and the New Indicator, which will reflect the “many distinct brands of liberalism” that exist on the political spectrum. He said that he expects the New Frontier to be more “mainstream” than the New Indicator.

“I don’t see how the New Frontier will vary [from the Guardian] on local issues,” York said.

Chris Fennel, a Marshall college sophomore and editor in chief of the California Review, criticized the plans for the new paper because of its affiliation with a particular party.

“I don’t think we should have any political organizations, per se, putting out papers,” Fennel said. “When they put out an ideological publication it becomes pure propaganda.”

The California Review is not affiliated with any political organization at UCSD.

The New Frontier will be funded by Associated Students and, most likely, through advertising, according to Snowden.

The A.S. Council uses a content-blind policy for funding student media.

“We try to be as content-neutral as possible,” said A.S. Commissioner of Communications Hilary Elder.

Elder said she acknowledged that this policy can be controversial, but said that it is important for maintaining First Amendment rights for students.

“I can understand how some publications definitely offend people,” Elder said. “My personal opinion is that everyone has a right to their opinion. … Freedom of speech must be defended.”

Fennel said that he agrees with the policy.

“If it were not content-blind, that would be a form of censorship,” Fennel said.

News publications on campus go through the same process to receive funding as other student organizations, but also have to meet with Elder, who then makes recommendations as to how much funding each publication should receive.

Numerous factors go into determining how much money to give to a publication, according to Elder. The factors can include the publication’s length and whether it will be printed in color.

Seniority is also a consideration when it comes to receiving funds, she said, because the A.S. Council is more familiar with older publications.

“New organizations tend to not get as much money as the ones that already exist,” Elder said.

The Guardian does not receive funding from Associated Students and is funded exclusively by advertisement.