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The UCSD Guardian
The Student News Site of University of California - San Diego

The UCSD Guardian
The Student News Site of University of California - San Diego

The UCSD Guardian
Samantha Phan

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Co-Editor

Samantha is a fourth year literature and sociology student. Really likes yogurt.

All content by Samantha Phan
2024-2025 Senior Sendoffs

2024-2025 Senior Sendoffs

Julio Canimo, Carter Castillo, Allen Chen, Isabella Contreras, Michelle Deng, Vivian Dueker, Miriya Huie, Ryan Kirton, Kelly Loo, Xuan Ly, Lina Mauk, Erika Myong, Karina Oquendo, Matthew Pham, Samantha Phan, Alex Reinsch-Goldstein, Mehri Sadri, Mehak Sahota, Jonathan Shlesinger, Arshia Singh, and Dave Vo
Jun 2, 2025
Books for every summer feeling

Books for every summer feeling

Camelia Tzadok, Kelly Loo, Samantha Phan, Alyssa Theurer, Melanie Poppel, and Maddie Almodovar
Jun 2, 2025
Updates to Lifestyle’s Spring Quarter bucket list

Updates to Lifestyle’s Spring Quarter bucket list

Kelly Loo, Camelia Tzadok, Julio Canimo, Naisha Nallakula, Samantha Phan, Melanie Poppel, Jonathan Zhang, Hannah Jang, Maddie Almodovar, Alyssa Theurer, and Elisha Savalia
Jun 2, 2025
Life lessons with Charlie Kirk and Chicken Guy Jacob Hoang

Life lessons with Charlie Kirk and Chicken Guy Jacob Hoang

Kelly Loo, Julio Canimo, Samantha Phan, and Adalia Luo
May 5, 2025
Image courtesy of Chobani

Flip or flop: Ranking (almost) every Chobani Flip flavor

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Co-Editor
Apr 21, 2025
Muir Musical cuts loose in its retelling of ‘Footloose: The Musical’

Muir Musical cuts loose in its retelling of ‘Footloose: The Musical’

Jeanine Khuc, Abigail Larsen, and Samantha Phan
Apr 21, 2025
Lifestyle Tries: Irish Soda Bread

Lifestyle Tries: Irish Soda Bread

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Co-Editor
Feb 24, 2025
Nine candies for Tết: Rating the candy tray as an adult

Nine candies for Tết: Rating the candy tray as an adult

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Co-Editor
Jan 27, 2025
5 tips to keep plant-based protein interesting

5 tips to keep plant-based protein interesting

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Co-Editor
Jan 13, 2025
Can Christmas come too early? A debate on pre-Thanksgiving decorations

Can Christmas come too early? A debate on pre-Thanksgiving decorations

Isabela Contreras and Samantha Phan
Nov 18, 2024
Getting hitched at Sixth: The UCSD Korean Day Festival

Getting hitched at Sixth: The UCSD Korean Day Festival

Julio Canimo and Samantha Phan
Oct 14, 2024
Image by Samantha Phan on Canva, Background image courtesy of @alyfamosocreative for @ucsdalumni on Instagram

DisreGuardian: Where to get engaged (to me) at UCSD

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Editor
Apr 1, 2024
Image by Samantha Phan of the UCSD Guardian using Canva

Dating Profile Mad Libs

Samantha Phan, Bradley Beggs, Ava DeLuca, Kelly Loo, Mehak Sahota, Leah Schiffer, Nelson Pai, and Naisha Nallakula
Feb 12, 2024
How I delude myself into enjoying studying

How I delude myself into enjoying studying

Samantha Phan, Lifestyle Editor
Jan 22, 2024
The spookiest places at UCSD

The spookiest places at UCSD

Naisha Nallakula, Kelly Loo, Mehak Sahota, Samantha Phan, Emily Ito, Beliz Berik, Leah Schiffer, and Bradley Beggs
Oct 30, 2023
Image Courtesy of Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash

5 Habits to Make Your School Year a Success

Samantha Phan, Associate Lifestyle Editor
Oct 2, 2023
My First Free Comic Book Day

My First Free Comic Book Day

Samantha Phan, Associate Lifestyle Editor
May 21, 2023
The Value of Silence

The Value of Silence

Samantha Phan, Senior Staff Writer
Apr 9, 2023
I Did What My Co-Star Told Me To For A Week - Here’s What I Learned

I Did What My Co-Star Told Me To For A Week – Here’s What I Learned

Samantha Phan
Feb 20, 2023
What The Beauty Within Really Means

What The Beauty Within Really Means

Samantha Phan
Jan 22, 2023
Should You Dye Your Hair?

Should You Dye Your Hair?

Samantha Phan
Nov 13, 2022
Divisive Vices: Yay or Nay on These Halloween Staples

Divisive Vices: Yay or Nay on These Halloween Staples

Samantha Phan
Oct 30, 2022
The Truth About Meal Prepping

The Truth About Meal Prepping

Samantha Phan
Oct 9, 2022
I’m Moving Out: Looking Back at My Freshman Year

I’m Moving Out: Looking Back at My Freshman Year

Samantha Phan
May 30, 2022
AITA TikToks: They Make Me Sick But I Can’t Stop Watching

AITA TikToks: They Make Me Sick But I Can’t Stop Watching

Samantha Phan
May 8, 2022
Dear Humanities Majors,

Dear Humanities Majors,

Samantha Phan
Apr 24, 2022
How I Got into Reading

How I Got into Reading

Samantha Phan
Apr 10, 2022
DISREGUARDIAN: My Tips for a Successful Spring Quarter

DISREGUARDIAN: My Tips for a Successful Spring Quarter

Samantha Phan
Mar 27, 2022
A Bittersweet Valentine's Day

A Bittersweet Valentine’s Day

Samantha Phan
Feb 27, 2022
I Did Wordle Every Morning for a Week

I Did Wordle Every Morning for a Week

Samantha Phan
Feb 6, 2022
What UCSD Colleges would Euphoria Characters be in?

What UCSD Colleges would Euphoria Characters be in?

Samantha Phan
Jan 23, 2022
Seven Steps to Getting Rid of Gifts You Didn’t Want

Seven Steps to Getting Rid of Gifts You Didn’t Want

Samantha Phan
Jan 9, 2022
What I’m Asking Santa for this Year

What I’m Asking Santa for this Year

Samantha Phan
Nov 28, 2021
What Kind of RA Would You Be Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

What Kind of RA Would You Be Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

Samantha Phan
Nov 14, 2021
Image by Дмитрий Хрусталев-Григорьев from Unsplash

I Took Five Different Personality Tests — Here’s What I Learned

Samantha Phan
Oct 31, 2021
My Favorite Fashion Trends This Fall

My Favorite Fashion Trends This Fall

Samantha Phan
Oct 24, 2021
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