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UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

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UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

The UCSD Guardian

The Power of Purchasing

The Power of Purchasing

Jan 21, 2014

Recent UCSD and UCLA graduates have launched Enrou, an online marketplace that supports socially conscious brands It all started with UCSD professor Prashant Bharadwaj’s ECON 116 class on economics...

Go Green with Go Bikes USA

Go Green with Go Bikes USA

Jan 21, 2014

Eco-friendly electric motorized bikes are now being sold at the UCSD Bookstore Go Bikes USA is urging students to join the fight to go green and save time and money by riding electric motorized bikes....

A Clever Cube of Conservation

A Clever Cube of Conservation

Jan 13, 2014

Two UCSD students share the story of how they created the EcoQube, an artistic desktop aquarium that uses plants to purify and recycle water UCSD junior Eric Suen and senior Kevin Liang call their creation...

Michro-managing Time

Michro-managing Time

Jan 13, 2014

A UCSD Rady student and a Stanford alumnus have invented a portable device, Michron, that makes time-lapse photography efficient Time-lapse, a series of photos compiled together to generate a video, is...

The Real World of Computer Science

The Real World of Computer Science

Jan 6, 2014

Facebook's Open Academy, a program that pairs computer science students with open source projects for academic credit, has expanded to UCSD UCSD’s computer science department has been a leader in its...

A Drive to Carpool

A Drive to Carpool

Jan 6, 2014

Two Rady alumni have launched a campaign called Fill the Car in an effort to encourage UCSD commuters to carpool to campus The difficulty of finding a parking spot on campus may be UCSD students’ single...

Stopping Overdose, One Pill at a Time

Jan 6, 2014

The Clinton Health Initiative is embarking on a campaign to prevent a projected 10,000 college students from dying of prescription drug abuse Prescription drug overdoses killed more U.S. citizens than...

The Asexual Agenda

The Asexual Agenda

Sydney Reck Dec 2, 2013

On the spectrum of sexuality between “straight” and “gay,” asexuality is one shade that often goes unrecognized — but one UCSD student has a plan to change that. Amy, who asked to remain anonymous,...

A World of Color

A World of Color

Nov 25, 2013

UCSD student Lily Wang, featured artist of the month at The Loft, talks about her paintings and the significance behind them Muir College freshman Lily Wang has been an artist since she could pick up...

Gift-giving Made Simple

Gift-giving Made Simple

Nov 25, 2013

UCSD alumnus speaks about Giftovus, an online platform her and her husband created for gift givers to promote effective collaboration It’s no secret that one of the most stressful aspects about the...

Up All Night to "Get Data"

Up All Night to “Get Data”

Nov 25, 2013

Neuroscience graduate students from UCSD produced a music video parody that has gone viral on YouTube For some, Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams, is beyond overplayed — but...