For five years my Twitter bio — no, I will not call it X — read: “nerd, wannabewriter, and film & television enthusiast.” I don’t know why I was so afraid to refer to myself as a writer....

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...

I started working for The Guardian less than a year ago, but joining has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in college. Somewhat on a whim, I decided that I should do something just for fun during...

It would be an understatement to say that my time here has been stressful. I’m pretty sure it accelerated my gray hair growth. But amidst the chaos and turbulence, I found myself coming back to it every...

Throughout my three years at UCSD, serving as the Marketing Director at The Guardian has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences. Student journalism has always had a special place in my heart,...

I joined The Guardian after a year of staying in my dorm, in the midst of COVID and being socially anxious. I am graduating in Computer Science this year, but I always wanted to do more photojournalism...

Being the nerdy high school journalism kid I was, I collected newspapers from each college I visited. The copy of The UCSD Guardian that I picked up contained that year’s senior send-offs; writing one...

This marks the first and last time I will ever write for the Guardian in my four years here. As first a staff artist and then the Art Editor for two years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with every...

When I first moved to California five years ago, I had no idea about “June Gloom.” I thought California would always be warm and sunny. Well, turns out it isn’t. Just like every level of life,...

This past weekend, I spent my time preparing a wonderful and traditional Palestinian dish called Musakhan, a spiced chicken and caramelized onion dish served over flatbread.  The recipe that I used...

The prompt was simple: “You can write and draw about anything you want in your journal: what you like to do, your favorite television show, your pets, your favorite games, anything… When you're done...

After hitting a new bench press PR of 315 lbs in the gym (it was actually 85 but who’s counting), my friends and I decided to celebrate my Herculean accomplishment. We decided a feast at Woomiok was...