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The UCSD Guardian

UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

The UCSD Guardian

UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

The UCSD Guardian

Talking Points: UC Student Regents Talk Policy

Jan 30, 2012
UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr. and UC Student Regent-designate Jonathan Stein visited UCSD on Jan. 29 as part of their campus tour. The Guardian interviewed Mireles and Stein about their goals and special projects, the recent police violence and more.

Quick Takes: National Online Textbook Database

Jan 30, 2012
The U.S. Department of Education’s Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance proposed the creation of a national online textbook database to reduce costs of course materials.

Please Pass the Pomegranate Ketchup, UC San Diego

Jan 30, 2012
Right before my very eyes — or, maybe while I was napping in onion ring grease up on the second floor of Price Center East — UCSD underwent a drastic reinvention. I’m not talking tuition hikes or staff furloughs, changes that haven’t escaped even the oblivious and the borderline-narcoleptic like myself. Over the past three years, we have managed to become exponentially bourgie. 

A New Threshold

Jan 23, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a new budget that raises minimum GPA requirements for Cal Grants — a move that is not worth the disqualification of thousands of students.
By Aleks Levin • Staff WRITER

Stuck in the Middle

Jan 17, 2012
UC Berkeley is the first in the UC system to announce a financial aid program to assist middle class students — a promising plan that is too ambitious to implement UC-wide at this time. By Chelsey Davis • Staff Writer


Shit Girls Say: Is it Seriously Over Already?

Jan 17, 2012
It’s always a gloomy day when a beloved Internet meme reaches its peak of overexposure. We know the drill by now: in exchange for roughly five days of reliable entertainment, the almighty web promises a million laughless Twitter imitators (“Single Twink Problems,” “White Girl Problems”) and at least as many illiterate YouTube comments, which always seem precisely worded to forecast the fall of mankind. 

Untangling the Mess of a Costly Ultimatum

Jan 12, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown has basically given California voters an ultimatum in an attempt to shore up the 2012-13 state budget. Either we approve his proposed five-year $35 billion tax increase in the coming November elections, or California public school funding will get cut — in the form of a $4.8 billion slash to a strained education system. 

The Fine Print

Jan 9, 2012
New state employment laws make it more costly for businesses to hire and operate in California — leaving fewer job opportunities for job seekers and the unemployed.

D-I Athletics: A Lasting Investment

Dec 1, 2011
UCSD athletics is growing out of its Division II standing — prompting the question of whether students are willing to fund a movement to Division I.