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UC San Diego's independent student newspaper since 1967

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

Standardize Syllabi

Standardize Syllabi

Benjamin Liou Jan 30, 2023

Syllabi should be standardized to help students focus on learning and not logistics. When students enter the job market, they are expected to have a resume. Machines and HR staff then filter through...

Balancing Binaries

Balancing Binaries

Erik Wieboldt Jan 23, 2023

There is a basic human instinct to separate oneself from others. You are yourself. Others are others. As you grow in a community with people with similar backgrounds, there is a tendency to “other”...

The Circus is Over, It’s Time to Govern

The Circus is Over, It’s Time to Govern

Sparky Mitra Jan 16, 2023

Following the chaotic speakership nomination and election of Representative Kevin McCarthy, many liberals threw their hands up as the world feasted its eyes with relentless C-SPAN coverage of dysfunctional...

California's Hypocrisy Problem

California’s Hypocrisy Problem

Ishir Talapatra Jan 16, 2023

California has earned its reputation as the left-wing bastion of America. Having voted for the Democratic nominee in every presidential election since 1992, the California Democratic Party now holds the...

Only While the Alliance Lives

Only While the Alliance Lives

Sparky Mitra Jan 9, 2023

Can the oppressed counter the oppressor… Clashes like the one started and exacerbated by Ye West and his dangerously antisemitic dictums as of late continue to threaten the racialized Jewish community....

Academic Strike and A Call to My Undergrads 

Academic Strike and A Call to My Undergrads 

Emily Ito Nov 20, 2022

During the month of November, I began to hear rumblings of an academic strike by our graduate student workers. By the second week of the month, the rumors were confirmed: a strike was impending, and many...

Bibi’s Back 

Bibi’s Back 

Ishir Talapatra Nov 14, 2022

“You better damn well report to Bibi that we’re still buddies.” Addressing the Jewish Federations of North America in November 2014, then-Vice President Joe Biden was stuck between a rock and...

Follow Apollo

Follow Apollo

Erik Wieboldt Nov 14, 2022

Here’s a controversial take: Representation matters. Omar Apollo puts this on full display as he has come to embody the voice of a generation of young, queer, and latine folx. His first full album “Ivory,”...