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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

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Desk-usting

Gavin D’Elia Feb 12, 2018

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. The students who pack up five minutes before class ends. They’re...

Victimhood Is Not Black & White

Victimhood Is Not Black & White

Rivka Gershovich Feb 12, 2018

Going to the library I saw a girl gathering signatures to ban the Woody Allen film class at UC San Diego since his daughter Dylan Farrow accused him of pedophilia. I disagreed with the petition so I have...

Standing Behind Student Unions

Standing Behind Student Unions

Adriana Barrios Feb 6, 2018

From Cesar Chavez to Clara Lemlich, to Samuel Gompers, to that one TA in Math 10B, a labor organization isn’t just a couple of pages in a history book, it is a living, breathing force of change that...

Russian to Criticize Russian Culture

Russian to Criticize Russian Culture

Rivka Gershovich Feb 6, 2018

Some Americans believe that international cooperation is a discussion between Americans and the rest of the world, so it stands to reason that everyone should be well-versed in American discourses. Otherwise,...

Progressing Toward Progressivism

Progressing Toward Progressivism

Jacob Sutherland Jan 30, 2018

Californian coastal politics south of Los Angeles have generally been regarded as nothing but conservative. However, this trend appears to be changing at an excitingly fast pace. On January 10th, 2018,...

Selling a Message, not Pussyhats

Selling a Message, not Pussyhats

Clarisse Vazquez Jan 30, 2018

With pink pussyhats warming their heads, and retribution filling their hearts, hundreds upon thousands of feminists across the United States began their march on a brisk winter morning for the second annual...

A Filtered Image of UC San Diego

A Filtered Image of UC San Diego

Clarisse Vazquez Jan 22, 2018

An octopus wrapping its tentacle around a cliff, a cheese wheel rolling through Revelle College, and a fish swimming through study rooms might seem like random and dissimilar images, but it is how UC San...

Statistics vs. Propaganda

Statistics vs. Propaganda

Rivka Gershovich Jan 16, 2018

Living in Russia, I saw all political conversations as futile. Historical parallels and literary examples, along with some common-sense observations, are used in Russia as a primary basis for political...