When discussing inefficient bureaucratic systems, an often overlooked example is the web of shelters and rescues that encompass the pet adoption process. From lack of standardization and clarity to the...

Join Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier and Opinion Editor Chris Robertson who come up with unhinged takes on this week’s news and the published works of the opinion section of the UCSD Guardian. This...

In the 1960s, the University of California was, at least on paper, dedicated to remaining tuition-free. Now tuition is at $12,630 system-wide and rising. What happened? Tax reforms in the 1970s, such...

“Tenuous” is the only word to describe the relationship feminism has had with its transgender followers. In the ‘70s, feminists first found themselves debating how trans people, trans women especially,...

As of Jan. 1, 2018, marijuana is officially legal for recreational use in California for individuals age 21 and over. Does that mean we’ll be taking hits with our professors right outside of lectures...

UC San Diego provides its students a four-year plan, and most freshmen go into college thinking they'll follow it. They're wrong. At UCSD, the number of academic credits one has determines their enrollment...

Throughout our years at UC San Diego, we all have or will encounter coursework that falls under the category of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. However, what many of us do not know is that DEI was originally...

Join Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier and Opinion Associate Editor Chris Robertson who come up with unhinged takes on this week's news and the published works of the opinion section of the UCSD Guardian....

Dear Editor: I am writing to you and your readers in the hope that I might be able to be a little helpful and supportive.  When I was a 25 year-old college student back in the 1970s, I was very badly...

Starting in Fall 2018, students will no longer be able to drop a class with a W by the end of Week 9. Instead, dropping a class after Week 6 will result in an F — instead of a W. Does this change incentivize...

Everyone has seen some joke on social media depicting ‘college student struggles,’ and many of these jokes revolve around students’ inability to acquire nutritious food. However, these jokes underline...

In November 2016, an outbreak of hepatitis A began to wreak havoc on San Diego, continuing to affect hundreds in the city to this day. Since the disease is transmitted through human feces and thus unsanitary...