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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

Responding to Hope

Responding to Hope

Jan 29, 2017

Faced with the cold of winter and the force of water cannons, thousands of protesters at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation camped out for months in an attempt to reject a reroute of the Dakota Access Pipeline...

Photo by Kenneth Schrupp

Quick Takes: Smoking on Campus

Jan 25, 2017

UCSD Ought to Enforce Constructive Anti-Smoking Regulations Campus-Wide to Ensure Student Wellbeing At many universities, including the UC system, smoking on campus has remained strictly prohibited. Although...

Illustration by Christina Carlson

One Team’s Fate the Decision of Many

Jan 23, 2017

Chargers fans were devastated to learn that their beloved football team would no longer be in San Diego as of Jan. 12, 2017. Following the failure of Ballot Measure C which would increase hotel tax rates...

Education for Whom?

Education for Whom?

Jan 17, 2017

Among the climate change denier and Goldman Sachs executive, Donald Trump’s future cabinet has been marred by inexperience and old money. Such is true for Betsy DeVos, the future Secretary of Education,...

UC Workers Deserve Livable Wage

UC Workers Deserve Livable Wage

Jan 17, 2017

Last Tuesday, Teamsters Local 2010 members of the CX-Unit (clerical, administrative and related classifications) organized a strike to protest the numerous unfair labor practices and violations of state...

Quick Takes: Journalistic Role in Coverage of Trump

Quick Takes: Journalistic Role in Coverage of Trump

Jan 17, 2017

Coverage of Trump’s Deragatory Tweets as News Normalizes Unprofessionalism In late 2015, before Donald Trump was taken seriously as either a legitimate presidential candidate or a potential threat, the...

Quick Takes: Laptops in Lectures

Quick Takes: Laptops in Lectures

Jan 11, 2017

By Prohibiting Laptop Usage in Lectures, Professors Encourage to Focus First and Foremost on What Matters: Content Banning laptops is a simple, yet effective, solution to the problem of student distraction...

Admit It, Gasoline Smells Good

Admit It, Gasoline Smells Good

Samuel Velazquez Dec 21, 2016

The crisp morning dew, the smoke from a fresh fixin’ of brisket, the cleansing scent of Tide: There are many sweet smells in this world, my friends, but the sweetest is that of Texas Tea – gasoline....