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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

Selecting Diversity

Selecting Diversity

Guardian Staff Jan 20, 2016

Once again, UCSD has received a record-breaking number of freshman and transfer applications. This hardly comes as a surprise. An increase in applications is always anticipated. According to KPBS, we received...

Who Drives Your Car?

Alexander Chen Jan 20, 2016

With all the hype of self-driving cars, from Google’s cars to Tesla’s new autopilot feature, the journey of self-driving cars becoming accessible to the public is going to be a bumpy ride. Elon Musk,...

Exploiting the American Dream

Exploiting the American Dream

Emily Collins Jan 18, 2016

 Imagine a quick stop for gas after a long, stressful day. This leads you to make a decision on a whim to buy a lottery ticket, and a few days later that whim wins you $1.5 billion. It sounds almost too...

How-To Guru: Win the Powerball

How-To Guru: Win the Powerball

Guardian Staff Jan 18, 2016

Now that the rain has dried up and the sun has come back out from under its blanket of clouds, it’s time to emerge and refresh our brains with rational, intelligent thinking. Therefore, this week the...

Quick-Takes: Obama’s Executive Order

Guardian Staff Jan 18, 2016

Amid a gridlocked congress and increasing amount of gun violence, President Obama’s recent executive order called for stricter background checks for purchasing and selling guns. By Issuing Executive...

El Nino Casually Strolls into Class

El Nino Casually Strolls into Class

Guardian Staff Jan 13, 2016

Last week’s storm left many out in the cold — literally. Despite news of the impending storm and continued hopes for an El Nino season to quench the drought, the UCSD administration left us unprepared....

How-To Guru: Surviving El Nino

Guardian Staff Jan 10, 2016

This is it folks. This year’s Monster El Niño has finally hit! The incessant ringing of flash flood and tornado warnings on everyone’s phones are causing panic and chaos all over Southern California....

Exploitative Alliances

Exploitative Alliances

Ayat Amin Jan 10, 2016

The United States has been supporting a country, that, at its core, is contradictory to everything America stands for. Saudi Arabia is not free, democratic or equal to its citizens, three qualities that...

Quick Takes: Milking Franchises

Guardian Staff Jan 10, 2016

The Seventh installment of star wars “The Force Awakens” reminds audiences that milking franchises remains at the heart of film industries--is originality and creativity compromised? The Commercialization...