The UCSD Guardian

How-To Guru: Win Back Funding

Guardian Staff • Nov 22, 2015

It’s been one of those long, weird weeks where the student government suddenly decides to drop all its financial support for print media on campus. To be clear, the all-knowing How-To Guru does not take...

How We Mourn

Guardian Staff • Nov 22, 2015

The Lebanese doctor Elie Fares recently wrote in a blog post: “Their death was but an irrelevant fleck along the international news cycle, something that happens in those parts of the world.” This...

The Million Student March Tackled Too Many Issues at Once

Nov 18, 2015

The Million Student March at UCSD was more like the Mini Student March. The event, which took place Nov. 12, was a dismal attempt to resuscitate our apparently apathetic campus culture. However, it may...

The Black Sheep of Child Marriages

Marcus Thuillier • Nov 18, 2015

The United States is absolutely terrible when it comes to establishing laws on child marriage. In a country that comes down hard on statutory rape and labels many people as sex offenders, the lax approach...

Over Crowded

Nov 18, 2015

The UC Board of Regents recently unveiled a proposal to admit 10,000 more residents of California into the UC schools. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university will admit 5,000 more Californians....

How-To Guru: Defeat the Aliens

Guardian Staff • Nov 15, 2015

While looking at the starry sky a fortnight ago, some of us were treated to an extra special streak of lights. The official story shepherded us into believing this event was the work of a routine missile...

Drone Invasion

Guardian Staff • Nov 15, 2015

Drones. They may sound like flying lawnmowers, but drones are becoming more prevalent within society, to the degree where they can no longer be ignored. CBS News reported, “According to the Federal...

Quick Takes: Million Student March

Guardian Staff • Nov 15, 2015

In light of the Million Student March, we considered the plans of various politicians regarding student debt. Is the possibility of universally free education a feasible plan? The Privilege of Higher...

Girl, Interrupted: Are Gamer Girls Real Or Just a Fantasy?

Guardian Staff • Nov 10, 2015

“You play like a dude!” That’s not exactly a commonly heard insult in the video game industry. Buzzfeed’s satirical video, “If Gamer Girls Acted Like Gamer Guys,” parodies the stark contrast...

How to Reform San Diego, a Hub of Human Sex Trafficking

Nov 10, 2015

Though sex trafficking is a rarely discussed problem because it seems like a third-world issue, far removed from where we are or anyone we know, it’s actually not as distant as we may think. Here are...

Race-Blind Admissions

Nov 10, 2015

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How-To Guru: Spread the Flu

Guardian Staff • Nov 8, 2015

It’s the middle of flu season, and you’ve been living your life on the wild side. You biked through that sneeze cloud like it was nobody’s business, you hugged that friend right after they coughed...