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The Guardian
“You can pay for a big a– mansion, but you can’t pay for an AC unit in our dorms,” third-year student Rigoberto Sanchez Mejia said in an interview with The UCSD Guardian, criticizing Chancellor Pradeep Khosla over university spending priorities during a record-breaking heat wave. Students were left to suffer in their dorms after a...
The Guardian
In 2010, Melanie Chen Cole walked into La Jolla Playhouse with no theater experience besides growing up playing piano. She had one question: Could she learn sound design? “‘I don’t know anything about theater; I’m a music major, but I’m really interested in learning, so what can I learn from you?’” Cole recalled asking a...
The Guardian
Leonardo Espinoza, a fifth-year aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego, didn’t expect to be selected for the International Astronautical Federation’s Emerging Space Leaders Grant Programme. After applying twice without success, Espinoza was chosen as one of the 40 individuals from across the world to be a part of the 2026 cohort and participat
The Guardian
During the 2024-25 academic year, UC San Diego’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life employed community specialists to attend campus protests and rallies at UC San Diego — asking them to pose as students — according to records the Students’ Civil Liberties Union, San Diego provided to The UCSD Guardian....
The Guardian
Editor’s note: Partial anonymity was granted to attendees by request due to safety concerns. More than 50 students, many masked in traditional Palestinian keffiyehs, marched from Silent Tree through Price Center last Wednesday for a rally led by Students for Justice in Palestine at San Diego. The rally memorialized Oct. 7, 2023: the day the...
The Guardian
On Sept. 14, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling for greater local control over the deployment of autonomous vehicles in San Diego, including driverless robotaxis such as Waymos. Introduced by council members Sean Elo-Rivera and Marni von Wilpert, the resolution urges the California state legislature and Gov. Gavin Newso
The Guardian
Over the past weeks, small green flyers have popped up all over the UC San Diego campus, covering signposts, light poles and bulletin boards. All of them boast the vague yet promising tagline: “Travel With Purpose.” The flyers advertise Growth International Volunteer Excursions, an organization that promises students the opportunity to spend their spring bre
The Guardian
Christa Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for the torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, but three decades later, Tennessee still hasn’t carried out her sentence. On Sept. 30, 2026, Pike underwent two failed executions using the lethal drug pentobarbital. Despite receiving two doses, Pike remained alive and had to be taken to...
The Guardian
Meg Wesling This UC San Diego literature associate professor thinks it is due time for all of our stories to unapologetically take up more space. Meg Wesling is an affiliate of the critical gender studies program and is currently leading a study on Taylor Swift’s cultural impact. She picked out “Sula” by Toni Morrison and...
The Guardian
With fall underway, I have been flipping through countless playlists to accompany windy walks to new classes. “The light in the painting” from Lizzy McAlpine’s latest album, “Angel,” is the perfect accompaniment for a chilly bus ride over UCSD’s winding roads. Even though I am not a habitual Lizzy listener, this song appealed to both...
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