The Point Guardian: Episode 17 - What will happen in the Conference Finals?
Unhinged: Episode 9 - What has Sun God become and killing motorcyclist for organs
The Point Guardian: Episode 16 - Assessing the Conference Semi-finals after two games
The Point Guardian: Episode 15 - Looking back on the First Round, Looking ahead to the SecondThe Point Guardian: Episode 15 - Looking back on the First Round, Looking ahead to the Second
The Point Guardian: Episode 14 - Early Playoff Reactions
The Point Guardian: Episode 13 - One week to go till the playoffs
The Point Guardian: Episode 12 - Post All Star Game check-in
Unhinged: Episode 8 - Fixing AS
Episode 11 - NCAA Scandal, Playoff Reform and 30 more games to go
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they discuss the fallout of the NBA All-Star Game, the NCAA scandal, playoff reform, the second half of the season and this week’s marquee games.
Unhinged: Episode 7 - Carbon Footprint, Revisionist History and Media Platform for Hate Speech
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. This week, UC San Diego's Carbon Footprint, how Revisionist History affects our relationship with Neo-Nazis and the platform that media entities give to hate speech.
The Point Guardian: Episode 10 - Trade Deadline Rundown and Lakers' Future Prospects
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they react to the trade deadline, talk about the Cavs blowup and the next step for the Lakers, and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 9 - Trades and Injuries Galore
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they examine the several injuries and trades that reshape the league's near future landscape and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 8 - What does it mean to be an All Star and the state of the Warriors
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they examine the released All Star game rosters, how the Warriors would be doing without Steph and go into a free flowing conversation of where the NBA is at midseason.
The Point Guardian: Episode 6 - Underrated Players and Lakers and Bulls updates
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they take on the Lakers and the Bulls trending in different directions, catch up on some headlines from over winter break and list some underrated NBA players in today's NBA.
The Point Guardian: Episode 7 - A week of fighting and drafting the All Star Starters
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they go over a week's worth of NBA fights, draft their own All Star Game starters from the announced selections and preview this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 5 – Is Billy Donovan a good coach and Fizdale the Fall Guy
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they discuss the Thunder’s coaching woes, the Grizzlies’ coaching decision, Paul George vs. Jimmy Butler in a vacuum, Chicago’s race for the bottom, and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 3 – The Lakers are “Relevant”, the Wolves suffer and ChiTown updates
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they discuss the fate of the Timberwolves, if Michael Jordan is coming out of retirement to play for the Hornets, what will become of the Bucks with Bledsoe and of the Thunder, and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 4 – Is Detroit or Orlando actually good… and the Pelicans experiment
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they examine the teams that are being less talked about, like Detroit and the Magic, how the NBA is slowly coming back to order, which players are on the Pelicans’ roster outside of Boogie and Davis (Jameer Nelson, really?), and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 2 – The Celtics are the class of the East, the Cavs are in trouble
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they take on the Lakers and Bulls, as well as a deep conversation on the Cavs and Celtics, the underwhelming Thunder, whether the Rockets are better without Paul, and this week’s marquee games.
The Point Guardian: Episode 1 – Early Season Reactions
Join our Managing Editor Marcus Thuillier, Sports Editors Alex Wu and Richard Lu and Data Visualization Editor Miguel Sheker as they discuss the NBA actuality on a weekly basis. This week, they take on the Lakers’, Warriors’ and Bulls’ early season, as well as the surprises so far, if the Orlando Magic is for real, Eric Bledsoe’s trade destination and this week’s marquee games.
Unhinged: Episode 6 - Russian Culture, Immigrant Integration and Student Unions
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. This week, Cultural Appropriation, Cultural elements of immigrant integration and why don't students have unions yet?
Unhinged: Episode 5 - State I.D.s, the deceiving nature of photography and inaccessible CS course
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. This week, State I.D.s and how difficult it is to procure them, how UCSD uses photography to show just its good side and a critique of a system that favorites CS students while letting everybody else struggle.
Unhinged: Episode 4 - "Numbers don't lie", Putin Propaganda and Adopting Dogs
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. This week, admission numbers versus application numbers,
Statistics and propaganda in the Putin/Trump era and the complicated system surrounding dog adoptions.
Unhinged: Episode 3 - Tuition Hikes, Trans Feminism and Weed Consumption on Campus
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 week, fighting the tuition hike, trans women's place in feminism and reflecting on the use of weed on campus, after its legalization in California.
Unhinged: Episode 2 - AP Credit, DEI validity and walk on the right damn side of the road
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. This week, AP Credit and how they count towards your enrollment time, rethinking how the DEI requirement should be applied and taught and examining why people could possibly consider that walking on the left side of the road is an acceptable piece of behavior (and other intricacies of sidewalk etiquette).
Unhinged: Episode 1 – Food Insecurity, Drop Deadline and Data Driven Charities
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. This week, Food Insecurity and Basic Needs Hub on campus, the Drop Deadline moving to week 6 and how charities should use Data to determine efficient ways of utilizing resources.
Breaking: The Fairbanks Coffee Cart inside the Social Sciences Building appears to have caught on fire. Police responded to the scene, and it looks to have been extinguished. They are now blocking off the building.
Protesters take the court at halftime carrying #UCNoDAPL signs. Protest ended over 10 minutes later.