The Heuristic Squelch is a satirical magazine published three to four times per semester by students at UC Berkeley.
The magazine distributes approximately 66,000 copies total each year in the Berkeley area as well as other parts of the state through a small subscription service.
[1] Though the paper was founded as an official ASUC-sponsored group in 1991, it lost that status in 1995 and was reformed in 1997.
[1] The magazine won an award in 1999 from Rolling Stone for best college humor website.
ASUC political party, most of whose candidates are drawn from the writers and editors of the Heuristic Squelch.