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NEWS
UCSD Music Professor Anthony Davis Wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize
UC San Diego Music Professor Anthony Davis was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera titled The Central Park Five on May 4. …...
Sigma Chi to Remain Deregistered Until June 2022
Content warning: sexual harassment The UCSD chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity has been...
2020 ASUCSD Election Results: AS Enters a BOLD New Era
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Election Committee announced the final...
UC Regents Vote to Phase Out SAT/ACT College Admissions Requirement
The University of California (UC) Regents voted unanimously to phase out the SAT and ACT...
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Vote ‘Yes’ on the CAPS Fee Referendum
The Triton endorses a ‘yes’ vote on the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Fee Referendum. In this year’s ASUCSD election, the student body will be voting …...
AS Endorsements 2020: Vote Alisha Saxena For AS VP External
The Triton’s Editorial Board endorses BOLD vice president of external affairs (VPEA)...
AS Endorsements 2020: Vote Samuel J.W. Fleet For AS VP Campus Affairs
The Triton’s Editorial Board endorses Forward! vice president of campus affairs (VPCA)...
The Triton Will Not Endorse A 2020 ASUCSD Presidential Candidate
The Triton’s Editorial Board will not be endorsing a presidential candidate in the 2020...
THE CONCH
Dear The Triton, Please Abdicate Your Moral Authority Like Other Campus Publications
Dear The Triton, I, your lowly former opinion editor, saw a submission in another (more incredible) campus publication today, and it got me thinking about ways …
Introverted First Year Accidentally Joins Every Club on Library Walk
Andrew Nguyen, an introverted first year in Sixth College, along with his suitemates, were invited to meet the members of the Hypebeasts Club during Week 1. …
Khosla Got This Bread So You Don’t Have To
Chancellor Pradeep Khosla was spotted stapling pieces of bread to the Eucalyptus trees in Warren Mall. Ever in touch with the youth, Khosla said, “I keep …
ARTS AND CULTURE
UCSD Music Professor Anthony Davis Wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize
UC San Diego Music Professor Anthony Davis was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his opera titled The Central Park Five on May 4. …...
Campus Life During A Pandemic
“I used to have 131 residents in my building. Now only five or six have stuck around…...
The Triton’s Quarantine Recommendations
If you’re bored staying inside all day, The Triton has you covered. Here are a few...
COVID-19 is not the Senior Send-Off We Deserve
Only a couple of weeks ago, I was excited by the potential of my last spring quarter at...
FEATURES
The #MeToo Era: Challenges in Reporting Sexual Assault at UC San Diego
Content Warning: This article mentions sexual assault UC San Diego joined universities from all over the nation in honoring the 2019 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). …
Beyond a Life in the Red
Content warning: This article discusses suicide. I. A student took his life last June. All that I could find was a traffic report noting that the …
Submission: The Soul-Crushing Society that Produces Soul-Crushing Student Essays
In a New York Times opinion piece titled “The Soul-Crushing Student Essay”, Scott Korb, the director of first-year writing at the New School, bemoans student essays …
Coronavirus Updates
ASUCSD Reallocates $1 Million to COVID-19 Relief Grants
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Senate approved a proposal to reallocate approximately $1 million of their funds to COVID-19 relief aid during their …
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