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NEWS
Students and Staff Push to Rename Muir College
Students, faculty, and staff at UC San Diego are pushing to rename John Muir College in response to Muir’s history of racism. According to Muir College …...
Return to Learn draws criticism as UCSD reveals 47 tested Positive for COVID-19 since April
According to UCSD’s latest testing dashboard, at least 47 students and 21 campus...
Black Student Union Releases Demands to UCSD
On June 22, the Black Student Union (BSU) released a statement of demands to UCSD that...
ICE Reverses Policy that would Force International Students to Leave the US
At a federal hearing this morning, the Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration...
Opinion
Submission: I harmed myself. Why did UCPD show up at my door?
Content Warning: This article concerns personal experience and narrative of self-harm, anxiety, and depression. It was the day before move-in began. I sat at my dining …...
Submission: Justice, then Peace
The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black communities and the murders of George...
Safe Spaces For Black Students Should Be Protected
If the university claims to stand with Black students and hear us, they would commit more...
Submission: Remove Bret Stephens from the UC Free Speech Center Board
Bret Stephens is unfit to serve on the University of California’s Free Speech...
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
COVID-19 hits student workers hard: ‘’It took away my only source of income”
Just ten weeks ago, the UC San Diego bookstore was bustling with activity. The store was filled with students grabbing scantrons, picking up extra pencils, and …
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 …
Coronavirus Updates
Return to Learn draws criticism as UCSD reveals 47 tested Positive for COVID-19 since April
According to UCSD’s latest testing dashboard, at least 47 students and 21 campus employees have tested positive for COVID-19. This tally includes tests beginning April 3 …
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