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NEWS
2021 Elections Results: AS Seeks to REVIVE Student Life
The Associated Student at UCSD (ASUCSD) Election Committee announced results of college council and campus-wide elections Friday, April 9 via Zoom. Voter turnout this election cycle …...
Systemwide Data Breach Poses Threat to Students’ Personal Information
The University of California released a statement on March 31 stating they were impacted...
Meet the AS Candidates: Voting Ends April 9th
Campus-wide elections for Associated Students at UC San Diego (ASUCSD) began on Monday,...
UCSD Police and CAPS To Launch New Mental Health Emergency Response Team
UC San Diego announced on January 28 that they would pilot a Psychiatric Emergency...
Opinion
The Sauce: “Say It Loud: I’m Black & I’m Proud!”
Hey, my loves and happy Black History Month! It’s February again and although this Black History Month might look a little different since we’re stuck inside, …...
Ellamentally Yours: Spirituality, Medication, and The Mind
Dear Reader, I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions because I pretty...
Ellamentally Yours: The Journey to Self-Love
content warning: suicide, self harm, substance abuse Dear Reader, January was always an...
Ellamentally Yours: Setting Boundaries with Others and Myself
Dear Reader, Honestly, 2020 was a crazy year, but it gave me the opportunity to reflect....
ARTS AND CULTURE
What Makes Seventh College’s New Writing Course Different?
The end of Winter Quarter marks the first completed course of Synthesis 1 for 320 Seventh College students, UC San Diego’s newest college’s writing sequence, called …...
New Target Opens on Campus
Now that the long anticipated on-campus Target is a few weeks old, we can begin to see...
Groundworks Books becomes first Co-Op to Reopen since March
Groundworks Bookstore reopened its doors on October 26 for the first time since March....
Movies to Stream while you’re Stuck at Home
With theaters being closed by the pandemic, streaming services have allowed for new...
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 …
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 …
Coronavirus Updates
UCSD Developing Face Masks which can Detect the Coronavirus
UC San Diego is developing a face mask with a sensor attached that can detect the novel coronavirus. The mask will consist of a test strip …
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