Opinion
Has this ever happened to you? Something about UC San Diego frustrates you to no end and you feel like standing on a (metaphorical) platform and proclaiming: Hey, all of us should care!!! Well, look no further than our Opinion section, where you’ll be doing just that … just, a little more eloquently, using pointed articles.
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 Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and Rayshard Brooks should …
Safe Spaces For Black Students Should Be Protected
If the university claims to stand with Black students and hear us, they would commit more than empty promises in their emails and newsletters. Instead, they …
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 Center’s advisory board. Last year, when I visited the Center’s inaugural event in …
Students and Faculty, Let The Triton Be Your Platform
What makes you angry? How are you responding to George Floyd’s murder? Are you participating in protests? What has your experience been like at UCSD? The …
A Letter to the Community from the Editor-in-Chief of The Triton
Dear UC San Diego Community, It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you, especially during a pandemic and national uncertainty. Since …
Submission: Losing Financial Aid During a Pandemic
As a bright-eyed, 17-year-old high school graduate, I was immensely proud of my achievements that led to UCSD granting me the prestigious Regents Scholarship. I entered …
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) candidate Alisha Saxena in the 2020 Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Election. …
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) candidate Samuel J.W. Fleet for the 2020 Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) …
