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Staff Op-Eds
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 …
Labs Need to Step Up, A Call for Undergraduate Research Reform
Everyone wants to make their resume as strong as possible—at a STEM dominated school like UCSD, this means many undergraduates want to get experience working in …
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 UC San Diego. After spending all of Winter …
UCSD Needs to Standardize Podcasts Forever, Not Just for Spring Quarter
Amidst fears of COVID-19, UC San Diego has requested that professors podcast starting Spring Quarter 2020. However, it should not have taken an epidemic to temporarily …
COVID-19: Thoughts and Concerns from a Chinese Student
If you are in one of UC San Diego’s meme Facebook groups, you may have seen this meme and other jokes about COVID-19, a type of …
Fractured Experience: A Student Body Divided into Six Colleges
UC San Diego has not only made it harder for students to organize and gather but has also restricted students from getting the full college experience. …
Community Op-Eds
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 …
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 …
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 …
SUBMISSION: A Letter from a Victim in Response to the IFC’s Decision to Slate Two Members of Sigma Chi
Editor’s Note: The Triton granted anonymity to this writer because the case is still ongoing and any details made public about her case, her identity, and …
Submission: Open Letter to the Leadership of The San Diego Union-Tribune
This letter comes from a place of compassion and desire to see this great city’s newspaper thrive in these trying times. There are proactive steps we …
Editorials
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,...
EDITORIAL: Vote ‘Yes’ on the CAPS Fee Referendum
The Triton endorses a ‘yes’ vote on the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)...
AS Endorsements 2020: Vote Alisha Saxena For AS VP External
The Triton’s Editorial Board endorses BOLD vice president of external affairs (VPEA)...
Coronavirus Updates
COVID Cases on Campus Fall After Initial Surge, Testing Efforts Increase
The number of UC San Diego students testing positive for COVID-19 has fallen since the beginning of winter quarter, after an initial surge in infections among …
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