The Palestinian Voice Through Poetry Orelia Oiknine, News Editor for The Triton In light of the Israel-Hamas War beginning on October 7, 2023, and the dissolution of UC San Diego’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment on May 6, 2024, many faculty members and students have felt silenced and disempowered by UCSD’s administration. As such, professors Gary Fields […]
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UCSD AS Legislation Updates
During the Fall Quarter of 2024, UCSD Associated Students (AS) saw nine bills come before its senate. In this article, The Triton will give a brief overview of each bill. Coverage of AS bills will be ongoing from this point on, and this article will be updated as the Senate meets on bills. Resolution on […]
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Students Mourn For Los Angeles in the Midst of Wildfires
Los Angeles Wildfires Continue to Ravage Eaton Canyon and the Palisades On January 7, 2025, ongoing wildfires erupted in the Eaton Canyon and Palisades areas of Los Angeles. The cause of these wildfires remains unknown, as firefighters continue to combat the blazes among harsh Santa Ana Winds. Natural causes and arson are both causes being […]
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Live Updates: Timely Warnings
The Triton will now be providing live updates on UCSD Timely Warnings here. Timely Warning of Sexual Battery – May 28, 2025 On May 28, 2025, at 7:35 P.M., UCSD released a Timely Warning of Sexual Battery stating that at 5:32 P.M. on May 28, 2025, UCSDPD received reports from two separate women that a […]
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GNX: A Homage and Revival of the Rap Genre
Two years since the release of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar has released his sixth studio album, GNX. It is for the culture, which is exactly what the 37-year-old rapper has been promoting since late April With numerous underground LA rappers, Lamar revives the West Coast sound with a mix of G-funk, […]
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Mona Awad Stuns at The Loft
On November 20, 2024, at The Loft, The New Writing Series welcomed the most recent reader for the program, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Mona Awad. Her works include Bunny, a surrealist horror novel about a girl named Samantha. She navigates her time in a competitive MFA program with a nauseatingly close clique of […]
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AFSCME Local 3299 Initiates Unfair Labor Practices Strike Across UC
On November 20, 2024, at 12:00 A.M., the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees(AFSCME) Local 3299, a union which represents over 37,000 UC service workers, patient care technical workers, and skilled craft workers, began an Unfair Labor Practices(ULP) strike across all UC campuses. The strike is set to end November 21, at 11:59 […]
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Cut to State Funding of UC System Causes Changes in Geisel Services
On September 19, UC San Diego announced changes to library services beginning September 23 in a campus notice to academics, students, and staff due to budget cuts. The library’s UCSD-provided budget was cut by 8% this year, meaning a $3.3 million budget cut. According to the library’s 2022-23 Annual Impact Report, last fiscal year’s expenditures […]
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UCSD’s First Professor of Practice Faces Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
UC San Diego’s first ‘Professor of Practice’ and former County Supervisor, Nathan Fletcher, has been accused of sexual harassment of a student. Professor of Urban Studies, Juli Beth Hinds, claims that one of her students confided allegations of sexual harassment while the student was working for him. Hinds alleges, in a lawsuit being brought against […]
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Live Updates: Unidentified Death in Geisel Library
Wednesday, November 6, 1:50 P.M. Update On Nov. 6 at approximately 11:35 A.M., an unidentified person fell to their death from the eighth-floor stairwell of Geisel Library. Later at 12:50 P.M., several UCPD officers along with library employees closed the library early and ushered patrons outside. Four UCPD cars were parked outside the silent tree […]