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 UCSD under the assumption that the combination of my scholarship, which gives a yearly honorarium of up to $8,000, and need-based financial aid would leave me debt-free by the […]
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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 buying that Hydro Flask they had been eyeing all quarter. For Virgil, a student working in the Bookstore’s marketing department, it was business as usual. Even as the number […]
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P/NP Deadline Moved to End of Finals Week
Editor’s Note: This article is breaking and will be updated as more information becomes available. UC San Diego’s Academic Senate announced this morning that it will be moving the deadline to select the Pass/No Pass (P/NP) grade option from the end of Week 10 to the end of Finals Week. The deadline change follows calls […]
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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. Premiering at the Long Beach Opera on June 15, 2019, the opera tells the powerful story of The Central Park Five, a group of African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly […]
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Sigma Chi to Remain Deregistered Until June 2022
Content warning: sexual harassment The UCSD chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity has been deregistered until June 2022 based on preliminary findings from the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD) and the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) investigations. After June 2022, the fraternity will enter a two-year probationary period. The Office of […]
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2020 ASUCSD Election Results: AS Enters a BOLD New Era
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Election Committee announced the final 2020 election results on Friday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom webinar. This year’s election had a total voter turnout of 21.37%, up from last year’s 17.52%. Two candidates ran for each executive ASUCSD position: president, vice president of campus affairs […]
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UC Regents Vote to Phase Out SAT/ACT College Admissions Requirement
The University of California (UC) Regents voted unanimously to phase out the SAT and ACT test requirements for its college admissions process during their May 21 meeting. UC President Janet Napolitanto initially proposed the change to phase out SAT and ACT standardized testing requirements over the next five years. Since the proposal was passed, the […]
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ASUCSD Reallocates $1 Million to COVID-19 Relief Grants
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Senate approved a proposal to reallocate approximately $1 million of their funds to COVID-19 relief aid during their meeting on May 20. Created and sponsored by the AS Executive Board, the bill intends to financially support students severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by redistributing $1 million […]
Posted inAS Elections 2020 - Editorial, Editorial, Opinion
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 to add this student fee to fund mental health services and programs on campus. If the referendum passes, an additional student fee will be added to fund mental health […]
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EDITORIAL: 2020 Campus Elections Endorsements
The Triton‘s Editorial Board recognizes its role as a student-run newspaper to hold elected officials accountable to students. Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) oversees around $6 million in student fees, which are used to promote student-focused initiatives. The Triton’s Editorial Board evaluated all candidates for executive office based on individual interviews and public […]