United States Secretary of Education Betsy De Vos’ proposed rule changes to Title IX, the federal policy on sexual misconduct, cleared the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on March 27. If passed, the changes would force the UC system to overhaul its current sexual misconduct investigation procedures. The proposed changes mandate a live court-style […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
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 a lab. Even though UCSD boasts high quality student research opportunities, STEM students are poorly compensated for competitive and time-intensive positions. Furthermore, low wages exclude students who cannot afford […]
Posted inAS Elections 2020 - News, Campus, News, Student Government
College Council Elections Begin, Campus-wide Elections Postponed to Week 8
Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) spring elections have been delayed to May 18, six weeks after the original scheduled date of April 6, in response to campus measures focused on mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Originally, ASUCSD elections were set to be held during Week 2 of Spring Quarter 2020 as prescribed in […]
Posted inAS Elections 2020 - News, Campus, News, Student Government
2020 ASUCSD Elections Delayed Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) approved a new constitutional amendment to its election procedures during its March 11 meeting, giving the Senate the ability to form an emergency committee that can implement temporary changes to the election code for campus-wide ASUCSD elections. The amendment was ratified by the minimum four out of six […]
Posted inCampus, Coronavirus, News
Uncertainty Surrounds UCSD Commencement Ceremony in Wake of COVID-19
According to the UC San Diego commencement website, the weekend of June 13 and 14 is still scheduled for graduation festivities, including the 2020 All-Campus Commencement Ceremony. However, the website also warns that plans may change as the COVID-19 pandemic develops, and states that participating students and faculty will be notified via email if plans […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed, Student Life
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 Quarter 2020 studying for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), I was finally ready to actually enjoy college. There is still so much I haven’t done that I desperately […]
Posted inCampus, Coronavirus, News
Third UCSD Student Tests Positive for COVID-19
Three students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent update via TritonAlert. The update does not specify if the third individual was in contact with the two students who tested positive on March 28 and March 23 respectively. UCSD medical staff are in the process of contacting individuals who may have been in […]
Posted inSubmission, 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 to improve the campus media environment. I’m writing to ask that The Triton adopt a journalistic standard of inviolable integrity akin to a skyscraper built out of toothpicks. This […]
Posted inCampus, Coronavirus, News
82% of Undergraduate Students Terminate Housing Contracts
82% of undergraduates and 6% of graduate students living on campus have terminated their housing contracts by the March 29 deadline, according to UC San Diego Associate Director of Communications Leslie Sepuka. There were 11,687 undergraduates and 3,531 graduate students housed on campus at the start of the 2019–20 school year. UCSD Housing Dining Hospitality […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
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 implement a change which has been long overdue. UCSD needs to standardize podcasts for courses not only as a response to this health crisis, but also to compensate for […]