As a new transfer student, I haven’t had the chance to attend many UC San Diego events yet, so as I got ready for Rock N’ Roosevelt, I was buzzing with excitement. Rock N’ Roosevelt, an annual concert organized by Eleanor Roosevelt College, has previously hosted student bands as well as popular indie acts like […]
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ASUCSD Judicial Board Rules Against The Triton, Recommends Constitutional Clarifications
Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Judicial Board ruled unanimously against The Triton on February 19, issuing a majority opinion that the closed session ASUCSD held at their January 15 meeting did not violate their constitution. Ella Chen, editor-in-chief of The Triton, filed the grievance on February 3, stating that the rules governing closed […]
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LIVE: COVID-19 Updates at UCSD
In order to provide information on the coronavirus situation at UCSD as quickly as possible, we will be updating this page as we receive information. Last Updated: April 1, 2020 at 7:42 p.m. April 1 Three students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent update via TritonAlert. The update does not specify if […]
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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 coronavirus first detected in December 2019. Some of the memes depict the dangerous virus in a somewhat humorous way, due to the fact that it is not spread widely […]
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Spring Classes at UC San Diego To Be Held Online Due to COVID-19
Editor’s Note: This article is breaking and will be updated as more information becomes available. UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla sent an email this evening with new recommendations regarding upcoming campus-wide events and classes due to concerns surrounding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. There are currently no reported cases at UCSD. For the […]
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UCSD COLA Approves Grading Strike
The UC San Diego Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) movement voted to go on a grading strike next Monday during the COLA Walkout and General Assembly on March 5. 86 out of the 92 undergraduate student workers and graduate students who attended voted in favor of the grade strike. Under a grading strike, Teaching Assistants […]
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Students Rally In Support of Fired UC Santa Cruz TAs
Students, faculty, and community members marched at the “Red 4 Ed” rally in front of Geisel Library Monday, in solidarity with UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) graduate students on strike who were fired. At least 54 graduate students were fired on Friday for withholding grades as a part of an ongoing strike for wage increases. Graduate […]
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Women’s Center to Host Discussion with Robin Hamilton
To honor Women’s “Herstory Month,” the UC San Diego Women’s Center will be hosting a screening of the documentaries This Little Light of Mine: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer and Dignity & Defiance: A Portrait of Mary Church Terrell followed by a discussion with the director of both documentaries, Robin Hamilton. Filmmaker, journalist, and […]
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UC Santa Cruz Graduate Students on Strike Receive Termination Letter
At least 54 graduate student workers on strike at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a letter today notifying them of the university’s intent to dismiss them from their spring quarter teaching assistant (TA) appointments. Graduate student workers at UCSC went on a wildcat strike withholding grades in December, demanding that administrators meet to negotiate a […]
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Visual Arts Graduate Students Organize Around Promises For Increased Funding
Before graduate students across the University of California system joined together demanding a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), UC San Diego Visual Arts graduate students organized a department town hall in order to address complaints due to decreases to program funding. After months of repeatedly voicing concerns over decreases in funding and increases to their […]