UC San Diego’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter established a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” outside the Student Health and Wellness Center along Library Walk Wednesday shortly before noon. The encampment joined a nationwide movement across university campuses demanding divestment from Israel. In a post on Instagram, SJP at UCSD shared the following demands: “1. […]
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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 […]
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Photo Essay: Palestinian Youth Movement Rally and March
On July 28, 1:00 p.m. the Palestinian Youth Movement(PYM) organized a rally at the San Diego City and County Administration Building and marched on Ruocco Park in downtown San Diego in protest of the ongoing war on Gaza. The Triton‘s staff documented the rally. McKenzie Patterson is the Social Media Manager for The Triton. Tate […]
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Submission: You Wrote Them in the Cruelest Way
Words matter. Words can reveal hidden depths or conceal them. Words can bring people together or divide. They can reconcile people or incite violence. We, the undersigned, know this. We know this because we are writing teachers. We work with words. We also know that silence in times of crisis speaks louder than words. This […]
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Live Updates: UCSD Academic Workers Go on Strike
United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811 members went on strike Monday, June 3 at UC San Diego over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestine demonstrations. The union consists of a total of 48,000 teaching assistants, readers, tutors, student researchers, postdocs, and academic researchers, 8,000 of whom work for UC San Diego. Among their reasoning for […]
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Photo Essay: May 6 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment Clearing
Since May 1, The Triton’s staff had documented and reported on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment that was set up on undeveloped land alongside the northern end of Library Walk. In a series of live updates, our staff reported peaceful protesting, community events, counter protest rallies, and the status of the University’s stance throughout the duration […]