For the first time ever, I am scared to go home. I was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, and I love my little city as one can only love one’s own home. I love the long road leading to my high school, the one where I learned to drive. I love the boba […]
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Coffee is Life. Coffee is news.
In the very first article The Triton released, we noted that waiting in line for coffee was not news. News is engaging, beneficial, and dynamic – reaching into the depths of your inner-self and reinvigorating you with newfound life. And, as we’ve recently discovered, apparently so is coffee. I guess this now makes coffee news. Very […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
An Interview with Gabe Cohen, Editor of the Koala
This interview was conducted over Facebook between Gabriel Schneider, editor-in-chief of the Triton, and Gabe Cohen, editor-in-chief of the Koala. It’s worth noting that The Triton believes strongly in freedom of speech and the right to publish. The interview will hopefully shed some light beyond simple discussion of freedom of speech, why the Koala publishes […]
Posted inNews, The Conch
Future of Media Publications Still Unsure After AS Meeting
After contention and divided input from the public, Associated Students (AS) moved not to take any further action on media organization funding on their meeting on Wednesday, December 2. AS may also soon face legal action from the ACLU, among others, as a result of their decision to cut on-campus student-run media funding. First to […]
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The Life and Death of the Great UCSD Craft Center
Shaded by a wild overgrowth in the oft-forgotten edge of the oft-forgotten Original Student Center, The Craft Center was the friendly pale green and brown wooden house with the glass mobiles hanging off the roof, the unlit elephant sculpture on top, and the wraparound porch at its front. It was a building that many newer […]
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Andrew Deneris: A Recurring Nightmare: The MQ’s AS Funding Debacles
The MQ has existed, in one form or another, since the mid-1980s. In that time, as you’d imagine, some stories from the organization’s past have survived despite the inherently transient nature of a newspaper staffed by college students. The most famous of these stories is without a doubt the “Great Funding Freeze of 2010,” in […]
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AS Defunds Media Organisations on Campus
In a memorandum released by Associated Students and the Office of Student Affairs, Associated Students has announced that the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs will provide funding to academic publications. The memorandum does not provide criteria for what is considered an “academic publication,” and goes into no detail about the application process […]
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The Triton Presents: Ask Amelia (Advice Column)
The Triton Presents: Ask Amelia. An anonymous bi-weekly advice column here to answer all your questions! Need relationship advice? Amelia’s got it! Can’t figure how to talk to your professor? Amelia does! Wondering what’s the best way to tell your roommate they need to take out the trash? Amelia has the perfect way to put […]
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“White Student Unions” on the UC Campuses
UCLA, Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Barbara students are outraged over the creation of campus “White Student Union” Facebook pages. In the midst of outcries amongst colleges nationwide and increased tensions between administrations and students, these pages have come unwelcome to many. It seems to be the case that these pages are not being […]
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"White Student Unions” on the UC Campuses
UCLA, Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Barbara students are outraged over the creation of campus “White Student Union” Facebook pages. In the midst of outcries amongst colleges nationwide and increased tensions between administrations and students, these pages have come unwelcome to many. It seems to be the case that these pages are not being […]