In mid-January, UC San Diego announced its intention to return a limited number of triple dorms for the 2022-23 school year. This change will add 700 undergraduate beds to all housing locations on campus. “It’s a balance between being committed to decreasing density on campus while doing our best to accommodate as many students as […]
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LIVE: 2022 COVID-19 UPDATES AT UCSD
This page will be periodically updated with new information about the coronavirus situation in San Diego and how the new COVID-19 variants will affect university policies and UC San Diego students. March 1, 2022: COVID case numbers have decreased sharply over the past few weeks of winter quarter. According to the UCSD COVID-19 Daily Dashboard, […]
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UCSD Prepares for Delayed Class of 2020 In-Person Graduation
Nearly two years after the Class of 2020 completed their degrees, UC San Diego prepares to announce a traditional, in-person commencement ceremony for the 2020 graduates. As of now, registration for the postponed 2020 commencement ceremony is projected to begin in early 2022. The current plan in place for the Class of 2020 is to […]
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Students Face Transportation Issues as Commuter Numbers Rise
The influx of commuters at UC San Diego in the 2021-22 school year, exacerbated by the recent “housing crisis,” has drawn a new light to existing transportation issues on and around campus. Last spring, UCSD’s Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) ended the two-year housing guarantee for undergraduate students. HDH also eliminated triples for the 2021-22 school […]
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UCSD Students Unable to Attend Online Classes due to Zoom Issues
Students at UC San Diego were blindsided at the start of the Winter Quarter 2022, when large class sizes prevented some students from being able to join the Zoom calls for their remote classes. Remote instruction at UCSD for the first two weeks of the winter quarter was initially announced on December 21, 2021, lasting […]
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Uncle Italian Creates A Comforting Refuge at UCSD
UC San Diego (UCSD) opened the brand new Uncle Italian bar and restaurant on campus early October located at the Old Student Center, replacing Soda and Swine. The decision to establish Uncle Italian was made by Consortium Holdings, a hospitality group founded by a UC San Diego alumni, Arsalun Tafazoli. Consortium Holdings has 18 different […]
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Gracepoint Church Faces Abuse Allegations Across the UC
Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of depression, suicide and sexual abuse. After five years as an involved member and eventual staff intern for the Gracepoint Church on UC Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) campus, Jane Doe, a source who does not feel safe revealing her identity to individuals still associated with Gracepoint, faced a debilitating […]
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The Sauce: “Do You Know Any Good Spots?”
Welcome back, Tritons! First off, I would like to say farewell to the class of 2020 and wish you all good luck as you embark on new adventures. Secondly, I would like to welcome all new students who have just taken their first steps onto UCSD’s campus this year. We are so happy to see […]
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Disability Activists Criticize UCSD
Students, faculty, and activists are expressing their frustration toward the UC system for inadequate accommodations and lack of representation for the disabled community, especially at UC San Diego (UCSD). According to a November 2020 report gathered from UC Office of the President (UCOP) data and UC campuses’ Disabled Student Services (DSS) offices, the percentage of […]
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Muir Student Dies in Tragic Fall
Early Oct. 23, K. Wayne Yang, the provost of Muir College, announced in an email that a Muir student passed away. No further details about the tragedy were disclosed in the email. According to NBC 7 San Diego, the San Diego County Medical Examiner identified the 18-year-old student as Aaron Fan. After Fan fell from […]