The University of California (UC) announced that it is considering plans to require students, staff, and faculty to receive a COVID-19 vaccination before returning to campus this fall. This announcement has come after many other private and public universities across the country declared COVID-19 vaccines as a requirement for Fall 2021 entry. This proposed policy […]
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Ellamentally Yours: Finding Where Our Roots Grow
Dear Reader, Where do your roots lie? Our roots can stretch across continents, and they don’t always have a single point of origin. I was born in Taiwan, which makes me a first-generation immigrant. As a toddler, I never really had a father figure, it was just me, my mother and our extended family. Years […]
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UC Cops Off Campus Coalition to Hold Work Stoppage and Protest
The University of California (UC) Cops Off Campus coalition is organizing a nationwide day of refusal to advocate for the dismantlement of college police on all UC and California State University (CSU) campuses. The day of refusal asks the community to not attend synchronous or asynchronous classes, meetings, or do any other forms of university-sanctioned […]
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COVID-19 Vaccinations Now Available to Students at RIMAC
UC San Diego announced that students will be eligible to receive their vaccination at the Recreation, Intramural, and Athletic Complex (RIMAC) starting April 15. Students are also invited to participate in the PreventCOVIDU Study aimed to test the Moderna vaccines’ efficiency in college-aged students. UCSD Health Promotion Services notified students that they can schedule their […]
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Class Of 2020 Calls For UCSD to Hold An In-Person Commencement Ceremony
Several Class of 2020 graduates are calling on UC San Diego to hold an official commencement ceremony for their class after the University announced on April 14 that the Class of 2021’s commencement will be in-person. The Office of the Chancellor sent out an email on April 30, 2020 informing the UCSD community that “traditional […]
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UCSD Ends Two Year Housing Guarantee
UC San Diego’s Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) will no longer provide a two-year housing guarantee for students’ first two years on campus. The new policy replaces the two year guarantee with a priority system which ranks groups of students, offering housing first to those at the top of the list. First on the priority list […]
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Mice Infestation in ERC Dorms
During winter quarter, students in Eleanor Roosevelt College faced a mice infestation. While residents reported the problem to Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) and pest control, many students and parents felt the measures taken did not sufficiently address the infestation. First-floor residents of Latin America Hall found the rodents in various parts of the dorms, including […]
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The Triton Recommends: TV Shows You Should Get Into
Are you bored from being in quarantine for more than a year? Do you need an interesting distraction to help you procrastinate finishing your assignments? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Here are some tv shows from Netflix and HBO Max that I highly suggest you get into if you want some mystery, thriller, […]
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Two UCSD Alumni join Artemis Moon Expedition
A new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program named Artemis plans to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024. Of the eighteen team members training to land on the moon, two are UCSD alumni. The Artemis mission has several focuses: sustainable technology development to keep cosmic exploration affordable, as […]
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Ellamentally Yours: Understanding Our History Through Healing
Dear Reader, I was chatting with an old friend recently, and we started discussing the way we were raised. Everyone’s upbringing is different and these differences shape our personalities. I’ve spent a lot of time in therapy trying to understand what parts of who I am are connected to the way I grew up. Coming […]