Last week UCSD’s ASCE hosted their Sunny Days event on zoom. Sunny Days is a new event series which “featured musical talents, actors, and influencers, and was filled with giveaways and activities” for UCSD students. Usually around this time of year, Sun God, the largest and most well attended annual concert at UCSD takes place, […]
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Kate Zegans Re-Elected Managing Editor
Kate Zegans was re-elected as Managing Editor for the 2021-2022 school year by The Triton’s Editorial Board. The vote was held at the end of Winter Quarter 2021. Zegans, a third-year Sociology major in Sixth College, has been with The Triton since Winter Quarter 2018. She previously served as the Arts and Culture Assistant Editor […]
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Caroline Rodriguez Elected As 2021-2022 Editor-in-Chief
Caroline Rodriguez was elected to be the 2021-2022 Editor-in-Chief (EIC) by The Triton’s Editorial Board. The vote was held at the end of Winter Quarter 2021. Rodriguez officially transitioned at the beginning of Week 6, Spring 2021. Rodriguez is a current third year public health major with a double minor in Business and Psychology at […]
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UC System Creates Largest Vaccine Mandate in Higher Education
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 […]