On April 17, UC San Diego announced the full closure of Voigt Drive between Lot P701 and Campus Point Drive, near the UC San Diego Medical Center and Sixth College. The closure began on April 20 and will last until Fall 2021. Due to the road’s closure, all vehicles, pedestrians, and other forms of micro-mobility […]
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BOLD and Forward! Slates Compete in 2020 ASUCSD Elections
Campaigning for Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) campus-wide elections began on Sunday, May 10, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are 22 candidates running for 14 positions this year on two slates: Forward! and BOLD, as well as five independent candidates. Both slates have released their official platforms on their […]
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Campus Life During A Pandemic
“I used to have 131 residents in my building. Now only five or six have stuck around… I remember complaining about how much noise my residents made, now I just want to be able to hear it all again to give me some peace of mind” says Armonie Mendez, an Eleanor Roosevelt College Residential (ERC) […]
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UCSD to Provide Widespread Recurrent COVID-19 Testing
UC San Diego announced plans today to make COVID-19 testing widely available for over 5,000 students still living on campus as the first step in the rollout of their Return to Learn Program. The program’s ultimate aim is to help return UCSD to in-person instruction, without risking public health. Starting May 11, testing will be […]
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The Triton’s Quarantine Recommendations
If you’re bored staying inside all day, The Triton has you covered. Here are a few sources of entertainment we’ve been enjoying during this shelter-in-place period. Music. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa Released on March 27, 2020 For fans of: Lady Gaga, Zara Larsson, Kylie Minogue The “sophomore slump” is dreaded by many, but any […]
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Fall 2020 Instruction Will Be Offered Remotely
A notice sent by the University of California San Diego to incoming students yesterday and to the rest of the student body today confirmed that remote instruction will be offered as an option for Fall Quarter 2020. This comes ahead of the May 1 deadline to confirm enrollment for accepted students. According to the email, […]
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Kate Zegans Elected 2020-21 Managing Editor
Kate Zegans was elected as Managing Editor of The Triton for the 2020-21 school year by The Triton’s Editorial Board at the end of Winter Quarter 2020. Zegans is a second-year Sociology major in Sixth College who joined the paper in Winter Quarter 2018 as a staff writer. Zegans became the Arts and Culture Assistant […]
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Ella Chen Re-elected 2020-21 Editor-in-Chief
Ella Chen was re-elected as the Editor-in-Chief of The Triton for the 2020-21 school year by The Triton’s Editorial Board at the end of Winter Quarter 2020. Chen is a third-year Biochemistry and Cell Biology major in Eleanor Roosevelt College who joined The Triton in Fall 2017 as a contributing writer to the News Section. […]
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A Conversation on COVID-19 with UCSD’s Dr. Schooley, Dr. Scioscia, and Dr. San Miguel
This article was written in collaboration with The UCSD Guardian. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Earlier this week, UC San Diego Assistant Communications Director Christine Clark invited The Triton and The UCSD Guardian to sit down with the Chief of UC San Diego’s Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Robert Schooley, Director […]
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Graduate Students End Grade Strike
Graduate students with the Cost of Living Pay Adjustment (COLA) movement at UC San Diego voted on April 8 to end the grading strike and submit Winter Quarter 2020 grades due to the changing circumstances brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to university faculty and staff, COLA4UCSD said that graduate students will […]