UC San Diego’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a series of walkouts over the past month to express their support for the people of Palestine throughout the recent escalating conflict in the Middle East. This comes in response to the ongoing conflict happening in the Gaza Strip, primarily, after the Hamas attack on […]
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Submission: Letter for Palestine from Members of the Literature Department
This letter was originally written and sent to the UCSD Literature Department in late November. We are still waiting for a response. Although our faculty has formally failed to comment, we commit to continuing to work towards these demands and challenge others to do so as well. We urge other graduate students to compose similar […]
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Man Returns Wallet, But “The Cash Was Gone, Bro”
On Tuesday, October 18th, 2023, Warren College freshman Rex Shaw realized that he lost his wallet while returning from a shopping trip. “I was just going to 99 Ranch Market to buy some fresh groceries. This college really doesn’t like providing vegetables in its dining halls. I needed some bok choy! But when I got […]
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Pilot Killed After Plane Crashes into Hillside of La Jolla Condo Complex
One person was killed when their Cessna 210N crashed Wednesday night, according to officials. The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) received a report of an aircraft down near Downwind Way and Expedition Way around 9:35 p.m. Wednesday, prompting an extensive search around the area of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The U.S. Coast Guard, San Diego […]
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Over 4,500 Gather in University City in Support of Israel
On the night of October 10, thousands of San Diegans gathered for a vigil honoring the lives lost in Israel following the recent attacks by Hamas. The vigil was held at Mandell Weiss Eastgate City Park, which is adjacent to the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center (JCC). Organized by the Jewish Federation of San Diego, […]
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Hundreds Show Their Support for Palestine in Series of Demonstrations
Hundreds gathered in a series of demonstrations across UC San Diego over the past month in support of Palestine. Organized by UCSD’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), demonstrators honored the lives lost in Palestine following attacks by Israel. On October 12, about a hundred students and community members gathered around the Silent […]
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Liam Winstead Elected As 2023-24 Managing Editor
Liam Winstead was elected as Managing Editor of The Triton for the 2023-24 school year by The Triton’s Editorial Board on March 2. Winstead, a graduating third-year, is a Real Estate and Development major and Urban Studies and Planning minor at Sixth College. After joining The Triton in Spring Quarter 2022 as a News writer […]
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Maya Philipp Re-Elected 2023-24 Editor-in-Chief
Maya Philipp was re-elected as the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of The Triton for the 2023-24 school year by The Triton’s Editorial Board on March 2. Philipp, a fourth-year Marine Biology major and Urban Studies and Planning minor at Seventh College, joined The Triton in 2020 as a photographer. After 2020, Philipp moved up to Assistant Multimedia […]
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Six Ways To Make Friends on Campus and Counter the “UC Socially Dead” Narrative
UC San Diego has long held the title, “UC Socially Dead,” deemed by students attending the accredited university to mock the almost non-existent social and Greek life on campus. This nickname casts an intimidating shadow on first-years and current scholars trying to make friends among the 30,000 undergraduates currently attending the school. There are, however, […]
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Field Medic at Quartyard, a Tactful Evening
Scan any Field Medic album and you will find a handful of component parts: longing, regret, self-deprecation, guitar, and low fidelity drum loops. Kevin Sullivan has been releasing records as Field Medic for a decade now, with six full-length albums and a dozen or so EPs to his name. I first heard Sullivan’s music this […]