At its Fall Quarter Public Forum, Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) announced that a series of changes will gradually take effect by 2023. Very few students attended the forum, which was held November 15. Following The Triton’s extensive coverage of the forum, here are some of the changes to take note of: Canyon Vista Remodel Canyon […]
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UC Hikes Base Pay for Faculty and Executives
The University of California approved a three- to four-percent pay scale increase for faculty and administrators, retroactive to July 2018. The increase affects tenured UC San Diego faculty and UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla. The hikes total four percent for tenure-track and tenured faculty and three percent for “non-represented academic appointees,” including other faculty members and […]
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HDH to Introduce 21 “Decompress Spaces” Around Campus
As part of Housing Dining Hospitality’s (HDH) proposed renovation plans, a $2-million construction project for 21 new outdoor “Decompress Spaces” is projected to be completed within the next three years. In an effort to increase student mobility, HDH plans to “activate” and “revitalize” open campus spaces that have the potential to become useable outdoor areas. […]
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The Show Must Go On: Student-Run Production of Tartuffe Triumphs Over Hurdles
A Theatre and Dance Department-sponsored student production of Tartuffe concluded its run at the Arthur Wagner Theater in Galbraith Hall on November 17. Directed by UC San Diego Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) student Nicholas Raap, this contemporary interpretation faced many challenges before it successfully made it onstage. The production was met with concerns from […]
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Canyon Vista to Close for Renovations in 2019
Canyon Vista, the Warren College dining hall, will close for renovations at the end of Winter Quarter 2019, reopening Fall 2019. According to Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) Executive Director, Hemlata Jhaveri, the purpose of the remodel is to “better serve students and the campus community.” The new Canyon Vista will include a combined market and dining […]
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UC San Diego Joins the 2018 National First-Gen Celebration Day
Hundreds of UC San Diego students, staff, faculty, and community members rallied in the Student Services Multipurpose Room on Thursday, November 8 for an evening that honored the stories of first-generation college students from all over the nation. The 2018 National First-Gen Celebration Day was organized by Triton Firsts, a comprehensive initiative founded in Spring […]
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The Looming Geisel Legacy
Content warning: The following article references suicide. Before intentionally swallowing a lethal dose of barbiturates, Helen Palmer Geisel wrote a note to her husband Theodor, stating that her “going will leave quite a rumor,” that he could say she was “overworked and overwrought,” and that his “reputation with […] friends and fans will not be […]
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HDH Announces Upcoming Changes to the Dining Dollar System
UC San Diego Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) announced new dining plan changes at the HDH Forum two weeks ago. These changes will take effect over the course of the next two years. HDH currently offers four dining plans for on-campus students. Students that live in residential halls can buy either the $3,677 or $4,056 dining […]
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HDH Unveils New Locations for Seventh and Eighth Colleges
UC San Diego’s department of Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) unveiled a new housing plan for the locations of Seventh and Eighth Colleges. According to HDH Executive Director Hemlata Jhaveri, Seventh College will replace The Village, the current transfer student housing, beginning 2020. Eighth College will replace the Revelle College parking lots in 2023. The proposal […]
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"Dear Ex" Makes Powerful Opener at SDAFF Taiwan Film Showcase
The San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF), in partnership with the UC San Diego Taiwan Studies Department, brought the Taiwan Film Showcase to the UCSD Price Center Theater November 9-11. This is the seventh year of the Showcase, which is the largest presentation of Taiwanese film outside of Asia. This year, ten movies were screened, […]