Earlier this year, UC San Diego’s Housing Dining and Hospitality Department made headlines by announcing that three on-campus markets would feature Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. At Roger’s, Sixth, and Seventh Markets, students can bypass the forced human interaction at checkout and instead just grab their items and walk out the door. All they need […]
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New Neighborhoods and the Current Housing Situation
UC San Diego’s new Theatre District Living and Learning Neighborhood (home to Eighth College) was expected to have enough beds for 2,000 students for Fall Quarter 2023; however, only about 343 students moved in due to delayed construction, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. George Lo, the Associated Students (AS) President for the 2023-24 academic […]
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Olivia Rodrigo “Guts” Album Review
Olivia Rodrigo, the 20 year-old rockstar and idol, rocketed to success with her debut album Sour in 2021. Her sophomore album, Guts, suggests that her newfound fame and success is not all good; in fact, much of it is painful and deeply unhealthy. Guts is a lush, indulgent portrayal of a young woman’s first experience […]
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On softscars Yeule Reconfigures Their Music and Themself
Arriving a little over a year after 2022’s critically acclaimed Glitch Princess, Yeule’s third full-length album is their loudest and most immediately satisfying. Pulling effortlessly from ‘90s rock and shoegaze, softscars is less a departure in sound than in disposition; the record’s greatest revelations come in the sound of an artist facing themself and reclaiming […]
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Top 5 Places to Study at UCSD
Summer is over and school is back in session! The grind has begun and it’s time to find your new favorite spot to study on campus. Here are some tips from The Conch for the best places to study on campus to boost your efficiency, grades, and future salary, unless you are an art major. […]
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Where is Podemos?
If you have ever been lucky enough to enroll in a class that meets at PODEM, you might be wondering where it is. Better yet, you might also be wondering what the name even means. If you unscramble PODEM, it spells out “moped.” Might this be the university’s way to tell us to go buy […]
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Corinne Bailey Rae “Black Rainbows” Album Review
Corinne Bailey Rae’s name is synonymous with her sunny, joyful 2006 hit “Put Your Records On.” Despite a number of EPs and a couple full-length albums, Rae has never fully escaped its upbeat sound and outlook. But on 2023’s Black Rainbows, Rae tears herself away from her previous work and produces an album of shocking […]
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“Have you Heard of God the Mother?”
“Have you heard of God the Mother?” This was asked to a UC San Diego first year during Winter Quarter 2023 when she was stopped by two women by Faustina Solís Lecture Hall. (The Triton will be referring to the student’s name as Jane Doe for protection of privacy.) “They were getting rejected a lot,” […]
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Gym Grievances: Students Weigh In on Weighty Woes
For many UC San Diego students, working out at one of the facilities on campus serves as a much needed escape from the long hours stuck in the classroom or the library. Yet, one of the main complaints from students is that the gym equipment is often worn out, broken, or in poor condition, as […]
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UCSD Students Allege Sorority Covered Up Sexual Assault Cases
In September 2021, Kat P., a student who requested to be identified by her first name and last initial due to concerns about legal retaliation, began spending time with the Zeta Rho chapter of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta (from here on referred to as ‘Theta’) at UC San Diego. As time passed, she quickly […]