Since its inception in 1991, the Muir Musical Company has taken up space in a STEM-dominated school to include theater and music at UC San Diego. This year’s performance of Into the Woods was no exception. Directed by Molly Lasher, a fourth-year undergraduate, the total cast and crew numbered slightly over 100 students. The production […]
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The Art of Exaggeration: Navigating the Maintenance Request System
As a student at the prestigious University of Exaggeration, I’ve learned to navigate the labyrinthine maze of the notorious maintenance request system. If you want to get anything fixed in a timely manner, you better make sure your problem is serious enough to warrant immediate attention. Case in point: My friend A. When his washing […]
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The Triton’s Spring 2023 Mixtape
Although winter quarter is known to be the worst quarter of the year, spring quarter burnout is no joke. If you’re looking for some new music to get you through the final push to summer, here are our favorite new albums for you to enjoy. — Maya Philipp, Editor in Chief RUSH! by Måneskin Released […]
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Signs Point to Higher Voter Turnout: UC San Diego AS Election Results 2023
UC San Diego’s Associated Students (ASUCSD) Election Committee announced the winners of the 2023 election on Friday, April 14 after 6:30 p.m. at Price Center Plaza. The results included outcomes for both the college councils and the campus-wide elections. Voter turnout for the undergraduate student population at UCSD for this election was 12.51% of the […]
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Power Outage Leaves Thousands Without Power During Winter Quarter 2023 Finals Week
A power outage in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 22 left thousands of UC San Diego students in the dark in the midst of their Winter Quarter 2023 finals week. At around 12 a.m., on-campus residents of Warren College, Eleanor Roosevelt College, Sixth College, and Seventh College reported that they lost power, halting […]
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Students Express Frustrations About the Middle Class Scholarship
On the UC San Diego subreddit, multiple UCSD students have made posts asking if others had delays receiving their Middle Class Scholarship (MSC), with commenters saying that they were also either experiencing delays, the amount they received was lowered, or their scholarships were applied in a way that they did not expect. The Middle Class […]
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An Inside Look at Seventh’s College Council
The Triton had the special opportunity to get an inside look at Seventh College’s Student Council (7CSC) through an interview with Council President Ian Fosth, a third-year at Seventh College who is double majoring in Neurobiology and Global Health. As Council President, Fosth represents the 7CSC in the larger UCSD community and manages a team […]
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UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance Winter 2023 showcases Bunny Bunny and A Flea in Her Rear
UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance Winter 2023 season is here! The department has a full line-up including two mainstage shows, a minimalist Shakespeare project, and their biennial Quinn Martin which is a combined theatre and dance piece in lieu of WinterWorks. Check out the details of the shows below! The quarter began with the […]
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JAWNY Promises Candy Sweet Revelations on Love
Indie-pop musician JAWNY opened his January Zoom press conference hosted by associated students and Interscope Records with a track from his upcoming record; Fall In Love, the song which was released as a single this year, was melancholic, soulful. Soft, yearning vocals backed by mellow piano chords tell a story about yearning and lost love. […]
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Two Triton Critics Review Their Favorite Films from the UCSD Film Festival
Two of The Triton’s Arts and Culture writers Anna Norris and Tate McFadden review their favorite films from this year’s UCSD Film Festival, hosted by Triton TV at the Price Center Theater on February 25th and 26th. The festival is an opportunity for UCSD students to present their short films to their peers on the […]