Given the relatively minimal increase in the San Diego Metropolitan Transportation System (MTS) fees and the important access to bus and trolley lines that MTS offers students, The Triton endorses a “yes” vote on the Student Transportation Fee Referendum. In addition to extending a program which increases student access to transportation around San Diego, 29 […]
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Editorial: Daron Woods for 2018-2019 A.S. VP of Campus Affairs
Daron Woods is the current Transfer Senator at UCSD and has served in three positions at San Diego City College—as Campus Wide Senator, Senate Vice President, and President. As someone who has long served campus communities, Woods understands how difficult it is to enter student government and hit the ground running. To help improve AS […]
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Editorial: Caroline Siegel Singh for 2018-2019 A.S. VP of External Affairs
Facing a university administration rejecting compromise with its students, a state government failing to allocate money for its public universities, and a national government threatening to withdraw undocumented students’ right to education, the Office of External Affairs maintains a deep responsibility to elevate and mobilize student voices this year. With two years of lobbying experience […]
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Editorial: Kiara Gomez for 2018-2019 A.S. President
Kiara Gomez is prepared to apply her years of experience navigating Associated Students spaces to make her vision of UC San Diego’s student government a reality. As a San Diego native, Gomez prioritizes redefining the traditional role of Associated Students as a body strictly serving UC students to a body also serving local San Diego […]
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blackbear to Headline 2018 Sun God Festival
The headliner for the 2018 36th Annual Sun God Festival (SGF) is blackbear, a producer, rapper, and singer whose most notable songs include anxiety and do re mi. The announcement was made through the UCSD AS Concerts and Events (ASCE) official SGF Facebook event page. blackbear has three albums, Deadroses (2015), digital druglord (2017), and […]
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Students Barricade Library Walk to Protest Anti-Blackness
Approximately 80 students gathered on Library Walk in protest of anti-Blackness at UC San Diego and in the country by linking arms and blocking the pathway on April 4. The demonstration, organized by the Black Student Union (BSU), was an effort to not only highlight instances of anti-Blackness at UCSD, but also the killing of […]
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Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta to Speak at UCSD Tomorrow
Dolores Huerta will speak tomorrow from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Great Hall, in conversation with Associated Students of UCSD President Lesly Figueroa. Huerta is often credited with coining the phrase “Sí se puede” or “Yes, we can,” which was adapted by then-Illinois Senator Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential run. […]
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Star Trek Icon George Takei to Speak at UCSD
Actor and civil rights activist George Takei will give the DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture in the Price Center West Ballroom at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 26. The DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture at UC San Diego is sponsored by the UCSD Law and Society program, Warren College, and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at […]
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UC Employs Predominantly White Men
The University of California (UC) system employs predominantly white men as administrators and faculty members, according to the Left Out college diversity report released this month by the Campaign for College Opportunity. UC San Diego is one of the most egregious offenders, with a less diverse faculty than other UC campuses. The study discovered that […]
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UCSD Appoints New Executive Director of HDH
The University of Texas at Austin Housing and Dining Executive Director Hemlata Jhaveri will serve as the new Executive Director of Housing Dining Hospitality (HDH) after April 16, 2018. The current Executive Director, Assistant Vice Chancellor Mark Cunningham, will retire at the end of the academic year amid two different responses: consistent and public student […]