In honor of Muir College’s 50th anniversary, Irwin Jacobs, Sc. D., a founding college faculty member and large-scale donor, spoke on the evolution of UC San Diego and possibilities for its future. “The world is changing very rapidly and it’s going to continue changing rapidly, and that will open up all types of opportunities,” Jacobs […]
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Planes Above La Jolla Are Consistently Loud, Study Confirms
Prompted by complaints from La Jolla residents, a new study released on Oct. 11 blames a perceived increase in aircraft noise over the last year on La Jolla’s topography and proximity to the ocean, although neither has changed significantly over the last year. While the study claims that noise is caused because of how sound […]
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UCSD Should Respect Students' Preferred Names
Last November, The Triton received an email from university officials, requesting that we use their branding guidelines when talking about the school. “Using UC San Diego in place of the UCSD acronym better identifies our campus both locally and nationally,” the email read, as is also specified on the website of University Communications and Public […]
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O.T. Genasis Replaces GoldLink as Hullabaloo 2017 Headliner
O.T. Genasis will replace GoldLink as the headliner for this year’s Hullabaloo Music Festival on Nov. 17. The announcement came this afternoon through a Facebook post on the festival’s event page today. GoldLink missed his set at the Tropicália Festival in Long Beach, CA last Saturday after announcing on Twitter that he is a new […]
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A Concert to Celebrate Life After Death
Dia de los Muertos is a popular holiday celebrated in the United States and throughout Latin America from October 31 to November 2. Some of the most common objects used for Dia de los Muertos are calaveras (skulls), pan de muerto (bread of the dead), and ofrendas (altar). Skulls and pan de muerto are used […]
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"It" Comes to Price Center Theater Nov. 30
It, the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 novel, will show on campus at Price Center Theater on Nov. 30. The film is based off of King’s novel released in 1986. It originally opened in early September and quickly exploded into the mainstream, becoming the highest grossing R-rated horror film of all time. […]
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Someone Actually Rings the Geisel Chimes Every Day. Seriously.
The chimes that play every hour from Geisel Library are not a recording. 74 individual chime bells make up the carillon, one of UC San Diego’s oldest instruments. Scott Paulson, a 1984 UCSD alumnus, rings them five days a week. The carillon rings every hour from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday […]
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Class Withdrawal Deadline Moved to Week 6 Starting Fall 2018
The UC San Diego Academic Senate voted to move the course withdrawal deadline to the end of Week 6 starting Fall Quarter 2018. The UCSD Academic Senate, which oversees educational policy, voted to change the deadline at its June 6 representative assembly meeting. Currently, if a student drops a course after Week 4 but before […]
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Prof. Thomas Healy Disputes National Free Speech Narrative in Talk at UCSD
Atlantic contributor and Seton Hall Constitutional Law Professor Thomas Healy spoke about free speech on college campuses and the limits of free speech last Wednesday in Price Center East Ballroom. “If you’ve paid any attention to the news in the last year or two, you probably know that free speech in the United States is […]
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UCSD Hosts Annual “BladeRunner” Fencing Tournament
The UC San Diego fencing team hosted the 22nd annual BladeRunner Tournament last weekend, featuring participants from various fencing clubs all over California, as well as a few clubs from outside the state. The BladeRunner Tournament began in 1988. It was discontinued in 1996 and then revived in 2004. Since then, the event has grown […]