All yellow OFO bikes will be wheeled off campus by the end of the day tomorrow. UCSD Transportation Services ordered OFO to remove all bikes immediately on Tuesday, April 18. The company has responded by promising to remove all bikes by the end of Friday. OFO, a company based in China, launched an experimental bike-sharing […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Theatre
Muir Musical Presents Spring Awakening: A Season of Struggle and a Morning of Hope
Whether it be 19th Century Germany or 21st Century America, the road to self-discovery is never easy. This year’s Muir Musical production of Spring Awakening highlighted tribulations of adolescence while critiquing the paternalistic system that permits and sometimes even perpetuates youth struggles. Spring Awakening is a musical adapted from a German play written by Frank […]
Posted inCommunity Op-Eds, Opinion
Nathaniel I.: School Makes Students Get High
“For four hours, I didn’t want to look up from my desk.” Narrating for me one of her first experiences with Ritalin, one student at UCSD explained to me why since junior year of high school, she had been non-medically taking Adderall, Ritalin, and similar ADHD prescription medications from her friends to help her keep […]
Posted inCampus, News
Four Fairbanks Coffee Carts Set on Fire, Possible Arson
Campus police officers arrived at the Social Sciences Building (SSB) to find the coffee cart actively burning late Sunday evening. Within forty minutes, three more carts were reported to be on fire. The campus police department received a tip about the fire at SSB at 11:41 p.m, according to an email sent out to all […]
Posted inNews, Student Government
Results from the 2017 Associated Students Election
The Associated Students Elections Committee announced the final 2017-18 Associated Students council voting results on Friday, Apr. 14 at Round Table Pizza. Lesly Figueroa of Students Determined came out on top to claim President, Matthew Alan Arrollado of THRIVE won the spot for Vice President Campus Affairs, and Refilwe Gqajela of Students Determined claimed Vice President External […]
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Election Turnout Reportedly Under Five Percent
Two sources in connection with Associated Students claimed that AS election voter turnout was under five percent as of yesterday. While the Election Committee will not officially release turnout data until after the voting period has ended, the reported five percent turnout comes from an anonymous AS Senator and member of the Elections Committee. AS […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
Editor's Note: Withdrawal of Endorsement for AS President
In light of recent circumstances, The Triton Editorial Board withdraws our endorsement of Associated Students Presidential candidate Tara Vahdani and endorses Lesly Figueroa. We find the photo of Vahdani circulating on Facebook, Twitter, and group chats to be disqualifying of any candidate for student elected office. The photo in question is a Snapchat of Vahdani […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
The Triton's 2017-18 Election Endorsements
Editor’s Note, 4/11/2017: In light of new information regarding former Presidential candidate Tara Vahdani, the Editorial Board rescinds our former endorsement and endorses Lesly Figueroa. An inappropriate photo of Vahdani surfaced on Apr. 10. We were not aware of the photo when we made our initial endorsement. Our former endorsement is available here and an […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
AS Endorsements: Matthew Arrollado for Vice President Campus Affairs
The only executive running unopposed, Matthew Arrollado convinced this Editorial Board that he has a thorough understanding of the position of Vice President of Campus Affairs. Arrollado’s current position as the Senator of Eleanor Roosevelt College has given him a solid base of knowledge about working in student government, and his experience communicating with students […]
Posted inEditorial, Opinion
AS Endorsements: Refilwe Gqajela for Vice President External Affairs
Throughout the course of the election season and her time here at UCSD, Refilwe Gqajela has repeatedly demonstrated that she is both intentional in spaces she works in and always approaches them with a much-needed critical lens. Although Gqajela does not have a background in student government, her experience working throughout the campus, combined with […]