The University of California announced Wednesday afternoon that it will not collaborate with government agencies to enforce federal immigration law. The official statement listed policies that would protect undocumented UC community members from being detained or questioned by campus police based on immigration status. Other policies include upholding UC’s nondiscriminatory admission policy and refusing to […]
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Amazon@UCSanDiego opens inside UCSD Bookstore
Amazon@UCSanDiego, a new Amazon package center, opened inside the UCSD Bookstore on November 2. Unlike all of the lockers and parcel centers scattered throughout campus, the center offers advantages such as free returns on orders and same-day shipping on select items for Prime members. The packages at this location are actively fulfilled by the center. […]
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Prof. Jorge Mariscal: Educating for an Uncertain Future
In the Dimensions of Culture program at Marshall College, we ask students to consider the historical contradictions that emerged at the moment of the nation’s founding. Equality of rights and opportunity for all was the original promise, and yet millions of people over the last two hundred and forty years have struggled to be included […]
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Potential tuition increase draws student protest in front of Geisel Library
Approximately 50 students protested in front of the Silent Tree this morning, in response to discussion of a potential tuition increase from the UC Regents. Despite the rain, students stood in front of Geisel Library chanting, “UC, UC you’re no good, treat your students like you should” and “hey hey, ho ho, tuition hikes have […]
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Curtis Yee: Christians Must Respond with Love on a Post-Election Campus
In the days immediately following the election, every morning I found myself flooded with this intense sense of disembodiment, as if my very being was resisting the reality it had awoken to. As I walked the campus my steps felt a little heavier, conversation felt a little weightier, every class was filled with a listless […]
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Hullabaloo Lookbook: Are You Ready For Tonight?
Who’s ready for Hullabaloo?! The annual music festival featuring performances from Isaiah Rashad, Tennyson, and Andrew Luce Hullabaloo is slated to kick into full gear tonight starting at 8 p.m. in Town Square and Matthew’s Quad and we could not be more excited. It’s time to look fly, get down, and have a great time. […]
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Pop Minimalism Perfected: SALES Play The Loft
Indie pop duo SALES returned to The Loft for the second time on November 10. Many indie bands have passed through UCSD, but not many have passed through twice: perhaps their successful, sold-out return speaks to their universal appeal. To describe SALES is to describe the numerous artists and genres that their sound is definitely […]
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University and skilled trade workers clash over fair compensation
Members of the Teamsters Local 2010 Skilled Trade Workers Union are on strike today in response to stalled contract negotiations with UCSD administrators. 90 percent of workers including electricians, elevator mechanics, plumbers, facilities workers, and others voted on Wednesday, Nov. 9 in favor of striking today, Thursday, Nov. 17. The union members will withhold all […]
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Jaz Twersky: Trump Supporters, This is Not For You
The world I live in just got scarier, and I don’t know what to do. I am the Opinion Editor of The Triton, and a few days before the election, I said I would write a piece in response to whoever won. I even started drafting two pieces – one for Clinton, one for Trump. […]
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Almost half of registered UCSD students turn out to vote on campus
Nearly 1,700 UCSD students voted on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at on-campus polling places and via mail-in ballots. This number accounts for about a 48.5 percent turnout of all registered voters at UCSD, according to the San Diego County Registrar. Voter turnout was a focal point this election year for the UCSD Student Organized Voter Access […]