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. […]
Posted inArts and Culture, Music
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 […]
Posted inOpinion, Staff Op-Ed
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 […]
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The Union-Tribune Editorial Board Fails to be Constructive
Donald Trump is the president-elect and I am gravely disappointed in San Diego’s paper of record, The Union-Tribune. The San Diego Union-Tribune’s recent editorial entitled “Congratulations, President Donald Trump. Time to look beyond the election” is an affront to both to San Diego and more specifically, the diverse community that calls San Diego home. Their editorial […]
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Students React to Results of General Election at Silent Tree Protest
Dozens of students silently demonstrated by sitting in front of the Silent Tree at Geisel Library this afternoon. William Yeromian, a fourth year Muir College student, started the demonstration at 8 a.m. on Nov. 9, in reaction to the election results. The demonstration contrasted this morning’s protest that resulted in an injury on the I-5 […]
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Protests erupt at UCSD in response to election results
UCSD students marched throughout Muir, Revelle, and Warren Colleges chanting “Fuck Donald Trump” and “Not My President” in response to the results of the 2016 presidential election at approximately 12 a.m. Nov 9. Estimated numbers ranged from several hundred to thousands of protesters. “Trump does not represent me. I am not a racist. I am […]