May 26 , 1967
“ In 1967 , there was no reliable student publication for people to turn to when they wanted to learn more about what was going on at UCSD , what their famous professors had done and were doing , what the student government was and who was involved , etc . The need for a student-oriented informational clearinghouse was obvious .”
Renney Senn , Former Student Founder , Triton Times
“ It was labor of love that undoubtedly influenced my grades to the negative .”
Geoff Moyle ’ 70 Business Manager , Triton Times
“ None of us had any experience on our high school newspapers and we had to invent everything from scratch . We had no faculty adviser and no journalism instruction . ”
Roger Showley ’ 70 News Editor , Triton Times
Read more about the humble beginnings of the Triton Times , UC San Diego ’ s first official student newspaper , as told by founders Renney Senn , Geoff Moyle and Roger Showley , at tritonmag . com / guardian
Tools of the trade
“ The university provided the Justowriter contraption , which more closely resembled a stationary armored vehicle than a justifying machine , and an old Marine Corps building from WWII . We bought a waxer to affix the copy to paste up sheets and bought our own headliner .”
Renney Senn
“ Noisiest machine ever built by man .” Geoff Moyle ’ 70
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