By Michelle FitzsimmonsCity on a Hill Press Editor It happened at a party. I was facing a stranger, red cup in hand, talking about nothing in particular. Conversation was pleasant and, as he was telling me about the antics of his housemates, I laughed. The tide of storytelling turned to me. I related tales about [...]

By The economic crisis in California’s public schooling system is reaching a breaking point. For years, California’s students have watched their schools squeeze every penny and scrounge for all of the loose change from the allotted budget, yet there never seems to be enough to go around. Classes are obese. The student to teacher ratio [...]

By Rachel Cadman I second your editorial “The Only Way To Know: Let The Journalists In.” It is crucial that journalists be allowed in to investigate the situation on the ground in Gaza. Israel should immediately permit the entry of the foreign press, something that should have happened from the beginning. By keeping out the [...]

By On Jan. 19, our newly inaugurated President Barack Obama called upon the American people to join him in commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his historical legacy. This day not only celebrates Dr. King’s accomplishments, but in light of this ground-breaking election, a brand new chapter in U.S. history. [...]

By Rod Bastanmehr and Daniel Zarchy City on a Hill Press Staff In an online poll, The Economist asked readers if the world is wising up or dumbing down. Rod Bastanmehr and Daniel Zarchy – City on a Hill Press staff members – both chime in on the issue. — “Wising Up” by Rod Bastanmehr [...]

By Christina LeeCity on a Hill Press Reporter For most teams, losing shows how much room there is for improvement — but for the Slugs, a recent loss showed how much the team has improved this season. Despite having lost to the University of the Pacific twice in the two weeks since the season began, [...]

By Samantha WilsonCity on a Hill Press Reporter For 10 years, students have had the opportunity to travel back in time to the 1940s with the Swinging Slugs, UC Santa Cruz’s established swing dancing organization. It has helped hopeful dancers learn different swing styles and work at their own pace. Last quarter two UCSC students, [...]

By Carley StavisCity on a Hill Press Columnist On the verge of McCarthy-era America, circa 1942, banjo-picking singer-songwriter and political activist Pete Seeger was blacklisted by the United States government. The U.S. was all but cut off from the music of Seeger and his fellow bandmates in folk group the Almanac Singers. Their songs were [...]

By Jenna PurcellCity on a Hill Press Reporter A piano bench can be awfully cramped for the pizzazz of two musicians. So, how can UC Santa Cruz’s music faculty foster all the intricacy of a piano duet without scanting on style? In the upcoming faculty showcase concert, “From the Romantics to Brubeck: A Celebration of [...]

By Lauren FoliartCity on a Hill Press Reporter Once inhabited by Santa Cruz’s Lipton Tea plant until 2002, 2120 Delaware Ave. today is nothing but a field of sourgrass enclosed by a decaying wooden fence. Scattered with construction tractors and piles of dirt, the site shows no hint of the vast development project the city [...]