Tailor Made is a regular column documenting different looks at UC Santa Cruz by Alex Zamora, a second-year art major and aspiring fashion photographer. I have a favorite pair of electric blue jeans that I wear every time I get a chance. If I had to choose one piece of clothing to deem my calling [...]

Tomorrow will be no ordinary Sunday for over 10,100 Californians. These unlucky thousands, all public school teachers and administrators, will know for certain if they are going to be laid off as their school districts brace for budget cuts. California, as deep as its money problems go, has for years performed this horrendous disservice to [...]

By Dear Editor of City on a Hill Press,Another beneficial component of re-legalizing cannabis (marijuana) that doesn

By Had you tuned in to 88.1 FM from March 5 to 13, in between the regularly scheduled programming of underground hip-hop and indie rock, you’d have heard the disc jockeys’ voices a little bit more than normal. As much as KZSC’s DJs like to talk about music news and their views on the latest [...]

By Time flies when you’re having fun. For the past three years, City on a Hill Press has been my life. But now, as I face my imminent separation from the driving force of my college career, I can only offer one piece of advice to my fellow students: get involved. Get involved in anything. [...]

By Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Walnut Creek) introduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act on March 3, legislation that would overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a federal law that bans gays and lesbians from serving in the military. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” established in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, states that gays and lesbians should be barred [...]

By <i>Just before print time last week, we were approached by the editor of the Daily Cal – UC Berkeley’s student paper – to sign onto a letter of solidarity for the student staff of the Daily Emerald. Due to the time constraints of a weekly print schedule, we were unable to print the letter [...]

By Alyssa JarrettCity on a Hill Press Columnist Daniel Petric, a 17-year-old from Ohio, shot his parents and killed his mother in October 2007. The reason? She refused to let him play Halo 3, which he would regularly spend 18 hours a day playing. Sadly, this is not an isolated case. Over 5 million children [...]

By Samantha ThompsonCity on a Hill Press Co-Editor in Chief The UC Santa Cruz men’s rugby team squared off against UC Berkeley last Saturday in a friendly, but fiercely physical game that saw no end to the kind of aggressive hits that made fans from both sides wince and players gasp for air. Cal, which [...]

By Jack CalhounCity on a Hill Press Reporter Take a brief walk through the East Field on campus, and you’ll be more than likely to stumble across a vibrant and active scene of runners traversing the jogging track, while soccer balls get kicked across the field and a dozen or so other activities simultaneously occur. [...]