No student ever goes through their time at UC Santa Cruz without taking at least one class that talks about the environment.  For me, that class is ESLP. It stands for the Education for Sustainable Living Program, and it’s chock-full of hippies and earth-lovers who never fail to amaze me with their passion and eccentric [...]

Chicago’s up-and-coming AM Taxi chats with City on a Hill Press before their show in San Francisco.

Whether or not you were there, you’ve already heard about the most epic three days of the year. Coachella is a three-day music festival in Indio, California, for music, camping and drug lovers alike. The festival amounts to a long weekend of what life should really be about.

A diverse coalition of people walked the final mile of a 365-mile march in protest of state budget cuts to education on Wednesday, April 21.

The Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) and UC Santa Cruz Police Department (UCSCPD) document all reported crimes in the city and on campus. All information is provided by the SCPD and UCSCPD. We have chosen not to disclose the names of those involved because all suspects are innocent until proven guilty. ~~~~~ {Campus} Woman found [...]

Cell phones, blogs, Twitter — these are the future of communication for the entire globe. GIIP, a social activism/technology program at UCSC, is making sure people across the world all are experiencing this change.

CalGrants, Fees, and Resolutions Sacramento, April 20: The Assembly Committee on Higher Education passed Assembly Bill 2447, pushing it forward to the California State Assembly for a vote. According to the bill’s author, Assemblymember Warren Furutani (D, Los Angeles)’s website, AB 2447 “matches [the] CalGrant award to the current standard of living by automatically increasing the [...]

The weather forecast called for rain, but a crowd of hundreds descended on the Porter Meadow for this year’s 4/20 celebration.

Question: Would you be more inclined to give money to a homeless meter than to a homeless person?

Not all silencing is as direct as a piece of tape across your mouth. But on April 16, LGBT students and their allies at UC Santa Cruz participated in the 14th annual Day of Silence, an annual event where students nationwide wear black and tape their mouths shut to show support for queer rights and [...]