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{March 9, 2010}
Despite opposite seasons, (two) different oceans, and a different way of life, Cape Town — known as the ‘Mother City’ of Africa — still bears a resemblance to my home in Santa Cruz. This series chronicles one banana slug’s attempt to make sense of life at the University of Cape Town.
Tags: Cape Town, Education Abroad Program, Rosie's Travel Log - Cape Town, Travel
{March 8, 2010}
Feeling Like a ‘Fresher’ in a Different Hemisphere
Despite opposite seasons, (two) different oceans, and a different way of life, Cape Town — known as the ‘Mother City’ of Africa — still bears a resemblance to my home in Santa Cruz. This series chronicles one banana slug’s attempt to make sense of life at the University of Cape Town.
Tags: Cape Town, Education Abroad Program, Rosie's Travel Log - Cape Town, Travel
{March 1, 2010}
If you’re looking for a quick jump on a Day Core bus through the middle of campus, sadly you’ll be out of luck for the next two weeks.
Tags: Day Core Bus, Science Hill, TAPS, Traffic
{January 30, 2010}
Global Game Jam is Live… Like Now
The 2010 Global Game Jam, an annual indie game competition that challenges teams from across the nation to develop an innovative game in just 48 hours, is going on right now. Yes, like right now.
Tags: Contests & Competitions, Game Design, Global Game Jam 2010, Live Coverage, School of Engineering, Video Games
{January 6, 2010}
Celebrate Happy Flu Year With a H1N1 Shot This Friday
Because nothing says “Welcome Back” like a boost to the immune system, the UCSC Health Center will be hosting a H1N1 flu shot clinic this Friday. Read on for specs….
Tags: Flu Shots, H1N1 Influenza
{December 2, 2009}
More Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Shots on Friday 12/4
*sniffle* So, it seems some more shipments of seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations have made their way to UCSC. Which means it’s time for another flu shot clinic! Now if only they would have arrived a few days earlier… *sniffle*
Tags: Flu Shots, H1N1 Influenza
{December 1, 2009}
UCOP Extends App Deadline to Dec. 2nd
Well, good job, procrastinators… you broke the UC’s application system. You broke it so badly, UCOP decided to extend the application deadline for Fall 2010 admits to December 2nd at 11:59pm. And who ever said procrastination never pays off?
Tags: Deadline Change, Oops, Sad Servers, UC Applications
{June 5, 2009}
The UCSC Farm Apprentices who grow and harvest food found in dining halls, farmers markets, and community-supported agriculture (CSA) boxes are now being honored by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors who declared the month of June “Grow an Organic Farmer Month.”
Mark W. Stone, Fifth District Supervisor of the County of Santa Cruz, expressed [...]
{June 2, 2009}
Photos by Isaac Miller.
Amid the construction abundant on the changing UC Santa Cruz campus, there is one constant that remains: hungry students.
At the end of winter quarter, both the Porter/Kresge Dining Hall and the Hungry Slug Café closed for renovations. Despite the obvious inconvenience to students who frequent these dining spots, College University and [...]
{May 31, 2009}
Fighting for Friendship and a Cure
“It is impossibly hard to learn that someone you love is dying. It is a thousand times harder when you learn it is a child. It is ten million times harder when you learn it is your child.”
Thus begins the letter from the parents of Chelsea Gerber, a young woman suffering from the rare epileptic [...]