(from left to right)

“I understand why people use online dating, but it’s no substitute for real dating. I think it’s best to meet people in person.”
Guy Herschmann
Fourth-year, Stevenson
Business management economics
Politics

“It’s unsafe, considering you meet strangers, but it’s cool if you have a busy life.”
Natalie Enriquez
Second-year, College Eight
Neuroscience and behavior

“I think it’s inherently flawed, because you can’t see the intricacies of [potential dates’] behavior.”
Alec Adams
Third-year, Kresge
Linguistics

“To each [their] own.”
Elizabeth Hines
Second-year, Merrill
Psychology

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(from left to right)

“Resorting to alcohol as a get away [from] something.”

Angela Troung
Second-year, College 9
Biology

“Any disruption of higher priorities or passions… like family, school or work.”

Jack Mazza
First-year, Porter
Environmental Studies

“Drinking four or more times a week and getting really drunk every time you drink.”

Malarie Chodos
First-year, Porter
Literature

“When alcohol disrupts a relationship or friendship.”

Daniel Becuer
First-year, Porter
Environmental Studies

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(from left to right)

“I don’t think it should be a factor, because it doesn’t tell how they’ll lead or how they’ll run a city, or country or whatever. So it doesn’t really make sense to judge them by it.”
Zach Simon
Third-year, Porter
Biochemistry, Molecular biology & Theater arts

“Yeah, I think it is important, because someone’s personal life says a lot about their ethics and their moral values when it comes to something like that. So if they’re not morally ethical in their personal life, I wouldn’t trust someone to run my country.”
Silvia Sanchez
Fifth-year, Stevenson
Anthropology

“Yes I do — I think it should be. I mean, if they’re a politician, they’re going to be working with things. Personal life always does end up affecting things in the long run, and it’s an important part of a person.”
Maureen Argo
First-year, Stevenson
Psychology & Linguistics

“Definitely not. Unless, so long as it’s legal and lawful, but I mean, not like the moral aspects of their private life — that should not affect anything.”
Johan Brandter
Graduate exchange student from Sweden
Linguistics researcher

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(from left to right, top to bottom)

 “Well I don’t smoke [cigarettes], so it doesn’t affect me, but my friends who do smoke are upset. I think people will smoke anyways — secretly … Weed is banned on campus and people smoke that all the time.”

Brittany Hopkins
Merrill, fourth-year
psychology

 “When you walk through Kresge, there is always somebody smoking because it’s really no big deal. If they ban [tobacco], though, people will be more upset than happy. I feel like students will protest — especially here.”

 Roxanne Kaplan
Kresge, first-year
undeclared

 “Well, that won’t fly well. I don’t smoke, but I believe people have a right to do so. It’s bad for your health, and I love my lungs. But if people want to destroy their lungs, they have a right to. It’s a stupid rule and it won’t fly.”

Daniel Hoisch
Porter, first-year
proposed literature

  “I don’t smoke, so I have no disposition to approve and it’s not a problem for me. [But] it’s not effective to tell people what they can and can’t do. They’ll take it down. There will be too many complaints and there is such a large [smoking] population. Time will tell.”

Ivan Quintero
Crown, fourth-year
chemistry

 “A lot of bio majors are going to be pulling their hair out around finals time. I mean, you hear students offering $1 for a cigarette all the time around finals. It’s not good for your health, but we’re lucky to have such an open campus where there is plenty of space. Students now can barely make it through an hour and 45-minute class without smoking. They just can’t wait to get their fix. It’ll be pretty bad for those students who are addicted, but a lot of students start smoking their first year, so for future classes as long as you don’t start — because you can’t start — that will be good for you.”

 Keri Kekkonen
Merrill, fourth-year
neuroscience

 “At a [junior college] in San Diego, the students voted [on a no-tobacco policy], and it still went through. But that campus is small and it’s not a big deal to just step off [campus]. Here, you’d have to take a bus. I don’t think it’s fair. It’s an imposition on our liberties and freedoms. I don’t think it will be effective at all. Rating its effectiveness will be a matter of ticketing students — they may make some money, but that won’t stop smoking on campus. Especially for the students who live on campus — they’re 18, they have rights. It all comes down to liberties. We pay to come to this school. I’m a 27-year-old student and I deserve freedom of choice at the very least. If [the UCs] want to corral me and smokers into a little smoking area, I can accept that. The current rule is no smoking within 20 feet of any doors or windows, and I don’t mind that. I’m a courteous smoker, I don’t smoke around children or people eating — it’s just a courtesy issue. Smokers are aware of this and they know how it affects the people around them. Most smokers don’t like littering and will use an ashtray to dispose their butts. If [the UCs] remove the ashtrays, what choice do we have? I can’t carry a butt with me into class. The policy won’t change people — people will continue to smoke.”

 Sean McGowen
Kresge, third-year
art and economics

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(from left to right)

“Christmas was really bad this year because my parents always fight about which grandparent’s house to go to. We ended up going to one of my grandmas’ houses, then there was no event going on … We ended up going somewhere completely different and had a good time in the end, except my dad, who was drunk, sitting sadly in a corner. You know, typical family holiday stuff.”
Jessie Garcia
Fourth-year, Porter
Politics

“Staying in Santa Cruz.”
Pia Rios-Sotelo
Third-year, College Ten
Politics

“Oh man, which one? I was up in South Lake Tahoe for Snow Globe during New Year’s Eve. I was rolling balls all night, and it was super cold. The girl I was hooking up with, her feet were freezing, so I gave her my shoes, dude, and I didn’t even realize it until the next morning. I was so close to frostbite.”
Brett Lambert
Third-year, Stevenson
Psychology

“Waiting for the train in Chicago in 10-degree weather for 2.5 hours because I missed the first one. … It was miserable.”
Dibya Phuyal
Graduate student
Engineering

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(from left to right)

“I wish they offered architecture classes, and maybe even a major. With the focus we have on sustainability, I think it would be cool if we could study sustainable building and architecture.”
Alejandro Goena
Second-year, Stevenson
Ecology

“I wish there were pre-dental classes. I really like the campus and I don’t want to leave, but I will have to after I finish my biology GEs.”
Attaley Hernandez
First-year, Kresge
Biology

“I’m an anthropology major, and honestly I’m satisfied with all the classes I get to take. I really can’t think of any.”
Vivian Lei
Fourth-year, College Ten
Anthropology

“Arabic. They have Hebrew, so why not Arabic? It’s taught at every other UC, and I’m losing my fluency.” 
Amr Amr
First-year, Stevenson
Economics

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(from left to right)

“I’d just bring a fucking hatchet. The kind you cut wood with.” 
Justin Kader
Third-year, Crown
Astrophysics

“A mace — It’d be a good way to move people.”
Zach Millington
Fourth-year, Cowell
Politics & philosophy

“A cricket bat because I don’t want to kill people.”
Zach Chinn
First-year, Cowell
Physics

“I don’t need a weapon, I would just use my muscles.”
Thomas Hua
Fifth-year, Oakes
MCD biology

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(from left to right)

“It showed solidarity with the rest of the Occupy movements, especially Occupy Education. But it doesn’t sound like it was very effective. It would have been more effective if there were more protesters.”
Kendra Yoshinaga
First-year, Kresge
Undeclared

“It was symbolic because it is Student Services, but I’m confused [about] why Hahn was occupied when they are not the people in charge of making the tuition. “
Rose Greenberg
First-year, Kresge
Undeclared

“It put pressure on administrators to be aware of the students’ demands and to take them seriously. It also raised awareness of the UC-sanctioned pepper spraying of students at UC Davis.”
Andrew Kunz
Third-year, Porter
Music

“Not much. It didn’t raise a noticeable concern from the other parts of campus and it didn’t have much efficacy in raising student awareness.” 
Hannah Monday
Fourth-year, Kresge
Neuroscience

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My mom is a flight attendant who travels to a variety of places on a schedule that is not very consistent. Recently, I got to accompany her on a layover in Seattle, Wash. When I met her in Washington, she showed me Pike’s Market, the Space Needle, the wharf, and the shopping district in the city. As the day ended, we went back to the hotel for the night, but my mom did not get to relax. Instead was preparing for a trip to Fairbanks, Ala. and would return to Seattle in the same night.

Through what my mom showed me in Seattle, I captured part of the flight attendant experience. As flight attendants travel they evolve into unique transient locals to the cities they visit, with knowledge of the hidden treasures and treats. However, sometimes after a long flight it’s appealing to spend the day relaxing in a hotel room and catching up on missed sleep. The flight attendant lifestyle is about the all too short layovers that introduce a city, but never give enough time to get completely comfortable in one place before departing for the next.

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(from left to right)

“Honestly, I don’t really know much about it, so I don’t really know what it does for me.”
Stephanie Alejandre
First-year, Oakes
Undeclared

“A lot of stuff. They basically speak for the students and act as an alliance between the students and the regents.”
Jessica Quintua
Fifth-year, Oakes
Community studies and history

“Probably not a lot. Nothing I notice anyways.”
Paul Vasquez
Third-year, Merrill
History

“It represents the student voices on campus. For the past 10 years we have been working on the Dream Act. Our priority this year is working on voter registration, getting students registered to vote so politicians take us seriously.” 
Shaz Umer, SUA member
Second-year, Merrill
Earth science

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(from left to right)

“I don’t get student loans.”
Brian Carolus
Fourth-year, College Nine
History and politics

“I think that’s sort of cheating to ask that question to me because I am one of the lucky few whose parents pay for tuition. However, if I was in that situation I wouldn’t press the button, but I’d be very tempted to. Very tempting … Wait — I thought it was a kid. I’d press the button.”
Alisa Yuasa
Second-year, Porter College
Art and history

“No, because you could still pay off your student loans. If it was something more important than student loans, then it might be more justified to execute the poor kitten.”
Alex Rayburn
Fourth-year, Kresge College
Politics

“Um yeah, I hate cats and I owe $100,000 to the government. So many cats die every day. If it was a person it’d be different.”
Sam Ickes
Fourth-year, College Nine
Marine biology

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(from left to right)

“I would like to see more unity [at UCSC]. I feel we’re really separated by our distinct colleges.”
Briana Adams
Second-year, Kresge
Psychology

“Tuition and class sizes going down.”
Ashley Hopwood
Fourth-year, Stevenson
History

“I know it’s been talked about a lot, but I just wish that public education was more accessible to the public.”
Mark Atkinson
Fourth-year, Porter
Film and Digital Media

“Better distributions of TAs, sections and materials.”
Victoria Howard
Second-year, Cowell
Literature

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(from left to right)

“Pac-Man and a red ghost.”
Sammy Vanek
Fourth-year, Oakes
Film

“There was a Steve Irwin with a stingray sticking out of his chest making out with a sexy cat.” 
David (DJ) Stoll
Fourth-year, Cowell
Psychology

“Tupac and a whore. The Tupac costume was really good.”
Paolina Fisher
Second-year, Cowell
Art

“Pebbles and Bam-Bam.”
Yuji Winet
Fourth-year, Stevenson
Sociology

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(from left to right)

“Being there for their kids, making them their top priority, even above work.”
Rebecca Bruce
Second-year, College Eight
Global economy

“Someone who accepts and loves [their children] for who they are.”
Grace Ellison
Third-year, Porter
Astrophysics

“Tough love, showing them how to fold towels up in the bathroom.”
Ryan Moore
Third-year, College Eight
Literature

“Listening to your kids, taking active interest in them.”
Megan Gorman
Third-year, Cowell
Psychology

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(from left to right)

“Qaddafi Costume.”
Ariana Rojas
Second-year, College Eight
Human biology

“Gorilla suit”
Sara Shimel
First-year, Kresge
Sociology and philosophy

“Big Bird or another Sesame Street character”
Honzik Horava
Fourth-year, Stevenson
Psychology

“Nun”
Ulises Gonzales
Second-year, Kresge
Psychology

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(from left to right)

“No — that is actually what is happening to my parents right now. My family was involved in the stock market and therefore lost a lot of money, so my parents could not financially support my grandparents.”
Caitlin Milam
Third-year, Stevenson
Cultural anthropology

“Yes, my grandfather has a pension.”
Alice Elliot
Third-year, College Eight
Literature

“Yes — my grandparents do not have economic benefits anyway, because they are immigrants.”
George Semfield
Fourth-year, Cowell
Business management economics

“Probably not just my parents, but my family as a whole could take care of my grandparents.”
Jose Aguilar
Third-year, Merrill
Literature

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Open to new members as well as old, OSC holds daily general assemblies to discuss strategies, progress and to address the concerns of members and citizens. At these meetings, people take turns discussing issues and produce solutions that are voted on and recorded.

Not only do they listen to each other, but they regulate themselves as well. If a member of the group disrupts a meeting or acts inappropriately, members will band together to approach that person nonviolently and either convince them to stop or make them leave.

Self-regulation does not ease tensions with the police, though. Officers occasionally come by with digital cameras to monitor the occupation and have made threats of raiding the camp for drugs and other illegal items. Occupy sites in Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose have already been subject to raids, leading to many arrests. It seems that a raid in Santa Cruz is imminent, but the OSC members are aware of mounting governmental pressure and have discussed plans of action in the case of a raid.

As time passes, the movement only grows stronger; eventually the 1 percent will be forced to confront everyone else.

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Aaron Kwok stars as Third Master, the new heir to the banking empire of his father, Master Kang.  Resistant to his father’s harsh way of ruling, Third Master must adapt to his new power, which lays in contrast to his sensitive personality.

“Empire of Silver” covers an economic turning point in history that is fairly reminiscent of the current Occupy Wall Street movement.

As civilians rebel against the Third Master and his family, the intensity and brutality of this historical period is graphically evident. Violence, as well as battle scenes, illustrate how much physical brutality marked the revolt that would draw the line between two separate eras in Chinese history.

While the dialogue and action bring excitement to the film, the cinematography is one of the most, if not the most, noteworthy elements in the film. Shooting the film in 13 different cities, director Christina Yao makes the most of a tight budget with incredible scenery and camera work.

Besides the historical elements of the film, drama within the empire stays central with tragic events, father-and-son conflicts and love affairs. Third Master constantly tries to keep his identity separate from his father’s, which creates a struggle between the two throughout the whole movie.

Third Master falls in love with his beautiful stepmother, played by Hao Lei, amplifying the tension between Third Master and his father. The love affair plot line keeps the film from being overwhelmed with violence or history.  It also brings emotion to the movie, drawing viewers more into the characters’ lives.

Yao gives viewers a glimpse of China during the Qing Dynasty in a detailed manner, which makes the big theater experience even more enjoyable.

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This documentary recounts the experience of a group of mountaineers who witnessed Chinese border patrol officers shoot a group of Tibetan pilgrims as they attempted to escape to Nepal through the Mt. Cho Oyu region. This is a great film for anyone interested in human rights issues or anyone considering a trip to the region.

It was on Sept. 30, 2006, that the lives of 100 mountaineers and a group of Tibetan pilgrims were forever changed.

“I immediately knew that somebody was going to die, and I turned to the clients and said, ‘you don’t wanna watch this,’” said the mountaineers trekking guide, Luis Benitez, as the group looked on in horror towards the escalating violence.

Gould frames the story within the experiences of those whom the event affected most: the Tibetans and the mountaineers. Piecing almost every detail of the story together using interviews from the mountaineers, Tibetan pilgrims, human rights activists, journalists and Chinese officials, “Murder int he Snow” is a gripping tale of loss, survival and the cost of freedom.

“Murder in the Snow” uses original footage taken by one of the mountaineers who happened to be a photojournalist, which makes the film even more compelling because audience members are shown primary source material, allowing them to come to their own conclusions about the political and religious issues Tibetans face every day.

Video footage shot by photojournalist Sergiu Matei, one of the 100 mountaineers, shows the Tibetans collapsing one by one after each AK-47 gunshot is heard in the background. Matei’s voice is also heard on the video as he says, “Fuck, they’re shooting them like dogs.”

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(from left to right)

“I guess being a hard worker and trying to get through school, and graduate on time — and have a good sense of humor through it all.”
Alestair Price
Third-year, College Eight
Business management economics

“I’m Indian and Irish — that’s a really big part of me because I don’t know anybody else who has that. That’s really special to me.”
Geraldine O’Mara
First-year, Cowell
Human biology

“I’m Canadian — it’s where I got my language and my mindset from.”
Misha Kelly
Second-year, Cowell
Economics

“I guess that would have to be my identity as a student and my focus on academics. The pursuit of knowledge is what matters; it’s the centerpiece of my life.”
David Norman
Third-year, Merrill
History

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(from left to right)

“My crush? A short girl, black curly hair, a nice Jewish girl — that all I’ll say.”
Ilya Rotenstein
Third-year, Cowell
Business management economics

“I was sitting on a bus last week, looking out the window, when a guy gave me the creepy bus stare. Yeah, that’s the one.”
Haeli Gustafson
Third-year, Porter
Marine biology

“He’s got to be nerdy — it’s a good thing. We’ll meet in Humanities 206. He’s a psych major. Definitely needs to be mature.”
Kang Xiong
Fourth-year, Merrill
Earth science

“Oh, I gotta think about this one … He’s tall, like 6’3”. He surfs for sure. He’s a bio major, like me, from San Diego. He’s the shit, like really cool, laid-back, kind of the guy that everyone in the room likes. I think he feeds orphans on the weekends?”
Alex Ooms
Second-year, College Eight
Biology

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(from left to right)

“I would say my mom, because I was born. The only Apple products I had were iPods, and they broke. They frustrated me, but my mom frustrates me more.”
Ellen Howes
Second-year, Porter
Undecided

“My mom, because I’m a PC.”
Cadi Denes
Second-year, Porter
Psychology

“My mom, because she’s done better things than Steve Jobs, who took credit for what others have worked hard on.”
Raydan Alhubaishi
Third-year, Oakes
Politics

“My mom. I was home schooled when I was little.”
Jed Humphries
Third-year, Crown
MCD biology

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