Gallery: Indian Student Organization Colors the Stage
The Indian Student Organization (ISO) held their 14th annual Journey Through India cultural show on April 19. The theater arts mainstage was a flurry of color, culture and energy as UCSC students displayed various styles of dance, dress and musical expression. ISO works hard all...
Gallery: Birth of Word Festival Invites Array of Performers
Presented by Cultural Arts and Diversity and Rainbow Theater, and organized by students in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP), the Birth of Word Festival started Thursday with workshops and ended Saturday with performances and a catered lunch in the Stevenson Event Center. Saturday’s performances...
Caged From Compassion
Whether in a cramped cage or in a vast ocean, animals deserve more than selective morality.
Why I’d Rather Play Grand Theft Auto Right Now
Imagine building your dream car out of blood money. Imagine making $18,000 for “picking up” some documents from a lawyer who you may or may not have killed. You befriend a stripper named Nikki and call her when you’re feeling lonely. The way you live...
Arrests a Poor Substitute for Negotiations
After 22 UC Santa Cruz students were arrested in last week’s United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 strike, any attempt at a peaceful protest was lost. The strikers were charged with allegedly blocking roads and UCSC’s West entrance, which left the UC police within their...
Choose Life for Overdose Victims
The first sign of a heroin overdose is a slowed pulse. The victim’s pupils shrink to small dots and their breathing shallows until, eventually, it stops — unless they are treated with a nasal spray called naloxone.
Gallery: Campus’s First Holi Fest Celebrates Beginning of Spring
The Student Union Assembly (SUA), in conjunction with Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) and the Indian Student Organization (ISO), presented UCSC’s first Holi Festival on the Upper East Field on April 4. Holi Festival, also known as the Festival of Colors, is traditionally a Hindu religious...
This Week in Photos
Fire near ARC intentionally set by unknown person
Sea Lions, Pelicans and Whales …Oh my!
While capturing these photos, I felt as if everything except the ocean had stopped around me. The ocean is a fascinating body of water covering nearly 70 percent of Earth’s surface.