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{May 30, 2009}
Louise Chen's "Cerebral Flatulence"
Photos by Isaac Miller
According to Louise Chen, her art is a result of brain farts.
For the month of May, Chen, a third-year art student, will exhibit her collection titled “Cerebral Flatulence” on the walls of Caffé Pergolesi. She describes her illustrations of abstract plants, family portraits, and bikes as “uncontrollable byproducts” of her brain.
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{May 29, 2009}
Three protests on third day of actions against budget cuts
Thursday marked the third day in a week-long action to protest cuts to community studies, ethnic resource centers and Latin America and Latino Studies (LALS) professors.
At the base of campus, the crowd of protestors seemed have thinned, but those in attendance played guitar, listened to music, and exchanged ideas. Several students and community members spoke, [...]
{May 28, 2009}
Students of Color Collective stage hunger strike
On Tuesday, the Students of Color Collective (SOCC) pledged to empty their bowls in the interest of activism, a measure that commemorates the Third World and Native American Studies (TWANAS) hunger strike in 1981 that protested UC Santa Cruz’s lack of recognition of issues facing students of color.
Massive funding cuts and ineffectual communications with administrators [...]
Santa Cruz Residents Protest Prop. 8 Decision
Children shyly approached the microphones adorned with rainbow scarves and talked about how much they loved their parents and how much it hurt to see rights denied to them. One woman grasped her chest saying, “It felt like the day Harvey [Milk] was killed. I just felt this stabbing pain in my heart.”
{May 27, 2009}
Who knew the next time you play beer pong it could be courtesy of City on a Hill Press?
On Thursdays, generally between 1-3 pm, CHP staffers will be in the Quarry Plaza tabling for the newspaper. CHP-stamped ping pong balls, pens, and copies of the new issue, which come out every Thursday, will be available [...]
Student Union Assembly Election Results
The results are in for the Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections that occurred May 13th-May 20th. Kalwis Lo won his re-election for the SUA Chair with 52 percent of the vote. Tiffany Loftin, Victor Sanchez, and Matthew Palm ran unopposed and won their re-elections for SUA Internal Vice Chair, External Vice Chair, and Commissioner of [...]
{May 26, 2009}
Gaia, UCSC's first green magazine
UC Santa Cruz is a nationwide leader when it comes to environmental causes on college campuses and now has a magazine to prove it.
The Environmental Media Project, a student media organization founded at the beginning of this year, has recently released Gaia magazine, the first publication to highlight sustainability efforts on campus. Created by four [...]
April showers are gone and the sun is shining. The ground is dry and the skies are a clear vibrant blue. It’s that time again: flip-flop season.
While footwear choices are as diverse as the student population at UC Santa Cruz, this summer staple is criticized as the cause of many health problems such as poor [...]
The flavors of Santa Cruz have slipped under the radar.
When food choices fluctuate between the variety of supermarkets and the farmer’s market, who would think to eat weeds?
Native plants have been overshadowed by domesticated produce and have for the most part completely disappeared from the plates of industrial nations. But free food has gained an [...]
{May 21, 2009}
"Suspicious package" on Bay and High St. a false alarm
CruzAlert received its first opportunity to alert students of a potential threat to campus safety on Thursday morning.
An automated voice message, multiple text messages and e-mails generated by the CruzAlert system were sent out to students, staff and faculty at about 9 a.m. Thursday. The alerts came in response to a “suspicious device off campus [...]