City on a Hill Press is dedicated to informing students about the spring campus elections and as a part of this effort, we are profiling the candidates for the Student Union Assembly officer positions. Voting started Wednesday, May 13th and continues through this Wednesday, May 20th. Vote online at http://www.elections.ucsc.edu. Third-year Oakes student Leda Hernandez [...]
City on a Hill Press is dedicated to informing students about the spring campus elections and as a part of this effort, we are profiling the candidates for the Student Union Assembly officer positions. Voting started Wednesday, May 13th and continues through this Wednesday, May 20th. Vote online at http://www.elections.ucsc.edu. Third year politics major Scott [...]
It’s that time of the year again. It’s unmistakable, with the event invitations on Facebook, urging you to vote in the Spring undergraduate elections. It’s unavoidable, with the campaign materials scattered on all applicable surfaces on campus. It’s almost unresistable, with slices of Costco pizza being given in the Quarry as an incentive to vote [...]
Michelle Obama gave a commencement speech for UC Merced’s first graduating class this past Saturday, a surprising honor that’s cost the university an estimated $700,000. Some of the UC Merced’s corporate sponsors pitched in to alleviate the cost of organizing the event. According to the Sacramento Bee companies such as AT&T, the Educational Employees Credit [...]
Seung Kim did not notice anything particular about the garbage can he was sitting on during the Walk Out II, a protest against budget cuts held at the Quarry on April 30th. However, he was marveled by its complexity when it was brought to his attention. “I saw the logo and I thought it was [...]
Walk Out II marks another protest in a series of actions against the University’s proposed cuts to majors and programs around campus A crowd of 150 protesters gathered in the Quarry Plaza on Wednesday, April 29th, for a second “Walk-Out” to voice outrage about projected budget cuts to the Community Studies major, language studies classes [...]
Old school hip-hop hearkens back to a time when artistic expression and content trumped marketability for many artists, and labels were willing to promote and widely distribute material that focused on an overall theme of positivity, in spite of adverse conditions. Artists like KRS-One were among the first to point out police brutality and put [...]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could have been a politician. His father, Robert F. Kennedy was a senator and a Democratic presidential candidate. John F. Kennedy, his uncle, served as the 35th President of the United States. And another one of his uncles, Ted Kennedy, is currently a senator from Massachusetts. Instead of a becoming politician, [...]
Colleges around the nation use technology to ensure campus safety If you are wondering what that random, unknown text message sent to your phone on Friday, May 1, 2009 was, look no further. In the wake of the tragic Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, UC Santa Cruz is among college campuses nationwide that have implemented [...]
The quad may be fenced off, but that won’t stop hundreds of students from gathering this Saturday near the I-lounge for the annual Porterpalooza. This year’s all-day free music fest boasts free popcorn and free snow cones for all, complete with body painting and a full band schedule from 11 a.m. to 8 at night. [...]