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Thank You, to the Best Damn Paper There Is
I came to UC Santa Cruz in the fall of 2008. I was a junior transfer from UC Santa Barbara, looking for something more meaningful than getting drunk and stoned on balconies and beaches every day. Not to knock UCSB — I had a phenomenal time, met some friends for life, and needless to say, [...]
Published on: Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Volume 44 Issue 20
Chit, Chat and the Other Thing
If we had a penny for every time our respective mothers told us not to talk to strangers, I’m pretty sure we’d have none.
Published on: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Chat Roulette, Columns, Online, Procrastination, Technology, Volume 44 Issue 19
For our Week Seven issue, I did not want to write a column. I planned to cover the Mavericks Surf Competition that shook Half Moon Bay last Saturday. When I embarked early Saturday morning, I already had a rough outline written in my head: the 45-foot waves, the perfect conditions, the unparalleled competition from around the world, the local Santa Cruz underdogs and hometown heroes. I knew it could be the experience of a lifetime. But what I got was a reality check instead.
Published on: Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Volume 44 Issue 17
It’s love that makes the world go ’round.
Published on: Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Volume 44 Issue 16
At the tail end of the new millennium’s first decade, race relations took an unprecedented turn in the larger cultural landscape. What does this mean for the post-millennial decade that lies before us?
Published on: Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Barack Obama, Columns, Race & Ethnicity, Volume 44 Issue 12
Making California care about higher education.
Published on: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Budget Cuts, California Budget, Columns, Higher Education, Lobbying, Volume 44 Issue 10
The Decade That Killed Substance
It was the turn of the millennia, the first decade of the 21st century. No one knew what to expect or what was coming. And just like that, as quickly as the Y2K scares began, the decade is coming to a close with 2010 right around the corner. But before we welcome in the new year, the past decade deserves a quick overview.
Published on: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Culture & Community, Technology, Volume 44 Issue 10
The UC protest succeeded in shutting down campus but failed at uniting students.
Published on: Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Misinformation, President Yudof, Protests, UC Budget, Volume 44 Issue 9
Allowing yourself to spiritually connect with the food you create and your surroundings will make for an entirely different form of giving thanks.
Published on: Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Volume 44 Issue 9
Here, Queer and Not Going Anywhere
As California’s priorities shift, the fight for gay rights must be at the forefront of radical change.
Published on: Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, GLBTQ, Politics, Prop 8, Same-Sex Marriage, Volume 44 Issue 9