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Image Students Storm Sac

Julie Eng & Sarah Naugle

Five students arrested after demonstrating inside the Capitol.

Image Q&A: Chancellor George Blumenthal

Molly Carter, Dana Burd, Julie Eng

Chancellor George Blumenthal spoke with student media about the UC’s financial crisis, where he will be on March 1, and his actions in Sacramento. Despite rampant cuts to campus resources and programs, Blumenthal says he is “cautiously optimistic.”
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Image Students Show the Languages Love

Julie Eng

Students and faculty gathered outside Blumenthal’s office at Kerr Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 17. They delivered handmade cards, which both professed their love for UC Santa Cruz language programs and urged the administration not to cut from the languages’ budget.

Image Questions Arise Over UCSC Fee Allocations

Jennifer Cain and Jacob Margolis

The University of California (UC) Regents will vote Nov. 18 on whether or not to increase undergraduate educational fees by a total of 32 percent, or approximately $2,500, starting next school year. By raising fees, regents and the University Office of the President (UCOP) plan to make up for a loss of state funds.

Image Blumenthal Q&A

City on a Hill Press

UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal provided student media with an afternoon to discuss issues facing the University on Nov. 2. City on a Hill Press, along with KZSC, touched on the topics of privatization and UC President Mark Yudof’s handling of the budget crisis.  Jim Burns, the director of public information, and student media advisors, were present in the background of the hour-long interview.

Image Sticking to the Plan

Molly Carter & Ben Gevercer

What will the UC system look like ten years from now? What will its size be? How can the University of California ensure that it is within reach of Californians of all backgrounds? And how will it continue to attract world-renowned faculty? Amid UC’s economic turmoil Board of Regents Chairman Russell Gould created the Commission on the Future to answer these questions.

Image Santa Cruz Neighbors Speak Up

Lauren Foliart

Since the founding of UC Santa Cruz in 1965, the relationship between residents and students has been a tenuous one, to say the least.

To encourage a conversation between the two groups, the Santa Cruz Neighbors, an organization representing a network of local residents, hosted a meeting last Tuesday with UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal to discuss city residents’ concerns with the university and its students.

Image George Blumenthal: The Student Media Interview

Arianna Puopolo & Michelle Fitzsimmons

hancellor George Blumenthal offers some insight on campus cuts and the future of the University of California. City on a Hill Press and KZSC sat down with the chancellor on May 4 to feel out the future of our campus. We asked questions about the budget, faculty terminations, political standing and privatization.