Booths filled with food from around the world covered the Oakes Lower Lawn as hundreds gathered to participate in the 31st Annual Multi-Cultural Festival (MCF) on Saturday, May 15.

On Sunday, March 7, one month to the day after Benjamin Quaye’s body was found in a ditch along Almar Avenue after he fell and hit his head, friends and family held a memorial at the Oakes Learning Center to say their goodbyes and share their memories of Quaye and his impact on the Oakes community and UC Santa Cruz as a whole.

Students crammed into the Oakes Learning Center last Thursday to dance, eat fresh Mexican food, watch a film about resistance, and discuss the importance of having a Third World voice in UC Santa Cruz’s student media.