As UCSC prepares for finals, Merrill College students switch stuff and shake things up.

This spring has seen a greater marketing effort for campus housing than in past years, and the content of the advertisements has changed as well, reaching out to older students through new options.

In wake of the recent racially insensitive incidents at UC San Diego and a racially offensive image drawn on the wall of a bathroom stall at the Earth and Marine Sciences building at UC Santa Cruz, campus leaders are trying to promote inclusion through new housing communities with special themes.

Many Santa Cruz residents still have not submitted their completed census forms, but community leaders are working to ensure that every individual takes part.