Dr. Marla Wyche-Hall is introduced as the new director of the AARCC.

Recently, City on a Hill Press talked with Jennifer Contreras, runner on the Cross Country team. Contreras talked about how balancing school and running, her passion.

One night in November of last year, John and Sue, both participants of Occupy Santa Cruz, threw a brick through the window of the Wells Fargo building downtown, just a few blocks from where they live. City on a Hill Press recently sat down with the pair to learn more about Occupy Santa Cruz, from an insider’s perspective — as well as what led them to vandalism for the sake of a cause.

Wooksik Cheong, a representative of the South Korean NGO Peace Network, recently visited UC Santa Cruz to discuss the disputed construction of a South Korean naval base on Jeju Island, a South Korean island off the southernmost tip of the mainland.

In a formal roundtable setting, the various student media organizations on the UCSC campus met with Chancellor Blumenthal and EVC Galloway to discuss issues pertinent to the UCSC student body at large.

This week City on a Hill Press held an email interview with Jake Brenner, a graduate of California Polytechnic State University and founder of HouseBiscuits.com, a website resource for students at UCSC and across the country who are in search of reviews for houses in their college towns.

In the final Community Chest of the quarter, City on a Hill Press sits down with director of SOAR Sayo Fujioka and discusses Cornel West, their year in review, and the future of SOAR and student organizations at UCSC.

UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal and executive vice chancellor Alison Galloway sat down on April 14 with student media organizations to discuss issues facing the university. City on a Hill Press, KZSC, SCTV, TWANAS and The Fish Rap Live! touched on the topics of decentralization and the $500 million cut to the UC system.

The United States unleashed warplanes with the help of European forces against Libyan leader Qaddafi and his government less than a month ago. Since then, Congress members — including Speaker of the House John Boehner — question whether or not Obama violated the War Powers Act. Amid calls for his impeachment, many ask, “What happens next?” UCSC Politics Professor Daniel Wirls sat down with City on a Hill Press to analyze the President’s decision to intervene.

With full body costumes that cover even his face and his accordion, Frank Lima, also known as The Great Morgani, is quite the street performer, entertaining the community with his class and music.