By Katelyn JacobsonCity on a Hill Press Reporter In a university that receives only about 42 percent of its funding from the state, wringing money out of the system requires a little creativity. Since 2003, the McHenry Library Addition and Renovation Project has been carefully planned and built around budgets. There is approximately a $91 [...]

By Alyssa JarrettCity on a Hill Press Reporter With the McHenry Library addition fully completed, facilities such as the University Library Media Center hold cutting-edge resources that go largely underutilized by students. “In a three- or four-hour shift, I usually only see about 30 people,” said first-year Ramille Baguio, who works at the Media Center. [...]

By Daniel ZarchyCity on a Hill Press Co-Editor in Chief For a public school system used to feeling the knife, this can hardly be classified as “news.” The UC Regents, the governing board for the nation’s largest public higher education system, voted Wednesday to curtail freshman enrollment for the 2009-10 school year to offset deepening [...]

By Devin DunlevyCity on a Hill Press Reporter In the first weeks of 2009, Santa Cruz is feeling the grip of the global recession. As residents and city leaders tighten their belts, last year’s housing crisis continues to reverberate throughout the community. According to the most recent issue of the Santa Cruz Record, a weekly [...]

By Rosie SpinksCity on a Hill Press Reporter Last week, Santa Cruz community members mobilized in a final successful effort to save both the Natural History Museum and the iconic Santa Cruz Surf Museum after the City Council voted to de-fund both facilities in early December. The initial vote came amid the city’s fiscal crisis, [...]

By Ashley GlazebrookCity on a Hill Press Reporter For the average UC Santa Cruz student, looking for housing is, to say the least, a time of high stress and minimal enjoyment. The university educates approximately 15,000 undergraduate students, all of whom require shelter. But the city of Santa Cruz — and the campus — have [...]

By Samantha WilsonCity on a Hill Press Reporter If “all the world is a stage,” then in Santa Cruz theaters, Shakespeare Santa Cruz is headlining the show. Founded in 1981, Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) is a local theater repertory, which has been hailed by USA Today as “one of the nation’s top 10 most influential [...]

By Jenna PurcellCity on a Hill Press Reporter A bronze goat lays grotesquely arched over a sacrificial stake. Among the construction and general “fresh quarter” hustle at Cowell College, details like this tend to fall out of focus. With new class enrollment, book-buying and general stressing in the works, students walk briskly by the sculpture [...]

By Christina LeeCity on a Hill Press Reporter The crowd was silent as it anticipated the winning point. Fans stood on the bleachers with breathless anticipation, waiting to hear the ball hit the ground. Then the sound of a whistle sliced through the air, and the gym erupted with noise, ending the night with exuberance. [...]

By CHP Staff Report “Lay on!” With a shout of commencement, Edgar Gonzalez leaps through the air, his weapon brandished, leather wristbands glinting in the sun as his opponents draw back in fear. Weapons collide, and warriors fall to their knees as they wipe the beaded sweat off their faces. This scene, reminiscent of “Lord [...]