We all saw this coming: the freefall after things come too easy.

For so long, we have been a nation built on the “all-or-nothing” credo, with half of us hoping for the fortune that comes with being plucked from obscurity and thrust into fame and fortune, and the other half putting in the work ethic required, but simply spending more than we have.

Cannabis smokers of Santa Cruz, unite.  Blaze up the ganja (as if you haven’t been already), because it’s time: 4/20 is upon us. Yes, that beautiful time in spring when all the potheads and stoners of the city — and the state, for that matter — converge on Porter Meadow to do something they do [...]

When U.S. Representative Sam Farr (D-Carmel) called UC Santa Cruz “the greatest university in the world,” he was only half-joking.

Last Monday, Farr presented Chancellor George Blumenthal an award in recognition of the campus’s ongoing contributions to the Peace Corps. This year, 52 UCSC students joined the Peace Corps as volunteers. The campus made the second-largest volunteer contribution out of any medium-sized college in the country, and 18th out of all colleges nationwide.

It would be difficult to find a college student who wouldn’t tell you drunk driving is a bad idea.  It would be equally difficult to find a college student who doesn’t know someone who has driven drunk.  Nick Adenhart’s tragic death last week should serve as a political and personal call to action when it [...]