Rally-goers in the Quarry Plaza cheered in support for speakers holding signs that said everything from “Chop from the Top” and “Save Community Studies” to “UC System — by CA? Or for CA? Public Education Now.” The goals of this event were as varied as the signs. While students and faculty met in the Quarry Plaza to protest the budget cuts, other faculty members showed their support by holding classes outside in a teach-out.
hancellor George Blumenthal offers some insight on campus cuts and the future of the University of California. City on a Hill Press and KZSC sat down with the chancellor on May 4 to feel out the future of our campus. We asked questions about the budget, faculty terminations, political standing and privatization.
Birth of Word, a spoken-word event that took place on May 3 at the Oakes Learning Center, brought students from all over campus to share and celebrate various interpretations of the versatile art form. The event showcased a wide variety of expressive performers, including Mayda del Valle, a nationally renowned poet who headlined the event.
If you asked 100 people who would win in a fight between a slug and a stag, most of them would choose the stag. However, last Saturday a special breed of Banana Slugs proved that assumption wrong. With the women’s team there for support and amid cheers of “Here we go Slugs!,” six talented men’s tennis teammates took on six of Claremont’s Stags in matches that would conclusively decide how the future of Division III men’s tennis will look this season.
Upcoming Athletics Men’s Tennis 5/8 Rounds 1-2 of Division III Regional Championships (UCSC East Field): University of Redlands vs. Claremont (10 a.m.) UCSC vs. Whitman College (2 p.m.) Women’s Water Polo 5/9-11 NCAA Championships (away) Last Week’s Results Men’s Tennis 5/2 vs. Claremont (home) 6-3 (win) Women’s Water Polo 5/1-5/3 DIII Championships (away) 5/1 [...]
According to a monthly data release from the Employment and Development Department of the California government, the Santa Cruz unemployment rate was 13.6 percent for the month of March 2009. This figure is 2 percent higher than the statewide average and 4.6 percent higher than the national average. The number has increased over the last few months and is higher than last year’s estimate for the period, at 8.3 percent. As a result, over 20,000 citizens are unemployed in Santa Cruz County.
“You otter save water!” was the slogan of choice for the Santa Cruz Water Department in a recent effort to persuade Santa Cruz officials to approve limitations on water use for both businesses and individuals in the county. On April 28, the Santa Cruz City Council voted in favor of the Stage Two Water Shortage Warning, effective May 1 until the end of October 2009. The decision came in response to drastically low levels of rainfall and runoff for three consecutive years.
As the strains of an electric guitar rose through the air, a growing crowd staggered down the Porter apartment infill through the rising fog. The students came to watch their friends and hallmates jam for one infamous day known as Porterpalooza.
Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel once said, “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Indeed, protest has always been part of the fabric that makes our society unique. From the radical beginnings of the Boston Tea Party to the [...]
My mother once went through a phase of opening envelopes with gloves. It wasn’t as much a fashion statement as it was a precaution. You see, in the long-ago days of 2001, during the height of the post-9/11 bubble, which some may argue has yet to pop, the media alternated front-page stories between three main topics. They were the search for Osama Bin Laden (location still pending), the looming war with Iraq (end date still pending), and what has since come to be known as the 2001 anthrax attacks (source of origin still pending).