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This spring election season could simply be described, in today’s terms, as an epic fail.
The annual spring campus elections, held every year to decide on proposed student fee increases and student government representatives, fell short of the minimum voter turnout needed to pass four proposed student fee measures, proving that student apathy is on the rise when it comes to campus politics.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Campus Elections, Editorials, Volume 43 Issue 30
The Same-Sex Marriage Fight in California Is Not Over
On Nov. 4 of last year, UC Santa Cruz students celebrated the election of the 44th president of the United States with a large victory run that spanned the entire campus. However, the joyful mood was soon dampened when news of the passage of Proposition 8 became known, and students’ hopes for marriage equality in the state of California began to fade.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Features
Tags: California Supreme Court, GLBTQ, Prop 8, Same-Sex Marriage, Volume 43 Issue 30
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Comics, Slug Comics, Volume 43 Issue 30
Santa Cruzans Mobilize to Save California State Parks
The dramatic landscape of Natural Bridges State Beach served as the backdrop to an impassioned rally on June 1, with over 500 residents coming together to oppose Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed plan to cut $213 million from the California State Parks system by 2011.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: City
Tags: Budget Cuts, California State Parks, Governor Schwarzenegger, Natural Bridges, Protests, Volume 43 Issue 30
Tim Becker came to the farm as a first-year and hasn’t left since.
The seed was planted in 2005, when he arrived at UC Santa Cruz as a proposed language studies major from Los Angeles who had no prior farming experience.
Then he got his hands dirty.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: CASFS, Organic Food, The Farm, UCSC Farm Apprenticeship Program, Volume 43 Issue 30
Students Wrap Up Protest at Base of Campus
The Students of Color Collective (SOCC) finished a week of hunger strikes, optimistic about the success of their protest. Situating their demonstration at the base of campus, SOCC proved to be an organized and resilient group of concerned students.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: "The New UC", Budget Cuts, Family Student Housing, Protests, SOCC Hunger Strike, Students of Color Collective, Volume 43 Issue 30
Mike Rotkin is a busy man. He is a lecturer, a union leader, the coordinator of the UC Santa Cruz community studies field study, an activist, a father, a husband, the faculty adviser for Fish Rap Live! magazine, a former Santa Cruz mayor, chairman of the local ACLU chapter, and a City Councilmember. He also kayaks, enjoys sports, and spends time outdoors.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: City
Tags: Community Studies, Mike Rotkin, Profile, Q&A, Volume 43 Issue 30
Seniors Prep Short Films for Upcoming Screening
Students of Film 196, Senior Project in Film and Video Production, will soon be debuting their short films after a quarter’s worth of labor and love. The June 12 screening at the Media Theater will premier shorts from each of the 22 seniors who were accepted into the class after submitting portfolios of their work.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Arts
Tags: Film & Video, Volume 43 Issue 30
It seems impossible that the notion of sexism still exists in today’s world. The 2008 elections marked the first time a woman was a serious candidate for president, while another came could have easily become our nation’s first female vice president. From these women, it could be assumed that the world is progressing toward an era of greater equality between the sexes. But an April 26 Washington Post column by author and University of Texas professor of sociology Mark Regnerus, entitled “Say Yes — What Are You Waiting For?” seems to prove otherwise.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Columns, Dell Computers, Gender/Sexuality, Mark Regnerus, Volume 43 Issue 30, Washington Post
Keep SC Beaches Beautiful
Summer 2009 is almost here, and everyone knows what that means: people from all over the world will be stampeding to the beaches in Santa Cruz to enjoy some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in California. There is no feeling quite like the one you get when you are standing on the cliffs at [...]
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Environment, Letters to the Editor, Volume 43 Issue 30