
UCSC graduate student alumna Rupa Dhillon designed an innovative game for blind and sighted players, named Rock Vibe, which uses digital vibratory technology to enhance gameplay for those who are visually impaired.

Twitter announced last week its plan to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, effectively cutting off certain countries from important information. City on a Hill Press argues for an American-based company, freedom of speech and information should always apply.

Natural Selection, a site-specific installation by UCSC alumni Katarina Lanfranco, opens in the Sesnon Gallery Feb 2. The piece discusses issues of culture and nativity through a ikebana paper-cut forest.
Staff members of UC Riverside’s The Highlander have proposed a plan to fix the UC budget. Released on Jan. 10, the plan proposes a system of wage garnishings instead of one based on student fees or tuition.

In our first edition of our outdoor-adventure blog, Kelly Ann Kelso gives a tour of Porter College’s backyard, with expeditions in Empire Cave and the Karst topography of Cave Gulch.

With burgeoning internship opportunities in rural Guatemala, UCSC students can now work with ‘Ayudame A Pintar Mi Futuro,’ a program that aims to alleviate poverty and promote education through art.
On November 17 Wu discussed race and the subtle forms of racial discrimination, inviting people of all backgrounds to see what is between black and white. He acknowledges that race is a widely talked about subject, but he will offer a new paradigm of thought about race.
In response to UC Davis police’s use of pepper spray on Occupy UC Davis protesters, UC Davis is calling for a general strike on Monday, Nov. 28.

The race for district five county supervisor welcomed a new candidate this week. Bruce McPherson, former California secretary if state, plans to give less known candidates a run for their money.

In this week’s The Starving Student, Emiliano O’Flaherty-Vazquez shows that if any worldly force can stop you from buying snack foods, these flaky straws will.
