Social Documentation Screening June 10 at Del Mar Theatre
After spending the last two years of their lives capturing intimate portraits of communities and individuals on film, seven students will share the fruits of their labor on screen at the Del Mar Theatre. The films will be screened on June 10, marking an end...
In Memoriam: Chris Chitty
With a megaphone in hand, Christopher Chitty spoke to a large crowd at the foot of campus in protest of budget cuts. He stood in solidarity with the faculty walkout and the University of Professional and Technical Employees strike in September 2009. “We have heard...
A Century of Denial
With duct tape covering their mouths and the word “DENIAL” scrawled across in red, more than a dozen Armenian Students Association (ASA) members staged a “die-in” in Quarry Plaza. Known as Red Sunday, April 24 marks 100 years since the killing of over a million...
After 365 Days, 230 Girls Still Missing
“If things had been different, I could have been sitting exactly in the same region around the same time,” said Abyan Mama-Farah, who is Nigerian and was raised in northern Nigeria for the first five years of her life. “It could have been me.” Mama-Farah,...
Anzaldúan Thought Transcends Borderlands
“I knew Gloria Anzaldúa very well, I miss her, I miss her presence in the world,” said UC Santa Cruz feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker, as she took the podium to commence the two-day conference on the work of poet, philosopher and critical scholar Gloria...
‘Highway Six’ Set to Appear in Court April 30
The six students who were arrested for blocking traffic on Highway 17 on March 3 and suspended from UC Santa Cruz until September 2016 appeared before Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Denine Guy for about 10 minutes on Wednesday. Restitution was set at $19,000, and...
In Memoriam: Jenna Rose Fiorello
UC Santa Cruz first-year Jenna Rose Fiorello, remembered for her passion for nature and the great outdoors, died last Tuesday in a car accident in the Big Sur region off of Highway 1. She was 19. Fiorello was driving back to Santa Cruz from a...
The Subtleties of Prejudice
When Shadin Awad had the opportunity to introduce Dr. Angela Davis at the 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, she was met with praise. Attendees admired her eloquence, making comments like, “I was so surprised to hear how well-spoken you are,” and “Wow, you are...
UC Postpones Tuition Increase Until Fall 2015
As a “good faith gesture,” UC President Janet Napolitano announced that the previously approved tuition increase — set at up to 5 percent for each of the next five years — will not affect the upcoming summer quarter. “It is our conviction that all parties...
Anita Hill Speaks of Equality and ‘The Change That We Need’
A roaring round of applause welcomed to the podium the attorney and professor who put the issue of sexual harassment on the national agenda. Students, staff and community members lined up hours before Anita Hill’s lecture — “Speaking Truth to Power: Gender and Racial Equality”...