“Insulted, degraded, angry, humiliated.”  These words cascaded down the Zoom chat from UC American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) affiliates as they typed their responses to the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) ignoring their requests for rehiring rights during this April’s bargaining sessions. As they…

UC lecturers are preparing to strike in response to the university’s reluctance to meet lecturers’ demands for increased job security, fair wages and adjustments to their workload. With two years of bargaining behind them and a year and a half since their contract ended, members…

After the Democrats won back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Speaker Nancy Pelosi might have expected a victory parade. But as social activist Naomi Klein tells it, she instead got a crowd of young climate activists occupying her office on Capitol Hill demanding…

Making preparations to reopen all campuses in the fall, UC Office of the President (UCOP) will require all campus personnel to receive the COVID-19 vaccination prior to returning to on-campus instruction and programs.  UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive shared this policy with the campus…

After being stalled through legal action two years ago, UC Santa Cruz’s Student Housing West project (SHW) hit a nearly identical roadblock on April 15. The East Meadow Action Committee (EMAC) filed their second lawsuit against the UC Regents, alleging that the reapproval of developing…

When Gary Merrill transferred from Chapman College in Southern California in 1972 and made his way north to UC Santa Cruz, the campus had just taken shape and was tucked away behind a thicket of redwoods. A meadow surrounded the trees like a golden moat….

Even though there will be no crowds or diplomas on the stage, this year’s commencement will offer a chance for family and friends to celebrate their graduates around the globe via the internet. To add festivity to the occasion, UC Santa Cruz is holding an…

Jody Greene is the last person you would think would be the founding director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) at UC Santa Cruz. She will tell you that herself. She’s old-school and appreciates the traditions of centuries-old learning structures, like…

During the 1980s, African American students at UC Santa Cruz held a 21 percent six-year graduation rate. Recognizing the need for additional resources for this student population, Sister Paula Livers-Powell established the African American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC). 30 years later, the six-year graduation…

“40 acres and a mule” could have been the federal government’s monumental move to redistribute wealth to formerly enslaved Black people after the Civil War. But after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, this promise was forgotten. Now, 156 years later, “40 acres and a…