GABRIELA SC, Black Student Union, COLA4ALL, and Others Organize May Day Demonstration
Sixty students flooded the desolate streets of campus, rallying and protesting for workers rights and protections moving gradually from Quarry Plaza to the empty Kerr Hall, a UC Santa Cruz landmark known for hosting student protests. Workers around the world rallied for better working conditions…
SUA Debates 2021
With the clock ticking on campus elections, the Student Union Assembly hosted a virtual debate to garner election engagement from the student body. This comes after a record low turnout, with only 11 percent of students voting last spring. Most of the candidates ran unopposed,…
SUA Passes Muslim Student Association’s Statement in Support of Palestine
In May, the eruption of brutality toward Palestinian civilians from Israel Defense Forces in both Palestine and Israel-occupied Palestine caught international attention. In response, UC Santa Cruz’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) sought to get Student Union Assembly (SUA) to issue a statement in support of…
3 DJs and a Pandemic
Reporter’s Note: Having joined KZSC in winter 2021, I witnessed firsthand the benefit of being a part of this community during such an isolating time in my life. The impact of being a part of the station changed the way I listened to music during…
Books, Activism, and How to Be an Ally: Noname and Tiffany Dena Loftin at ‘Amplifying Radical Voices’
Donned in her own merch and a pair of silver hoops, musician Noname sat in front of soundboards that line the wall of her Los Angeles home office. In the Zoom box next to her sat UC Santa Cruz alum Tiffany Dena Loftin, sporting a…
Crisis Communication Team Bridges the Gap Between Students and Resources
Rolling PG&E blackouts, weeks of student-led strikes, a nearly complete switch to remote learning in response to a viral pandemic, and a wildfire that devastated a large portion of Santa Cruz county were all departures from UC Santa Cruz business as usual since fall 2019. …
Voting On SUA Student Referenda Fees That Support Student Resources Pushed to 2022
Every year, the Student Union Assembly (SUA) holds campuswide elections to elect new student officials. Also on the ballot are campus-based fees that are subject to student approval. These fees help fund campus initiatives and other student organizations, including City on a Hill Press. This…
UCPD Policies Provide New Vague and Lenient Guidelines for Officers
Content warning: police violence Weapons that launch tear gas into large crowds, and a police force with full range to cause death or very serious injury at their discretion, are among the new, vaguely worded policies that will serve as the basis for UC police…
How We Think About How We Think About the Universe: A Conversation With George Blumenthal
Organic artichokes, endangered species, the complexity of the universe, self-driving cars, and the illustrious words of Shakespeare usually don’t find themselves in one discussion series. But for UC Santa Cruz alumni Michael Riepe and David Hansen, topics like these make up Slug & Steins —…
After a Year of Inaction, Students of BSU Revisit Demands
The students of the Black Student Union needed support that was not there in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. With ongoing uncertainties surrounding the pandemic in June 2020, protests happening across the country, and reports of unjust Black deaths constantly in the news, it…