ISU Members Talk Soleimani, Sanctions and Iranian Culture
*Pseudonym used to protect source’s identity From sanctions to the brink of war, the world’s attention has been fixed on Iran. On Jan. 3, a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani while on a diplomatic envoy in Iraq. Early Jan. 8, a dozen…
Abortion Services to Come to UC, CSU Campuses
California became the first state in the nation to require its public universities to provide on-campus medication abortion services on Jan. 1. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 24 on Oct. 11, 2019. Also known as the College Student Right to Access Act, the…
Skilled Craft Workers Launch Indefinite Strike
Forty-nine members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 skilled craft workers began an indefinite strike on Jan. 6. They don’t plan to resume normal work operations until their demands are met. The AFSCME Local 3299 K7 unit represents…
Wildcat Strike For a COLA Escalates
The deadline for grades to be submitted at UC Santa Cruz came and went as graduate student strikers continue demanding a cost of living adjustment (COLA). As part of their campaign, hundreds of graduate students have vowed not to submit grades until the university meets…
UCSC Mauna Kea Protectors Hosts Teach-In
On stage, Valentin Lopez, chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, sported a lei of yellow flowers and a yellow and red kihei — a traditional Hawai’ian garment. Standing in front of a cloth banner that read, “Protect Mauna Kea,” hand stitched by the Mauna…
ISU Shows Solidarity With Iran Protests
*Last name omitted at source’s request Fashioned with cardboard posters and mouths covered by duct tape, members of the UC Santa Cruz Iranian Student Union (ISU) convened for a die-in protest on Nov. 21. About 50 participants laid down in Quarry Plaza to show support…
Rebecca Ora Demands Systemic Change
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Rebecca Ora stood in front of a panel of UC regents on Nov. 13. She recalled a dinner in 2014 with UC regent George Kieffer and other UC students. Ora alleged Kieffer repeatedly touched her leg under the table during…
Investigations Into Engineering Professor Found to Warrant Discipline
Updated: Dec. 6, 2019 10:55 a.m. Content warning: This article contains references to sexual and racial harassment. *A pseudonym is used to protect the source’s identity Four hundred and sixty one days ago, Alex Muhammad* filed a formal complaint against UC Santa Cruz computer science…
Chancellor’s Office Promises e2 Funding
After a 13-year fight for long-term funding, Engaging Education (e2) convinced Chancellor George Blumenthal to add e2 as an ongoing line item in the budget beginning fall 2019. “We are demanding permanent funding for the Student-Initiated Outreach yield programs that bring an average of 60 percent…
A Guide to UCSC Classes with LGBTQIA+ Themes
Many universities have embraced queer theory in their curricula and coursework since its popularization in the 1990s. Humanities and social science disciplines from literature to psychology have worked queerness into their course offerings in some form or another. Here are just a few of the…
