A Tribute to Black Lives
Members of African/Black Student Alliance (A/BSA) gathered in Quarry Plaza to bring awareness to the mass police violence affecting the nation on Nov. 4. Around 40 students took turns lying on the ground atop construction paper cutouts lined with chalk outlines with the names of...
In Solidarity with Standing Rock
“Water is life. Life is water,” about 40 students chanted, protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Quarry Plaza. The Undocumented Alliance (UA) organized the demonstration on Nov. 7 to stand in solidarity with the Sioux tribe of Standing Rock. “It is...
El Centro Hosts National Activists
Around 30 students and community members gathered today to speak out against the injustices against Latinx people in the U.S. and more specifically the U.S. funded Merida Initiative, a plan that effectively serves as an extension of the “War on Drugs” into Mexico, concluded this...
The Voices of the Voteless
*Last names have been withheld to protect the sources’ identities. Over an estimated 100 million voters will head to the polls to cast their votes, but the 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. won’t have that chance. “Since I don’t have the right to...
UCSC Police Department Host Active Shooter Training
In 2015, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S., defined by the Department of Homeland Security as a shooting which involves four or more casualties. In response to public interest, UC Santa Cruz’s Police Department (UCSC PD) hosted an active shooter response seminar, which...
Goodbye Theory, Hello Practical Activism
The 14th annual Practical Activism Conference inspired people to change the world. Around 400 people gathered on Oct. 22 at UC Santa Cruz to hear Eddy Zheng speak about his experiences with the prison industrial system. Along with student-led workshops and tabling, Terisa Siagatonu preformed...
The Evolving Definition of Women
On the lower side of campus, right off Coolidge Drive, three generations of UC Santa Cruz affiliates gathered in the newly renovated Cardiff House to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the UCSC Women’s Center on Oct. 18. Dozens of students, faculty and staff filed into...
4 Questions, 4 Answers from Campus Admin
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal, Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway and Interim EVC and Campus Diversity Officer for Faculty Herbie Lee all sat down with Student Media organizations on Wednesday to answer questions regarding the future of the university and representation on campus....
The Overcrowding Problem
Whether it’s circling the West Remote parking lot searching for spaces, living in a triple intended as a double or watching the loop buses pass by, students are feeling the effects of overcrowding. There are over 650 more students on campus this fall than last...
The Dedication of Rachel Carson
Before the College Eight arches were built, before morning coffee in the plaza and before the new Rachel Carson College sign was placed, founding College Eight provost Paul Niebanck remembers students waking up in motel rooms and trekking up to campus. It was 1972, and...