UCSC Undergrad and Salinas Council Member Anthony Rocha’s Trailblazing Path to Public Service
Salinas was a place of opportunity for Anthony Rocha. His mother moved their family to Salinas when he was just 5 years old, looking for new opportunities after the death of Rocha’s father. Sixteen years later, Rocha is simultaneously a Salinas city council member and…
Your Future, As Explained By the Stars: Jordan’s UCSC Horoscopes
The 2020-21 school year will go down in history, but the next academic year is still a mystery. Students have navigated the depths of online curriculum. Some wandered the deserted maze of campus, falling into alien routines of COVID-19 testing and limited interaction. Many still…
Feelings on Fonts
In the fall of my first year at UC Santa Cruz, I applied to be a photographer for City on a Hill Press. For reasons unknown to me, I was hired as a production designer. However, I accepted the position, and this decision would tether…
It’s Spring Roll Season!
Growing up, I was never a fan of leafy greens. Therefore, I was never a fan of spring rolls. At a Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) fundraiser, I took my first bite of a spring roll in almost eight years and realized they aren’t that bad….
The Queer Fashion Show Archives: Keeping History Alive
More than two decades of memories from the Queer Fashion Show (QFS) have been kept in a storage room. In celebration of Pride, current QFS directors and their advisor are sharing a rich collection of prideful stories from the LGBTQIA+ community at UC Santa Cruz….
UCSC Undergraduate Bridges the Gap Between Incarcerated Family Members and Their Kids Through Literature
Matt Sioson, a UC Santa Cruz third-year student majoring in legal studies, reaches behind his desk and collects a handful of crisp uniform envelopes. He singles one out, opens it, and takes out a letter that reads “family is everything.” This is only one of…
Porter’s Latest Mural, Almost Two Years in the Making
In blue, green, and hints of yellow, Isabella Tuell, a second-year undergraduate Porter affiliate, paints the latest addition to the Porter College murals. Featuring a mother whale with its baby, her mural depicts what most college freshmen go through — growing up and moving out…
Shirazi v. Oweis: COLA Graduate Student Takes Police to Court
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Sabrina Shirazi sued members of the UC Police Department and a member of the California Highway Patrol on Jan. 14, 2021, for numerous claims related to alleged excessive force by the police while Shirazi was protesting with the COLA movement…
Sluttony: Kicking Down Rock’s Door
Hannah Goodwin is a second year and double major in Theater Arts and History of Art and Visual Culture. In the group she plays the guitar. Fun fact: Hannah is listening well to a specific note on the piano used to be associated with elephants…
“The two-state solution is dead. Israel has killed it”: New Solutions Are Needed in Push Toward Israeli-Palestinian Peace
You’ve likely seen the videos by now: dozens of Palestinian families being forced out of their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli riot police storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at Ramadan worshippers. Missiles fired by…