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…
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…