Drs. Susanne Jonas and Guillermo Delgado, UC Santa Cruz lecturers for 23 and 20 years respectively, are battling the university for their jobs. On Wednesday, April 22, Jonas and Delgado joined various UCSC community members in Quarry Plaza to speak out against the university’s attempts...

Though budget cuts have recently been a major point of contention between students and UC Santa Cruz administration, that fact was hard to discern at a recent town hall meeting held in response to the statewide budget crunch.

After a three-day, 27-mile trek up the edge of the northernmost coast of California — aptly called the Lost Coast — during which they were forced to overcome obstacles such as untimely tides, bears, bugs and poison oak, a small group of backpackers found themselves...

Despite the sweltering heat of record-breaking temperatures of 96 degrees, thousands gathered at Porter Meadow on April 20, 2009 to join in the annual pot-smoking festivities. The crowd included students, alumni, Santa Cruz locals, and people from cities up and down California who came to...

Tailor Made is a regular column documenting different looks at UC Santa Cruz by Alex Zamora, a second-year art major and aspiring fashion photographer. If you asked someone to define UC Santa Cruz in one word, I have no doubt that this word would be...

A Q&A with Oakland’s The Phenomenauts Photos by Samantha Wilson There is a place where the kids used to jump and jive, a planet full of hip cats and space cadets searching for a crazy night. The Phenomenauts, the Bay Area’s foremost space-themed rock band,...

After the clock struck 4:20 pm on April 20th the large crowd that had formed at UCSC’s 4/20 celebration at the Porters Meadow began to disperse. Left behind were plastic bottles, candy rappers, empty chips and various other kinds of litter. The University did not...

The Vent is a regular column providing UCSC students with a chance to complain and revel, with regard to anything happening in their life. What are you bitching about? The food. I don’t like the food here. On campus or anywhere. I’d like to see...

Girl talk. Girl power. Girl show. Last Friday night at the Kresge Town Hall, roughly 50 students gathered for an all-female artist showcase. This event, dubbed “Girl Show,” was hosted by Mega Phone, a weekly gathering of women to discuss, connect, encourage, and share experiences....

“God will think we’re sinning!” A voice yells out of the crowd, followed by loud booing and laughter at the first meeting of the quarter for Slugs in Fishnets, a student group providing UC Santa Cruz’s answer to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” A student-run...