UC Prime Central Coast Set to Open in 2027
The Central Coast is facing one of the worst medical professional crises in California. Despite the region spanning from Santa Cruz to Ventura county, it has only two hospital residency programs. For many UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) students, a scarcity in medical facilities means having...
From Farm to Table: Cowell Coffee Shop Serves the Student Community
A previous version of this story incorrectly said the maximum amount a college student in California can receive in EBT is $234. The most a college student in California can receive in EBT is $292. Editors’ note: Some sources are referred to as their first...
Santa Cruz Joins Nation in Saying “No Kings”
Editor’s Note: In the interest of personal privacy and safety, some individuals in this story have chosen to be referred to by their first names only. “We are the voice of America, we are the voice of democracy,” said Peaches Lopez, a Santa Cruz local,...
Building Solidarity: A New Wave of Santa Cruz Unions
For a worker to comfortably afford Santa Cruz’s rental market, they would have to make about $80 per hour. Yet the average food service or retail worker in Santa Cruz makes less than a fourth of that. Combined with groceries, bills and coursework, student workers...
Budgets and Deficits and Cuts, Oh My! UC Santa Cruz Has a New Interim Provost
UC Santa Cruz has a new interim campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC). Facing a structural budget deficit of $79.9 million and frequent constriction from the Trump administration, one thing is clear: during the one year he plans to have this job, he’ll be...
Sex and the City on a Hill: Miss. Peggy
Dear Laye Texx, My boyfriend recently discovered a love for pegging, and while I’m all for it, I just can’t keep up! it’s gotten to the point where even 4 times in a night just isn’t satisfying for him. I’m exhausted and have begun to...
No Peace in a Ceasefire: Santa Cruz Mourns Two Years of Genocide
Rolla Alaydi stood in the candlelight glow of a vigil honoring her relatives killed in the Gaza genocide. She was struggling to trust the news released earlier that day: Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire agreement which could finally end two years of war....
Future of Coast Road Stables Left Unstable with Potential UCSC Land Acquisition
For nearly two decades, Christine James, a Santa Cruz County local, has boarded her horse at the Coast Road Stables located on a quiet parcel between the Monterey Bay shoreline and Highway 1, just west of UC Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus. She makes the...
Federal Cuts Attack Hispanic-Serving Institutions. UCSC is No Exception.
For Isaac Alessandro Ríos, a second-year at UC Santa Cruz, the university is obligated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) to protect Latiné and Hispanic students’ pathways to higher education. Now, due to federal attacks on HSI Initiatives across the nation, opportunities kick-started by UCSC’s HSI...
Who I Love is None of Your Business
As a queer person, I have always been expected to explain why I love who I love. When I came out to my father, he asked me why I’m gay. When I told him I hope to get married, he asked why. I couldn’t give...