Your 2025-26 Student Union Assembly Candidates
With the growing divide between students and the administration, many students are looking for a platform to voice their concerns. The upcoming Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections are one such pathway. SUA is the official student government at UC Santa Cruz, composed of six lead...
“An Important Win”: Judge Narrows Search Warrant After Two-Month Legal Battle
For the past seven months, UC Santa Cruz police have had access to the entire contents of third-year Laaila Irshad’s phone. From private emails and text messages, to photos and even location data, authorities had access to over a decade’s worth of personal data. UCSC...
“Long Live the First of May”: Workers and Students Rally Together
Editors note: Some sources have chosen to remain anonymous or identify themselves by first name only out of concern for their safety and security. When the clock struck noon, every union at UC Santa Cruz was on the field at the base of campus. That’s...
Dear UCSC Students: It’s Time to Stand Up
There is no denying that we are a community of change-makers. We were the first university in the nation to name a department “feminist studies.” The first-ever commencement ceremony on our campus in 1969 was disrupted by passionate students who awarded an Honorary Degree to...
48 Hours, Strict Vows, and a Lemon: UCSC Students Create a Film Against the Clock
How do you make a film with no genre, a lemon and the phrase “what just happened?” This is the question 20 filmmakers had to answer in under 48 hours. So began the second annual Slug 48 challenge, a fast-paced contest facilitated by the film...
“A Call for Accountability”: UCSC Women’s Center Shatters the Stigma
Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of the Shatter the Stigma rally, march, and healing event, this article will include terms related to sexual assault/sexual violence (S.A./S.V.) and dialogue around S.A./S.V. “What does a campus/world without violence against women look like to you?” The question...
A UCSC Earth Day Drag Show: Mother Earth Drag Extravagaza
Drag queen Antoinette strutted down the stage in heeled boots, a blonde wig and a black lace dress. Suddenly, she dropped to the floor, one leg in the air, executing the “dip” move. As she hit the ground, some audience members yelled in flattery: “Mother!”...
What the Hell is Going on with the UCSC Budget?
UC Santa Cruz — at every level — has been reeling from a structural budget deficit. The effects trickle down to students in many aspects of their education such as larger class sizes and less accessible campus services. Despite significant effects beginning to materialize, many...
Enroll, Waitlist, Repeat: Psychology as an Impacted Major
When enrolling in psychology classes, UC Santa Cruz students wait in anticipation. Multiple alarms are set for their enrollment appointments. They hover over their computers hours before their assigned time. They have to be on high alert to make sure their required classes don’t fill...
“Never Just an Advisor”: Overworked and Underpaid
Jeyson Aldana can list off the names of the very first people they advised at UC Santa Cruz from memory. They can point at a photo from a global community health (GCH) commencement ceremony and rattle off each name and major of the students. The...