What’s next? UCSC Camper Park Future Remains Open to Question
It has been three months since UC Santa Cruz announced the immediate closure of the Camper Park and retracted that announcement. Now, nearly two weeks away from the end of the quarter, the future of the Camper Park and its residents remains unclear. “People are...
All Eyes on Rafah: Students and Artist RedVeil Gather in Quarry in Solidarity
A crowd of over 300 people filled the Quarry parking lot, facing a makeshift stage of wooden pallets in front of the UC Santa Cruz Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Around 5 p.m., a board member of UCSC Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) got up on...
Escalation and the Student Intifada — Perspectives from a Student at Columbia
On April 30, 2024, I watched nearly 1,000 armed officers barge into the building that student protestors reclaimed as Hind’s Hall. Moments before the siege, the police had pushed all students into the surrounding dorms. As my panicked peers banged on zip-tied doors and chanted...
UAW’s Second Week of Striking Garners More Support from Local Organizations
For the past 10 days, the picket line on the base of campus featured rousing speeches, bumping DJ sets, and chants calling for action from the UC system. After entering its second week, the United Auto Workers (UAW) 4811 strike is far from losing steam. ...
Meet This Year’s SUA Candidates
UC Santa Cruz’s spring 2024 undergraduate Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections are in full swing. After a week-long delay, the ballots are officially open for voters from May 20 until May 31. UCSC students can access ballots virtually through the campus elections website. This year’s...
Student Services Prepare for Possible Budget Cuts
See City on a Hill Press’ past coverage of the budget deficit for more context. Walking down the trail from the Cowell Apartments to the East Field, you’ll pass a pair of trailers. Behind their doors lies The Cove, a student support community that provides...
Guide to 2024 Undergraduate Campus Election Ballot Measures and Opinion Polls
For any ballot measure to pass, 25 percent of undergraduate students must vote. That’s 4,453 students. Last year, just 13.3 percent or 2,169 undergraduate students voted. Unless voter turnout doubles this year, none of the measures on the ballot will pass. If you want to...
SUGB Replaces TAPS Student Oversight Measure with Opinion Poll
“If we pay, should we have a say?” This is one of the questions Student Union Governance Board (SUGB) asks students in its new opinion poll on the student elections ballot. What isn’t on the ballot is a long-awaited measure that would put Transportation And...
“The People United Will Forever Be Ignited”– 42nd Annual Multicultural Festival at UC Santa Cruz
Ornate feather headdresses, pastel-colored hanfus, and bamboo Tinikling poles stood out amongst a crowd encircled by an array of ethnic food vendors. The smell of tamales, kabobs, and banh mis drifted off the paper plates of excited students as they sat in the grass around...
Negotiations Stall, Encampment Moves
Editor’s Note: Jamie Hindery serves as an Undergraduate Representative on multiple Academic Senate committees, but only spoke to City on a Hill Press on behalf of the negotiation team at this time. Demonstrators hoisted a 30-foot banner above the entrance of the new UC Santa...