PETA: “Of Porn and PETA”
Dear Editor, In response to your article “Of Porn and PETA” (6 Oct. 2011), I would like to provide some insight into the motives behind PETA’s PETA.xxx website. PETA’s job is to draw attention to animal suffering, and we have found — and, as the...
Public Discourse
Question: Do you feel connected to other people in your major?
A Changing UC
Paula and Mark Allen pursued social science degrees during their time at UCSC. Unsatisfied with the job market forced onto them, they've decided to team up and go back to basics with rural living.
Major Traffic Accident on Broadway
A car accident on Broadway left both vehicles involved wrecked on Friday evening. The accident leaves some in the local neighborhood wondering about the safety of the intersection.
A Nation Occupied
The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread like wildfire from Wall Street to Santa Cruz, and despite the distance, the movement maintains a common language — linguistically and methodologically, as well as in its rhetoric. Considering the demands and the imperativeness of the movement, and...
Occupy Santa Cruz Kicks Off
“Strength of conviction has never been a problem for Santa Cruz,” former Mayor Scott Kennedy said at the kick-off of the Occupy Santa Cruz action, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement happening on the opposite coast.
Local Salon Raises Funds for City of Hope Patients
On Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at L'Atelier Salon, stylists will volunteer their time offering haircuts and selling raffle tickets to benefit cancer and HIV/AIDS research and treatment programs at City of Hope, a clinical research center located in Southern California. This...
UCSC Student Dies
UC Santa Cruz lost a member of its community when second-year Camila Lee died last week. The College Eight environmental studies major lived in Stevenson College last spring quarter, and was from San Diego County. According to an email from UCSC Public Affairs, the cause...
SCPD Steps Up Its Presence
Heavy police coverage on the UC Santa Cruz campus this Tuesday was attributed by Santa Cruz Police Department spokesperson Zach Friend to a county-wide operation called “Badges” that combats aggressive driving.
Creating a Safe ‘SPACE’ for Students
SPACES, the nonprofit project of Elias Martinez and Aaron White blends sex positivity, queer justice and environmental sustainability through the promotion of vegan-adult toys and educational workshops.