Movement needs support, direction — not cynicism
If various UCSC-related Facebook pages, The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s recent editorial (“UC highway protest: How not to cultivate solidarity” on March 3) and the publication’s comments section are representative of the public reaction to the six undergraduates who formed a blockade on Highway 17, then...
Update: Six Students Arrested During Protest on Highway 17
Updated: 3/5, 12:20 a.m. By Alexa Lomberg, Montse Reyes and Lauren Romero Six UC Santa Cruz students were arrested on one felony charge — conspiracy to execute a crime — and three misdemeanors — creating a public nuisance, failure to obey lawful order and failure...
Breaking: Protesters Block Highway 17
About 30 marchers joined the five UC Santa Cruz students blocking southbound Highway 17 near the Highway 1 North exit on Tuesday.
UCSC Prioritizes Research Over Teaching
UC Santa Cruz continues to grasp at prestige as a research university, but has largely neglected research’s counterpart — teaching. In the 2013-14 academic year, a group of 55 individuals formed the Planning Task Force (PTF) to brainstorm what would become “Envision UCSC,” a strategic...
‘Fight the Hike Art Movement’ Engages with Privatization
By Gabrielle Garcia and Sandra Fernandez Feb. 27 will be a day full of artful protest for the participants and viewers of “Privatized Minds // A Fight the Hikes Art Movement.” During the day, the Bridge Gallery at Porter College will house an exhibition that...
Vacant Desk Should Be Thoughtfully Filled
Only 40 percent of Americans trust mass media to report the news accurately and fairly, according to a September 2014 Gallup poll. Jon Stewart gave us a reason to trust again. After 16 years as lead anchor, Stewart, a pioneer of political satire news reporting,...
UCSC’s Plan for the Future Lacks Any Bite
The plan sounds impressive in theory. The university acknowledges that there are problem areas and has some type of plan to improve students’ experience at UCSC. Unfortunately, the plan lacks tangible details, solutions and opportunities for dialogue. As of now, the plan reads like an...
Color of Collaboration
By Reuben Barrack, Gabrielle Garcia and Alexis Guzman Photos by Camille Carrillo and Stephen De Ropp Faces brightened and fingers pointed in wonder at the walls of the Sesnon Gallery as alumni and current students immersed themselves in the mural room on Feb. 5. Chatter, photographs...
‘From Ferguson to Palestine’ to Santa Cruz
By Montse Reyes & Ramona Parrotta “There has been an unbroken line of racist police killings since the era of slavery,” said scholar, author and activist Angela Davis during her keynote “Racism, Militarism and Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine” at the 31st annual Martin Luther...