Conference Teaches Students to be Activists
By Maya Bakshani Over 350 students showed up on Saturday to support activist efforts at UC Santa Cruz. Unlike most activist gatherings, this one was not a protest. Rather, it was UCSC’s fourth annual Practical Activism Conference. With workshops ranging from Hip Hop as Activism...
More Arrests, Less Violence Downtown this Halloween
By Despite a sizeable media campaign warning partygoers not to party too hard downtown, Santa Cruz police arrested roughly 50 people on Pacific Avenue on Halloween, the vast majority for public intoxication. In addition, two stabbings were reported in the downtown area. The two victims,...
Measure K Sparks Marijuana Debate
By Sam Laird Weed. The city of Santa Cruz is poised to legalize it.Well, almost.If voters pass Measure K on Nov. 7, the Santa Cruz Police Department will be required to officially make state and federal laws regarding the distribution, sale, growing, or use of...
Salvia: The Nation’s Little Secret
By Elizabeth Limbach When Evan Henry was handed the pipe he had no idea what was in store. He took the piece, sparked the lighter and burned the bowl. He inhaled, held it and found himself becoming another person. "My whole perspective got sucked out...
City Fires Back with Lawsuit over Environmental Concerns
By Allen Young Santa Cruz resident Don Stevens stood on the steps of Santa Cruz City Hall with several other members of the Coalition for Limiting University Expansion (CLUE) early Monday morning."The Regents basically approved their own institution," he said. "There has been no analysis...
A Sham of a Visit
By The UC Regents aren’t held in high regard by most students. Their visits are protested at almost every campus. And the slogan they have earned, "Fuck the Regents," while not being entirely comprehensive, clearly reflects disdain for the governing body.During their visit last week,...
Dealing with Development
By Jackie Dever Last July, a state Supreme Court ruling brought the Monterey Bay campus of the California State University (CSU) to the forefront of a debate over the campus expansion taking place around California. In a case brought against the CSU Board of Trustees,...
Protestors Decry Violence
By Leah Bartos In the aftermath of last week’s boisterous demonstration of the UC Regents’ visit to UC Santa Cruz, some protest participants are questioning the effectiveness of their action.On Wednesday Oct. 18, about 150 students and staff protested outside the new Humanities building, eventually...
Galactic Comes to the Catalyst
By Zoe Blumenfeld and Sara Williams Don’t book your $200,000 Virgin Enterprise flights with non-stop service to outer space just yet; the future of funk, Galactic, is landing in Santa Cruz.Galactic is a funk-jazz-rock band hailing from New Orleans and will perform at the Catalyst...
Bringing Concerns to Regents
By Hannah Mamont Last Thursday, Oct. 19, staff, faculty, campus, and community speakers gathered outside the Music Recital Hall, waiting for the second public comment session held by the UC Regents to begin. Unlike the previous day’s session, no cries of protest could be heard...