He saw a dead fetus when he was 10 years old. He performed his first dissection of a corpse when he was 14 years old. During his 22 hour hospital shifts, he walked around with 40 pound weights around his ankles. This was the bizarre…

A cool breeze filled the Evergreen Cemetery with the fresh smell of eucalyptus trees and copal, two scents invoking divine contemplation. Bright orange cempasuchil petals adorned the rows of graves, guiding the spirits toward their altars. Community members enjoyed warm pozole and champurrado, while the…

Una brisa fresca llenó el aire del cementerio Evergreen con las aromas de eucalipto y copal, dos olores que invocan contemplación divina. Los pétalos de cempasúchil de color anaranjado fosforescente adornaban los pasillos de las tumbas, guiando a los espíritus hacia sus altares. Lxs devotxs…

César Chávez’s spirit continues in today’s activism. With inspiration from their ancestors and elders, a new generation of Latinx activists are fighting for liberation. The Chicanx and Latinx Resource Center (El Centro) invited panel speakers Judy de los Santos and Elias Gonzalez for the 16th…

Content warning: This article contains references to graphic violence.  5,712 — this is the number of cases of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) reported in 2016 in the U.S. According to many reports, this statistic is an underestimation of the actual number of MMIW. …

Dance is a transmutation of energy. It’s a release of pain and anxiety through the catharsis of movement. UC Santa Cruz hip-hop dance troupe Haluan presented “En Route Showcase,” providing dancers space to demonstrate the vulnerability of humanity while celebrating the beauty of art and…

Fluxkits, posters for happenings and photos of a Thor-inspired production of “Julius Caesar.” You can find all of these at “Education and the Avant Garde: How Fluxus Artists Shaped the Arts at UC Santa  Cruz.”  Fluxus artists challenge the conventional definition of art. Their work…