Students for Justice in Palestine Appeals Overruling of Divestment from 2014
During the Student Union Assembly’s (SUA) last meeting, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) representatives presented its appeal of former SUA Chair Shaz Umer’s controversial decision to nullify a divestment resolution passed in May 2014. Within minutes of the meeting’s start, appointed Porter College representative...
Computers Stolen from Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
Thousands of dollars of computer towers, monitors and laptops were stolen from the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building sometime between 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 1 and 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 2. UC Santa Cruz police Chief Nader Oweis said the exact cost of the equipment is still...
EVC Alison Galloway Announces Resignation
Alison Galloway pursued a career in academia because she never wanted to stop learning. After 25 years working at UC Santa Cruz, including five years as the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (CP/EVC), she says there’s still always something new to learn. On Oct....
A Missing ‘Pizza’ Santa Cruz
The search for a new vendor in the Quarry Plaza restaurant space under the Graduate Student Commons (GSC) is narrowing down. GSC business and building manager Rachel Neuman said the commons aimed to have a vendor selected last March and operating by the fall, but after...
‘One Year, Zero Answers’
Diana Gonzalez held up the handmade cardboard sign she was wearing around her neck — a photo of Jorge Álvarez Nava, with the words “Alumno desaparcido de Ayotzinapa, Gro.,” Ayotzinapa student disappeared. Under the photo in Sharpie, she had written “Alive they took them, alive...
Student Arrested During Kresge Hate Crime Faces 15 Years in Prison
After a hate crime at a Kresge apartment last February, former UC Santa Cruz student and his mutual friend each face up to 15 years in prison. Brandon Beaton, who lived at Kresge, and Jesse Robles were charged with felony assault and felony battery and...
$34 Million Recouped in Infill Apartment Lawsuit
The UC Board of Regents is nearing a $32 million settlement with Devcon Construction and various subcontractors over claims of faulty construction at the Porter, Kresge, Stevenson and Cowell apartments. A separate $1.5 million settlement with BAR Architects awaits court approval. In June 2012 a...
Santa Cruz Man Arrested After Posting Online Threat to UCSC
The same night an anonymous post on the “UCSC Confessions” Facebook page threatened Porter and Oakes colleges, UC Santa Cruz Police Department (UCSC PD) officers arrested Ayman Kareem Hawari, 25, at his residence on Pacific Ave in connection with the post. UCSC PD Chief Nader...
One Appeal Underway for Final Restitution Costs Assigned to ‘Highway Six’
In a last effort to reduce Judge Denine J. Guy’s tentative restitution ruling from early July, Rosa Petterson’s lawyer, who was out of town during the previous restitution sentencing, brought UC Santa Cruz Police Department representatives back on the stand. Despite the additional testimony, the...
Last “Highway Six” Defendant Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
Nearly a month after five of the “Highway 6” students were sentenced to 30 days in jail with eligibility for custody alternative programs like house arrest and three years of informal court probation, the last defendant was handed the same sentence in court on July...