Underrepresented Students Navigate Higher Education
Students of color and first-generation students often find themselves working twice as hard to adapt to university life, though their additional effort is largely ignored by their institutions. Impossible to ignore, however, is how this additional effort and other factors affect their mental health. The...
Past and Present
Though underreported and underappreciated, Black people have been present in the territory that is now Santa Cruz County for centuries. In 1995, late professional researcher Phil Reader compiled a timeline outlining the history of Black individuals in Santa Cruz County. This is a continuation and...
W is for White Privilege
California’s legalization of marijuana, which took effect on Jan. 1, allowed thousands to rush to the nearest dispensary to pick up an eighth. What it did not do is offer adequate recompense for the countless Black and Brown people who were arrested, are serving, have...
Snapshots of the Black Identity
The Black community of Santa Cruz makes up a mere 1.86 percent of the city’s 62,045 residents, according to the 2016 census. Because of this, many Black residents have expressed a sense of loneliness and lack of representation in a white-majority city. Photographer Allison Garcia...
Students navigate life after Trump’s Travel Ban
Ten months after President Donald Trump proposed the first Travel Ban, the contentious executive order continues to affect people across the world. Locally, UC Santa Cruz students are being divided from their families and left in uncertainty. *Name changed to protect anonymity Neda Mansouri*, UC...
UC Encourages Transfers, UCSC Fails to Meet Mandate
This academic year, UC Santa Cruz was one of two UCs that failed to meet the mandated student ratio — two first-year students for every one transfer. The UC Office of the President (UCOP) implemented the 2-1 ratio in collaboration with California State University and...
Housing Shortage Affects Students with DRC, Title IX Accommodations
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) is playing catch-up with accommodations. The Title IX Office is struggling to find emergency housing for survivors. Both are necessary resources for students and both are trying to navigate recent enrollment increases with the resources they have at UC Santa...
UC Lawsuit Proposes to Extend DACA
The UC Office of the President (UCOP) asked federal courts last week to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program intact while the UC’s lawsuit against the Trump administration takes place, according to a UCOP press release. This request follows UCOP and others...
Musical Ensemble Tackles Islamophobic Policy
The Aswat Ensemble, established 18 years ago in the Bay Area, has evolved from a musical introduction to the Arab world to a resistance against the Muslim ban. The ensemble will be performing its “Notes Against the Ban: A Musical Response from the Seven Banned...
Assembly Bill Caps UC Nonresidential Enrollment
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1674 into law, addressing the March 2016 state audit of the UC system. About 16,000 nonresident applicants received admission to UCs despite average, in-state, accepted applicant’s test scores being higher, the audit revealed. AB 1674 states the...