Considering Automatic Voter Registration
A new bill making its way through California’s legislature could ensure the nearly 3 million students in the state’s community colleges and universities are registered to vote. In March, California Assemblymembers Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and David Chiu (D-San Francisco) introduced The Student Voting Act (AB…
Library Funding Overdue
Santa Cruz’s public libraries need help. An upcoming local ballot initiative, Measure S, will grant $67 million via new property taxes for improvements and repairs, but only if it’s approved by two-thirds of voters in the upcoming June 7 countywide special election. Measure S would…
SUA Proposes Endorsement of Automatic Student Voting Registration
UC Santa Cruz’s Student Union Assembly (SUA) proposed endorsing California legislation on Tuesday night that would automatically register college students to vote upon enrollment. SUA will vote on the resolution at the April 12 meeting. “Voter suppression is at an all-time high [in our lifetimes],”…
Meet Cowell’s Next Provost
After an appointment process last January where students, staff and faculty weighed in on Cowell College’s next provost, Alan Christy, who has taught East Asian history at UC Santa Cruz for 21 years, was selected to succeed Faye Crosby in July. The Cowell provost oversees…
Civil Unrest
Despite an outpouring of support at the Santa Cruz City Council meeting for an amendment by councilmember Don Lane to remove a nearly 40-year-old sleeping ban that punishes houseless people with citations, the council shot down the proposal in a 5-2 vote on March 8….
What’s Happening at UCSC’s Trailer Park?
UC Santa Cruz originally built its 42-trailer Camper Park in the ‘80s to address a housing shortage. Now, in the midst of a new housing crisis, the university has zoned the park’s land for a future construction project and left some trailers vacant since last…
No Space for Denial
Earth’s uncertain future defined UC Santa Cruz’s third annual Climate Science and Policy Conference on the gradual and detrimental effects of global warming. “This campus has been committed, since the beginning, to a sustainable environment for the earth,” said UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal. “This event…
Will the Next Student Regent Come From UCSC?
Since mid-January, the University of California’s student regent and his successor have toured UC Santa Cruz and the other campuses to help recruit the next student regent. The position was created in 1975, but no UCSC student has been a student regent. During the previous…
New Cowell Provost to Be Appointed
UC Santa Cruz’s oldest residential college, Cowell College, will appoint a new provost this quarter. The current provost Faye Crosby took office in 2010 and will retire from the job in July, but will remain at the university as a professor. “I’m very sad to…
Challenging the Carbon Conundrum
The University of California wants to be carbon neutral by 2025 and it needs students, faculty and staff on board to do it. On Oct. 6 the UC launched the Cool Campus Challenge, a social media-friendly carbon reduction competition between campuses, devised as part of…