Settlement Reveals Systemic Issues
I. A Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) student claimed she was sexually assaulted by both professor Héctor Perla and a fifth-year undergraduate student-employee in June 2015. She said she went to the hospital and filed a police report the following day — the day...
New Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Announced
Marlene Tromp, the former dean of Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, has been selected as the new Campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC) at UC Santa Cruz. Tromp will fill Herbert Lee’s interim role, after Alison Galloway stepped down...
Title IX Questioned after Rape Claim Settlement
Trigger warning: This article contains references to sexual harassment and assault. A rape claim filed by a UC Santa Cruz student against former Latin American and Latino Studies professor Héctor Perla Jr. has reached a settlement against the UC Board of Regents for $1.15 million....
Listening in a Climate of Uncertainty
On a frosty day in Charleston, Illinois, Teresa Maria Linda Scholz packed her things, picked up Jack — her one eyed cat — and moved 2,200 miles away to serve as UC Santa Cruz’s new campus diversity officer for staff and students. Scholz is filling...
Campus March Against Trump Inauguration Begins
Over 100 students and community members gathered in the quarry plaza around 10:30 a.m. to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. They left to continue another loop around the east side of campus, stopping at colleges along the way.
UCSC Student in Critical Condition After Being Hit on Highway 1
The Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) is seeking public help in locating the driver of a silver 2010-11 Honda CRV that struck and critically injured a 20-year-old UC Santa Cruz student on Highway 1 between River and Mission Streets approximately 2 a.m. Sunday.The student was...
OPERS Deficit Prompts Layoffs
In the wake of a projected $600,000 deficit for the Office of Physical Education Recreation and Sports (OPERS), the athletic director and the head of maintenance were laid off and their positions eliminated. Both comprise over $150,000 in salary. Their responsibilities will be dispersed among...
Athletic Director Position Terminated
The athletic director position has been terminated and, after his two-year career at UC Santa Cruz, Cliff Dochterman was laid off from the position. “I needed to make a very difficult decision to lay off Cliff Dochterman, UCSC athletics director,” said Executive Director of Office...
Interim Executive Vice Chancellor Appointed
UC Santa Cruz vice provost of academic affairs and a professor of applied mathematics and statistics, Herbert Lee, was appointed as the interim campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC) beginning Dec. 1. Pending UC President Janet Napolitano’s approval, Lee will take over for current...
Loma Fire Rages in the Midst of a Drought
Update 9/30 6:55 p.m.: The Loma Fire has grown to 4,345 acres and is 50 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. One firefighter has been hospitalized, and eight residences have been destroyed and 325 structures are threatened. UC Santa Cruz alumna Kimberly Barker had just gotten...