Chancellor’s Office Promises e2 Funding
After a 13-year fight for long-term funding, Engaging Education (e2) convinced Chancellor George Blumenthal to add e2 as an ongoing line item in the budget beginning fall 2019. “We are demanding permanent funding for the Student-Initiated Outreach yield programs that bring an average of 60 percent…
AFSCME and UC Negotiations Remain At a Halt
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 and the UC sat down to negotiate a fair contract on Oct. 15. According to AFSCME 3299, the UC didn’t propose any offers to move toward a new contract. In past negotiations, the…
Precautionary Power Outages Disrupt Santa Cruz
Additional reporting by Thomas Sawano NEWS AS OF 7:30 P.M. ON OCT. 9 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is reacting to high fire risk by shutting off power in 34 California counties. At time of press, 22 counties are without power. Santa Cruz County falls…
Regents Meeting Recap
Although the 2018-19 academic year is drawing to a close, there are a multitude of problems UC Regents must address — from Title IX cases to labor union rights. Regents attempted to address these concerns at the fifth and final regents meeting of the academic…
Students and Workers Protest Dignity Health
Of the 150 people who lined up outside UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center on May 15, only 38 were able to share minute-long public comments with the regents. This group of impassioned students, faculty, staff and community members was different than past groups…
Marlene Tromp to Leave UCSC
After rumors surfaced in the last few months, Chancellor George Blumenthal confirmed Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (CP/EVC) Marlene Tromp will leave UC Santa Cruz. Tromp will assume the position of president at Boise State University. In 2017, UCSC hired Tromp under a $350,000…
AFSCME 3299 Strikes for Labor Rights
Four union strikes occurred in less than a year — but the April 10 strike was different. Rather than fighting for contractual rights, workers are fighting for rights against alleged unlawful labor practices the UC committed since the beginning of 2018. American Federation of State,…
Student Approached by Police After Attempts to Audit Class
In the piece, the term “trans*” is used. Trans* is used as an inclusive umbrella term for various identities in the trans community. After continuous attempts to audit PSYC 159S-01 “Queer Intimacies,” police approached UC Santa Cruz student John Fernandez on April 8. The class,…
Asbestos Contaminates Cowell and Stevenson Colleges
At the end of winter quarter, the UC Santa Cruz Health and Safety team found significant asbestos contamination in five Cowell and Stevenson buildings. UCSC was forced to close the contaminated buildings and remediate the problem. Stevenson Coffee House barista and third-year student Tonia Brito-Bersi…