Students and Housing: Not So Simple
Almost every student stresses about housing. Although it may not always be as extreme as living in a car or sharing a house with 10 people, each student feels the pressure of the housing crisis. *Name changed at the request of the student due to...
City Council Members Talk Environment
Coastal erosion. Creeping shorelines. Storm-induced flooding. Climate change is posing an immediate threat to the abundance of biodiversity in Santa Cruz. Climate change only continues to worsen. The three most recently elected City Council members all ran with environmental issues as part of their platforms. ...
Snail Movement Continues the Fight for Basic Needs
Fall of 2018, Fernandez and other students living in their vehicles formed the Snail Movement. The name alludes to students’ identification as slugs who carry their shelter with them. Its motivation is to combat the effects the Santa Cruz housing crisis has on students. The...
Madeleine Albright Explores Clash of Fascism and Democracy
Madeleine Albright made history when she became the first female U.S. secretary of state during the Clinton administration. She also served as Jimmy Carter’s national security advisor and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Despite often being considered a feminist icon, she made a...
Showcasing Black Male Perspectives
Chris Johnson, artist of “Question Bridge: Black Males,” felt inspired to explore the Black community’s social divisions at a young age. Johnson grew up in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn before fair housing laws passed. He explained how Black people of all classes lived in the “Black ghetto”...
Graduation Ticket Change Causes Upset
Graduation is a time students expect to celebrate their years of hard work with those who loved and supported them along the way. On Jan. 14, the office of Colleges, Housing and Educational Services announced a cap on the festivities by instating a ticketing system...
Obituary: Founding Faculty John Dizikes
John Dizikes, beloved UC Santa Cruz historian and founding faculty member, died in his Santa Cruz home at 86 on Dec. 26. Dizikes joined the UCSC faculty in 1965, the summer before the campus began operation. Educated at Harvard University, he was drawn to UCSC...
Search for New Chancellor Continues
Eight committee members, 24 students, 188 empty seats. Despite the effort to gather outside input for the chancellor search committee by conducting a town hall, students felt the attempt fell short. The Chancellor Search Committee held a town hall on Dec. 3 at the Stevenson...
Basic Needs Cafe Opens
About 48 percent of UC undergraduates experience food insecurity, according to a 2016 UC-wide study. In an effort to combat food insecurity at UC Santa Cruz, food systems and dining leaders announced in May that the long-standing Cowell Coffee Shop would be transformed into Cowell...
Campus Seeks New Chancellor
Since Chancellor George Blumenthal announced his year-end retirement, the UC Santa Cruz campus has been buzzing with the question of who could potentially fill the position. Leading the charge to find Blumenthal’s replacement is an advisory committee of 13 members. On Oct. 26, UC President...