I Am Not Your Professor
Lecturers teach a third of the credit hours at UC Santa Cruz, but we are chronically disrespected by UC, with devastating effects for undergraduate education. That’s why we are ready to strike. When my students call me “professor,” I feel like an imposter. See, I’m…
Submission: Law Enforcement Actions That Harm Rather Than Heal
On Jan. 6, we all witnessed a horrific event unfold on the news. Thousands of people who “disagreed” with the election results marched to the Capitol with violent intent. Armed with zip ties, nooses, metal batons, firearms, and stun guns, they pushed past the “thin…
Students Led the Way to Divestment
Submission by Fossil Free UCSC After six years of student organizing, meetings, sit-ins, calls, letters, emails, direct action, political education on climate justice, academic senate votes on all 10 UC campuses and nonstop efforts from fossil free’ers, the UC has committed to divesting from fossil…
Waiting for Water
By Sofia Solares Five years. That’s how long it’s been since the city of Flint, Michigan had clean, drinkable water. Forcing people to use water bottles just to take a shower or cook is inhumane. Thousands of Flint residents have been living without a basic…
Submission: Is There a Litmus Test for Being Black?
By Simelia Rogers and Davon Thomas No, there is not. So next time you try to quantify someone’s Blackness, you should take a step back and consider how you are contributing to the erasure of Black identity on this campus and in society. A litmus…
Submission: Resolution Requesting the Removal of Mission Bell from UC Santa Cruz Campus
Whereas the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band represents the Awaswas-speaking indigenous people of the historic Uypi tribe of Santa Cruz; Whereas the ancestral territory of the Uypi tribe encompasses the lands of the UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) campus; Whereas UCSC campus currently features a mission bell…
Submission: An Open Letter to the UC Santa Cruz Administration
We neighborhood/residential assistants (N/RAs) for UC Santa Cruz, as leaders in our community, feel the utmost need to speak out about concerns on this campus. There will be a UC-wide workers strike in order to bring attention to low wages, cuts to their benefits and…
Submission: An Open Letter to the Chief Investment Officer of the UC Regents
Dear Jagdeep Singh Bachher, We write to you representing University of California students and faculty from across the state as part of the climate justice movement. In the March 13 investments subcommittee meeting, you committed to divesting up to $500 million from fossil fuel commodities…
Students United with Renters
On Tuesday, May 23 at City Council, Chancellor Blumenthal presented some info about the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) to the government and locals of Santa Cruz. This marked the first time that UCSC has officially announced news about the next 2020-2040 LRDP to the…
Submission: We will not sit down, we will not shut up
By Luz Arely Portillo, UCSC alumna To Whom It May Concern: I was made aware of …[a Graduate Student Association Executive Board letter regarding the climate surrounding sexual assault and sexual harassment at UCSC]. I want to express my gratitude to the GSA E-board in calling this out…[T]here…