Theta Chi Banned Following University Investigation
The university announced its official dismissal of Theta Chi from UC Santa Cruz last Friday. After a yearlong university investigation into a student’s death last June, the university dismissed the social fraternity from the university on May 24. Theta Chi is no longer a legitimate...
Increased Demand, Decreased Quality
The stress-inducing scramble to get into classes to receive a degree in four years is the bitter reality for many UC students at the start of each quarter. The culprits are impacted classes and majors. A major becomes “impacted” if the number of students applying...
e2 Study-In for University Funding
About 60 UC Santa Cruz Students gathered at Clark Kerr Hall for a study-in on May 14 to demonstrate Engaging Education (e2)’s need for permanent funding from the Chancellor’s Office. Members of e2 — a UC Santa Cruz student-initiated outreach and retention center — organized...
Anakbayan Joins Alumna in Solidarity for Court Hearing
Over 30 allies filled half a courtroom to support UC Santa Cruz alumna Angela Tulio during her court case on May 14 at 8 a.m. in the Santa Cruz Courthouse. UCSC police officers arrested Tulio at the April 10 AFSCME 3299 labor strike at UCSC...
BSU Protests Police Violence
Student protesters carrying a “Black Lives Matter!” banner led booming chants of defiance through lecture halls, dining halls and libraries last Thursday. About 100 members and allies of the Afrikan/Black/Caribbean community at UC Santa Cruz gathered in Quarry Plaza at noon on May 2 to...
No Students Show for SAP Town Hall
Pizza, drinks and one interactive presentation went untouched and unheard during the students-only Strategic Academic Plan (SAP) Town Hall on April 30 in the Academic Resource Center (ARC). SAP members planned the town hall for students in an effort to increase outreach, but no one...
A New Direction for Environmentalism
A spirited ambition to reenvision and revolutionize environmental justice fueled the planning and participation of this year’s Rachel Carson College Eco Fest. The annual Earth Day event centered on interdisciplinary environmental lessons hosted by 19 local environmental organizations. “[Eco Fest] brings environmental organizations who are...
Student Housing West Approved
Student Housing West (SHW) is set and ready to begin major construction, which will have major impacts for the Santa Cruz community. On April 1 the UC Board of Regents approved the proposed SHW, a construction project aiming to provide additional campus housing to students,...
A New Perspective for Prospective Students
In addition to touring campus, 65 high school students learned how to identify institutional oppression and grow closer to their communities last weekend at UC Santa Cruz. Newly accepted high school seniors stayed on campus for three days from April 12-14 to attend the Student-Initiated...