Enviroslug to Lose Organizing Space of 15 Years
Enviroslug has only known one home — an office in the Rachel Carson College (RCC) Commons. ENVIROSLUG is a three-part organization — it houses the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), Student Environmental Council (SEC) and Campus Sustainability Council (CSC). ESLP is a student-run course…
University Holds Hearing for Balakrishnan Case
Content warning: This article contains references to sexual assault. Survivor Anneliese Harlander strode into a hearing before the Academic Senate Committee on Privilege and Tenure, her lawyer beside her, to testify against UC Santa Cruz professor Gopal Balakrishnan. On Tuesday morning, before entering the UCSC…
Campus Mixed Recycling Landfilled Since November
Despite promoting a zero waste by 2020 goal, UC Santa Cruz’s recycling can’t be recycled. Campus affiliates look to educational efforts and infrastructural overhaul as ways to reverse the issue. For three months, all of UC Santa Cruz’s mixed recycling has bypassed the city’s Dimeo…
Balakrishnan Remains on Paid Leave
Content warning: This article contains references to sexual harassment and assault. Fall 2018 marked one year of paid leave — over $100,000 — for tenured UC Santa Cruz history of consciousness professor Gopal Balakrishnan. Balakrishnan began teaching at UCSC in 2006 and has numerous allegations…
Submission: A letter to you, from the UC Student Association
Students don’t have lobbyists, don’t have focus groups, and don’t have Political Action Committees funding candidates that uplift our issues. Students are our own best advocates, and we oftentimes are the only ones advocating for ourselves. These circumstances have led to the formation of the…
Resilience in the Face of Disaster
Matthew Boid was driving to a doctor’s appointment when he saw the flames in his rearview mirror. Ray Miller was bringing his car to the shop when he saw the entire canyon ablaze. Bobbie Crippen heard the explosions of propane tanks grow louder as she…
Editors’ Note Regarding Candidate Forum
In the print edition of the article “Candidates Gather for On-Campus Forum,” City on a Hill Press mischaracterized the effects of an amendment to Measure O. It did so in a text box connected to Candidate Donna Meyers’ response to a question regarding the amendment….
Balakrishnan Case Closed
Content warning: This article contains references to sexual harassment and assault. [button color=”” size=”” type=”square_outlined” target=”” link=””]UCSC professor Gopal Balakrishnan was found by Title IX to have violated the university’s policy on sexual harassment. The Title IX investigation conclusion follows years of hushed stories and…
Thursday Morning Regent Vote Decreases UC Tuition
Students across the UC system can plan to allot $60 less for tuition for the 2018-19 school year. The UC regents voted unanimously this morning to approve a 2018-19 budget, marginally decreasing tuition. This decision will interrupt a nearly 20-year pattern of increasing or maintaining…