Get the Most Out of Being a Student at UC Santa Cruz
40,095 dollars. That’s the average estimated cost of attendance for in-state students living off-campus at UC Santa Cruz in 2023. $15,288 of that total goes to tuition and fees alone. As a student, you deserve to know what services and resources are included in your...
Above the Ocean, Below the Trees: Brutalist Architecture and History on Campus
Walk through UC Santa Cruz’s forested paths and you might see moss creeping into the grooves of wooden bridges and stone walls, or thick roots rupturing concrete as if gasping for breath. UCSC is often lauded as one of the most beautiful college campuses in...
Prema’s Guide To Coping With The Cold
Los Angeles winters are easy. Jeans and a long-sleeve tee are enough to survive even the harshest November days. But drive five hours up the 101, and 60 degrees starts feeling a lot warmer than it does down south. In Santa Cruz, the cold is...
The Creativity of a County: A Look Into Santa Cruz’s Open Studios
In the entryway of Floasis Pottery Studio, visitor Kirsten Snobeck’s eyes grew wide as she held up a mug ornamented with mushrooms. Floasis Studio was Snobeck’s sixth or seventh stop of the day in her self-guided tour of Santa Cruz Open Studios on Sunday, Oct....
Tenderizing Roommate Beef
Conflict Resolution and Preserving Your Peace While Dorming The tension is bubbling. You’re avoiding eye contact, strategically shuffling around each other’s schedules, and avoiding the room for anything other than sleep. It doesn’t matter if your roommate is random, a high school friend, or meticulously...
A Day in the Life of a Porter Dining Squirrel
Your average Porter Dining Hall squirrel wakes up early on weekdays. She knows the poor souls with 8 a.m. classes are about to spill and splash and drop and scatter their breakfast remains across the patio floor in a sleep-deprived daze. She hopes they have...
A Cooperative Campus: Your Guide to the UCSC Co-Ops
Here at UC Santa Cruz, one of the many ways students can take charge of their education and campus experience is through cooperative spaces, or co-ops. Owned and operated by community members, co-ops are accessible places to find resources, make friends, or participate in your...
The Power of En Plein Air
I am not used to this. Waking up to birds instead of buses and cars— angry to work their 9 to 5. It is true that I missed home at first. The hustle and bustle and the roar of the freeway, the honk of a...