Fifty-one Years of Family: Los Mejicas’, El Camino a Mi Corazón
From outside the Activities Room at the Athletics and Recreation center, a symphony of traditional Mexican music, sharp zapateos, and gritos engulfs your ears. The rhythmic beats stop, only to be followed by an immediate eruption of cheers, laughter, and the beginning of the next...
TAPS Staffing Shortage Crowds Buses and Disrupts Commutes
6:48pm…6:49pm…6:50pm. Students wait for the familiar whine of the Upper Campus bus climbing up the hill, but are instead met with silence. On May 1, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) announced that, effective May 8, they would be significantly reducing their services. The Bike Shuttle...
‘It’s Up to You’: Bayanihan Presents PCC XXXII
“Being Filipino is in your blood, not [about whether] you’re able to speak the language.” The audience hung onto every word of the conversation between Angelo and MJ about the importance of Philippine history. Angelo and MJ, played by Arnold Ngaophasy Pravong and Aljon “Jiro”...
Going Back to Your Roots: The 16th Annual VSA Charity Show
It was like eating with family at the table. One big dinner, filled to the brim with students sharing stories, laughing, and enjoying a meal together. Centering family and connection to one’s roots were the key themes of the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)’s 16th Annual...
Years of Work for 15 Minutes of Celebration
Graduation is a special day, full of jubilation and esteem. A prestigious ceremony, celebrated with the rest of your classmates in prolonged procession. The energy surrounding it is irreplicable. Unless you go to UC Santa Cruz, in which case you get 15 minutes. UCSC’s 2023...
A mother, a son, and the school to jail ‘Pipeline’
As the lights dimmed, excited chatter subdued to hushed whispers, and the audience turned their attention to the stage. The first spotlight bathed a single figure in a pool of warmth, and Pipeline began. On Feb. 24, UC Santa Cruz’s African American Theater Arts Troupe...
Two Years Later, Zero Waste is Still Far Off
Why is UC Santa Cruz still purchasing single-use landfill products? Why haven’t you done a campus-wide waste audit? When will you present the campus community with a plan to achieve zero waste? What are you doing to get UCSC out of the bottom three UCs...
Concerns Rise Over Potential UCSC-Cabrillo Joint Housing Complex
Housing is housing. Even if it’s halfway across the county, right? In a Jan. 17 vote, the Cabrillo Governing Board voted to approve the final draft of a proposed housing complex with 271 units that could house 624 students. The catch is that it would...
Tensions Rise Between Students and Board of Regents
Controversial investments. A worsening housing crisis. Rapidly approaching climate deadlines. These were just a few of the topics weighing on the minds of speakers lined up to make public comments at the University of California (UC) Board of Regents’ most recent meeting. The UC Board...