Poco a Poco: Little by Little, Agricultural Workers Rebuild After Winter Storms
Drive deep into Watsonville on a road off CA Route 129, turn right and you will find a nursery that welcomes you with this sign: Blue and Green Nursery – Watsonville, CA: Open to the public everyday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunup to…
Bands Go to Battle in the Porter Dining Hall
What is the Santa Cruz music scene? “It’s like the Twilight Zone,” said Aidan Greathouse, the lead singer of Casino Youth. “ Sometimes they’ll just start screaming over guitar chords,” said Elijah, the drummer of Casino Youth. “Or it’ll be spoken word over a random…
No Roof and Drenched: How the Unhoused Endured the Storm
It’s 45 degrees, and it’s pouring. The light of a sunless day is waning. Kazoo, a member of the unhoused community, begins to realize that his tent is not going to cut it — it’s not an all-weather tent. Hearing word of an open shelter…
The TAs Have a Contract. What’s Next?
“ACADEMIC STUDENT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENT RESEARCHERS RATIFIED OUR NEW CONTRACTS!” says the second most recent post by UAW-2865 on Instagram. With over 80 comments under the post, almost all expressed disappointment, either in the Union itself or with those who voted yes. “You don’t vote…
When The Picket Takes To The Streets
A symphony of passing car horns beeped to Honk 4 Cola signs while making U-turns away from the main entrance of UC Santa Cruz. In the background, different speakers with megaphones demanded of the crowd, “What do we want?” “COLA!” exclaimed the group. “When do…
UAW Strike Underway
The first days of the largest strike in the history of higher education are over. The strike was authorized with 98 percent approval from UC graduate students and academic student workers on Nov. 3. The UC-wide strike is in response to unethical labor practices enacted…
Celebrating 30 Years of the Newly Renamed Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas
From young children clinging on to their parents’ arms to elders who once stood in solidarity with farm workers during the Delano Grape Strike, a multitude of guests began trickling into the Historic Cowell Hay Barn on Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. People of all…
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…
Nothing to Lose, Only Demands to Win
For three days in May 2017, Black students and supporters sat in the confines of an unventilated Kerr Hall to secure guaranteed housing for African, Black, and Caribbean (ABC) identifying students, along with other demands. UC Santa Cruz’s Black Student Union (BSU), known then as…
Black Student Organizations Demand Change on Campus
Making up less than five percent of the undergraduate population, Black students are often left to create and maintain their own safe spaces with little help from UC Santa Cruz. That is why the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT) and the Black Student Union…