No In-State Tuition Hike for 2019-20
UC tuition rates for California residents will remain flat in the 2019-20 school year, UC President Janet Napolitano announced at a March 6 educational finance hearing. The rate rests at $12,570 per year for undergraduates. Napolitano gave no word regarding tuition increases for out-of-state students….
Written into the Code
Google engineers don’t take sociology courses. And yet — with search engines guiding our every decision — they’re shaping society behind closed doors. Safiya U. Noble, associate professor of Information and African American Studies at UC Los Angeles, is trying to unveil the bias behind…
AFSCME and WSSC Rally for Contract
In a Valentine’s Day show of force, about five university workers and 32 students marched to Kerr Hall to demand a meeting with Chancellor George Blumenthal. They were affiliated with the AFSCME Local 3299 and the Worker Student Solidarity Coalition (WSSC). Chancellor Blumenthal was not…
‘Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World’
In 1958, Shawnee guitarist Link Wray released “Rumble,” a rock ’n’ roll single that was so jarring to mid-century America that it was intermittently banned on the radio. Wordless, its power-guitar bars ooze cool and angst. The song speaks volumes. This Friday at the Media…
Friends, Romans, Slugs — Lend Me Your Ears
A new version of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” transports the 400-year-old comedy to the contemporary, bringing empathy to center stage and giving migrant voices an Elizabethan meter. Director Jessica Bauman will discuss her recent adaptation of the Shakespearean classic at Kresge Town Hall on…
CruzHacks Returns
At an event that drew a cohort of over 600 coding enthusiasts, nearly 100 teams built apps and gadgets that talked, mimicked, planned, donated and edited videos. One coached public speaking. Another sorted trash. CruzHacks, UC Santa Cruz’s annual coding binge, took over Stevenson Event…
Remembering Cameron Poole
Cameron Poole, biochemistry and molecular biology major and member of the Kresge community, died on Jan. 8. Born on June 15, 1998, he was 20 years old. His family remembers him as an active and enthusiastic young man. He spent many of his favorite days…