Santa Cruz Updates Shelter in Place Order
Beach restrictions reimplemented Santa Cruz County’s latest shelter in place order, issued April 30 and effective May 1, eases restrictions on movement by expanding the list of essential businesses. Santa Cruz Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel deemed landscaping, construction, plant nurseries, childcare and golf courses…
Wildcat Strikers Seek Union Support
The UC Santa Cruz graduate student wildcat strike had just seen its fifth week of picketing when UCSC decided to adopt remote instruction. Rather than viewing the pandemic as a reason to stop the strike, many organizers feel their movement for a cost of living…
Data and Determinism
When you finish reading this sentence, you’ll read the next one. This is it. We can now come to the conclusion that I just predicted the future. Or did I? Did I foresee what you were going to do, or were you destined to do…
Remembering the Literary Guillotine
David S. Watson flipped the sign in the doorway of The Literary Guillotine on Dec. 31, 2019, notifying passersby and customers that the bookstore was closing, this time for good. Once filled floor to ceiling with books, all that remains at 204 Locust St. are…
A Guide to UCSC Classes with LGBTQIA+ Themes
Many universities have embraced queer theory in their curricula and coursework since its popularization in the 1990s. Humanities and social science disciplines from literature to psychology have worked queerness into their course offerings in some form or another. Here are just a few of the…
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated
What does it take to get Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei and Louis Bourgeois in the same room? A Spanish exportation license, stacks of paperwork and adequate funding are just the beginning. After almost four years of planning, Porter’s Sesnon Gallery opened its doors for the…
Outstretched Arms
Art. It’s cloistered away in personal collections, confined to frames and kept in stuffy institutions. Or is it? Las Vegas artist Justin Favela’s latest installation, “Regeneración,” celebrates murals and their capacity to challenge conventional art. Inspired by the work of former UC Santa Cruz professor…
Can the UC be Free?
Graduation is just around the corner, and the class of 2019 will soon be leaving UC Santa Cruz with memories, a diploma and over $22,000 of student debt each. Students in California are working to alleviate this debt by campaigning for free tuition. If successful,…
Idolos (Icons)
It’s not often that you see a luchadore with long, luscious lashes, sparkling blue eyeliner and popping pink lips. But that’s exactly the sight awaiting visitors in the current stairwell installation at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH). UC Santa Cruz…
40 Years of Multicultural Festival
Every year, students from ethnic identity organizations at UC Santa Cruz stage the largest collaborative event on campus. For half a day, the Multicultural Festival (MCF) will turn the Porter Dining Hall into a space of cultural discovery and exchange through food, music and performance. This…