Slugs Overcome Setbacks, Make Championships
UC Santa Cruz’s women’s soccer team qualified for the NCAA Division III championship tournament on Monday for the third year in a row. It’s the only independent team in its division to earn a spot in the tournament. As an independent team, meaning the team...
Forum Draws Criticism of Student Housing West
About 40 UC Santa Cruz students discussed their concerns on Wednesday about the 3,000 new beds slated to be built on campus and talked about plans to get more students to weigh in about the project. The forum was organized by the Student Environmental Center...
UC Lawsuit Proposes to Extend DACA
The UC Office of the President (UCOP) asked federal courts last week to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program intact while the UC’s lawsuit against the Trump administration takes place, according to a UCOP press release. This request follows UCOP and others...
Musical Ensemble Tackles Islamophobic Policy
The Aswat Ensemble, established 18 years ago in the Bay Area, has evolved from a musical introduction to the Arab world to a resistance against the Muslim ban. The ensemble will be performing its “Notes Against the Ban: A Musical Response from the Seven Banned...
Q&A: Chancellor Blumenthal and EVC Tromp
Conducted by Michael Kushner and Elena Neale. Student Media participated in a Q&A session with Chancellor George Blumenthal and Executive Vice Chancellor Marlene Tromp on Oct. 10. Blumenthal and Tromp answered questions about overenrollment, free speech, the budget deficit and athletics. City on a...
Weeks later, Puerto Rico Faces Slow Recovery
Millions of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens are using dim candlelight to maneuver through their storm-stricken homes. Sometimes water drips from their bathroom and kitchen faucets, but it’s often too contaminated to use or drink safely. Category 5 Hurricane Maria produced the biggest and longest blackout...