Rise in Dining Hall Prices Creates a Demand for Answers
For students, access to cheap and quick meals is an essential part of getting through a busy day, but some have had to give that up after being confronted with new dining hall prices. In the 2023-24 academic year, UC Santa Cruz increased dining hall...
Submission: Student Activists Make Their Voices Heard at UC Climate Leadership
Editors’ Note: Hazel Kyle is a member of the Climate Coalition. Students waved cardboard signs, chanted, and sang in unison outside the UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn doors on Oct. 19. They were gathering at a reception for UC Chancellors and the Chief Financial Officer...
Slug Life Production Board’s ‘Revival’ Brings Quarry to Life
The enchanting voice of Orion Sun wafted through the crowd of students gathered at the quarry amphitheater and up over the redwoods. This was “Revival”, organized by students, for students by the Slug Life Production Board (SLPB). “Revival” took place Oct. 21, featuring pop band...
Book Banning: Interfering With the Right to Education
The infamous book-burning in Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is a nod to how citizens do not gather knowledge for themselves. Instead, they are spoon-fed it. The lack of access to information has long been a cornerstone of many dystopian universes. What happens when the distribution...
Armenian Student Association Holds Candlelight Vigil for Artsakh
The night opened with a moment of silence. In the two minutes of stillness, each second marked another 100 people forced to leave their home behind. For those 120 seconds, students huddled together in a semi circle outside the Bay Tree Bookstore, cloaked in quiet....
Students Come Together to Block Cop City
The muggy Social Sciences 2 classroom overflowed with students coming together to express their dissent toward ‘Cop City.’ When there were no more seats to be had, students sat on the ground. The floor was now theirs. The event on Oct. 6 was one of...