Is the “Better FAFSA” Really Better?
The 2024-25 Federal Aid Financial Student Association (FAFSA) form process has implemented a major redesign for the first time in over 40 years. Also called the “Better FAFSA”, this redesign includes changes to the form itself, the eligibility calculation, and how students and families will...
Sneak Peek at Clyde’s, the Latest AATAT Production
A yellow plywood sign adorns the exterior wall of the mainstage. Above its flashing bulbs and swooping red arrow is a word: Clyde’s. Clyde’s, an African American Theater Arts Troop (AATAT) production, opens on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. at the UC Santa Cruz Theater...
Unions Rally to Quarry Plaza to ask “Where’s the Love UCSC?”
On a gray Valentine’s Day morning, students and staff joined the Cross-Union Solidarity Rally to march from the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall to the Quarry Plaza. Many donned red bandanas reading “UCSC Workers United” as they made their way to the quarry, where the crowd gathered...
The Killing of Journalists in Gaza Destroys Truth and Humanity
While reporting the death of his colleague Mohammad Abu Hattab — who was killed along with 11 of his family members in a Nov. 3 Israeli airstrike — Palestinian journalist Salman Al-Bashir tore off his blue press helmet and vest in anguish. “Those shields don’t...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Lifts Crab Season Delay
Every year during Dungeness crab season, fishermen set out at dawn to cast their traps into the ocean. These crab traps, composed of large cages that sink to the floor, are connected to buoys that remain on the water’s surface. They are left for hours...
Submission: Rethinking Housing and Transit – The Urgent Case Against Measure M in Santa Cruz
As students, we’ve all had personal struggles with housing in Santa Cruz, like nearly every student to come through UCSC in recent years. An overall shortage of housing units has resulted in a crisis where 9% of UCSC students have reported experiencing homelessness. We fear...