From Pens to Picket Signs: Hollywood Writers Fight for Industry’s Future
“Pay your writers, pay your writers!” Students’ chants echoed through the venue as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav delivered a commencement address to Boston University’s class of 2023 on May 21. Though the logos of Disney, Netflix, or Warner Bros. are stamped on our…
The Chancellor’s House: On Campus for Decades, Now Off Campus Indefinitely
Flowers bloom in the front yard and line the path to a big metal gate. Strapped to its bars, a sign reads: NO TRESPASSING. Behind the gate, at the end of a long, winding driveway, sits a two-story Tudor-style house. The house’s address is 120…
Navigating Title IX: Finding The Strength To Reclaim
UC Santa Cruz’s Title IX office received 471 official reports between 2021 and 2022. Those are only the cases that were actually reported. Survivors may hesitate to file investigations with Title IX for a variety of reasons. The thought of going through Title IX’s investigative…
TAPS Staffing Shortage Crowds Buses and Disrupts Commutes
6:48pm…6:49pm…6:50pm. Students wait for the familiar whine of the Upper Campus bus climbing up the hill, but are instead met with silence. On May 1, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) announced that, effective May 8, they would be significantly reducing their services. The Bike Shuttle…
No Detectable Amount of Lead Found, Yet Students Remain Concerned
The Process of Uncovering Answers When Luisa Perez brought her collection of water samples back to the lab at UC Santa Cruz’s coastal science campus for testing in fall quarter, the last thing she expected was a positive result for lead. But after waiting the…
Ready, Set, Battle of the Bands
When I heard about “The Battle of The Bands: Live at the Atrium” at the Catalyst on April 27, I knew I had to be there.