UC Santa Cruz Has a Budget Problem
UC Santa Cruz — at every level — has been reeling from a structural budget deficit. The effects trickle down to students in many aspects of their education, including larger class sizes and less accessible campus services. Despite significant effects beginning to materialize, many community...
Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood Shut Down. Now What?
Aneri Pillai was at home scrolling on her phone when she stumbled upon an Instagram post that left her devastated: The Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood Health Center had permanently closed. As both a student at UC Santa Cruz and the president of the university’s Planned...
Why You Should Bring a Bike to UCSC
Walking, busing, biking, driving. Despite how popular driving to campus is, it isn’t always the most efficient mode of transportation. Before you buy a parking permit or spend countless hours looking for open ParkMobile spots, let me convince you to ride a bike up, down...
Fuck ICE.
Immigrant communities, documented and undocumented, visa-holders and citizens alike are hurting. This nation was founded on immigrants, and should be proud to be a melting pot of cultures. We seem to have lost this pride and subsequently forgotten the responsibilities to our people. Due process...
5 Tactics to Fight Fascism
Fascism is described as a political ideology, or movement, that places the nation above the individual. Fascist governments suppress opposition with no tolerance for dissent. Other political theorists also recognize the control of mass media, undermining of “truth,” and disdain for human rights, as characteristics...
We’re Exhausted. But There’s a Way Through
The digital news cycle never sleeps, but sometimes I wish it would take a nap. Every morning, I wake up to an inbox bursting at the seams. Newsletters, public announcements, breaking news — the whole lot. The more time I spend scrolling through jaw-dropping headlines,...
UCSC’s Legacy of Resistance
Written in gold on the UC Santa Cruz homepage is the statement reading: “Our voices will define the century.” More often than not, students express their voices through picket signs, megaphones or chants. Behind those signs and megaphones are 60 years’ worth of student activists,...
UCSC is Downsizing and Downgrading The COVE, a Life-Saving Resource
Over the course of four months, the COVE’s student interns wrote and released an open letter to the UC Santa Cruz administration — effectively revealing the UC Santa Cruz administration’s plans to downsize the COVE. The COVE has been an on-campus recovery resource for more...
We Asked You: How Do Students Feel About Artificial Intelligence?
Editor’s note: Due to the nature of the questions asked in our survey, many sources chose to remain anonymous. Some responses have been slightly edited for brevity and clarity. All responses represent student experiences and opinions. City on a Hill Press acknowledges the tendency of...
“Solidarities are made”: A Conversation with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
Editors Note: The quotes in this article have been edited for clarity and concision. Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. is a distinguished professor of African American studies and religion at Princeton University, a political commentator and public intellectual. For the second year in a row, Dr....