First Votes Counted in Santa Cruz Show Early Leaders In Local Races
This is a developing story. Statistics will be updated as information from Santa Cruz County becomes available. Numbers in this story are correct as of 4 p.m. of Nov. 14. Note: Vote totals do not include overvotes and undervotes. The dust has settled after an…
Prema’s Guide To Coping With The Cold
Los Angeles winters are easy. Jeans and a long-sleeve tee are enough to survive even the harshest November days. But drive five hours up the 101, and 60 degrees starts feeling a lot warmer than it does down south. In Santa Cruz, the cold is…
Childcare, Healthcare and Rent Burden: Why UC Graduate Students Are Striking
48,000 Graduate Students in the UC system are represented by three different unions: United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, which represents over 19,000 academic student employees (ASEs), including graduate student instructors, teaching assistants (TAs), tutors, and readers. UAW 5810, which represents more than 11,000 academic researchers…
Celebrating 30 Years of the Newly Renamed Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas
From young children clinging on to their parents’ arms to elders who once stood in solidarity with farm workers during the Delano Grape Strike, a multitude of guests began trickling into the Historic Cowell Hay Barn on Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. People of all…
We Asked You: Why is Voting Important
Clay McKnight (He/Him) “I feel as if a lot of people in the U.S. [feel] that they don’t have a voice or a say in things. But the only way any change will happen is if we force the people we elect to make change. I…
HSI Initiatives and Student Leaders: A Twofold Effort to Support Latine Students on Campus
As Nelson Ramirez walked into his first computer science class at UC Santa Cruz, he felt isolated from many of his peers. “People who apply to this major and are studying it have background knowledge already, […] and a lot of them also have money…
Support City Labor. It Affects Us Too.
UC Santa Cruz students are no strangers to strikes and unions fighting for fair pay. In backing workers, we can signal our support of our university colleagues. We’re inclined to support these strikes because they affect us as students. They’re inherently intertwined with the quality…
This is Our Future: SOMeCA Hosts Tiffany Dena Loftin to #GetOutTheVote
Three weeks ahead of the midterm election on Nov. 8, student organizers on campus are gearing up for the final stretch: it’s time to #GetOutTheVote. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, students gathered at the Stevenson Event Center to hear UC Santa Cruz alumni Tiffany Dena Loftin…
Chaos at First SUA Meeting: President Alfredo Gama Salmeron Denies Every Motion To Remove Him as President
After being removed from her job presiding over Student Union Assembly (SUA) meetings, previously elected SUA Parliamentarian Amanda Pepe took to the public comment microphone and called out the man who fired her — SUA President Alfredo Gama Salmeron. As SUA President, Gama Salmeron assumed…
The Creativity of a County: A Look Into Santa Cruz’s Open Studios
In the entryway of Floasis Pottery Studio, visitor Kirsten Snobeck’s eyes grew wide as she held up a mug ornamented with mushrooms. Floasis Studio was Snobeck’s sixth or seventh stop of the day in her self-guided tour of Santa Cruz Open Studios on Sunday, Oct….