“A Second Home”: Over 500 Students Attend AA/PI/SWANA Heritage Night Market
String lights wrapped around the railings of the Quarry Amphitheater during the early evening hours on May 2. Music flowed through the air, echoing into the streets, beyond Ivéta Cafe and the Quarry Plaza. A line of over 200 people stretched around the shaded path,...
Your 2025-26 Student Union Assembly Candidates
With the growing divide between students and the administration, many students are looking for a platform to voice their concerns. The upcoming Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections are one such pathway. SUA is the official student government at UC Santa Cruz, composed of six lead...
“Long Live the First of May”: Workers and Students Rally Together
Editors note: Some sources have chosen to remain anonymous or identify themselves by first name only out of concern for their safety and security. When the clock struck noon, every union at UC Santa Cruz was on the field at the base of campus. That’s...
“A Call for Accountability”: UCSC Women’s Center Shatters the Stigma
Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of the Shatter the Stigma rally, march, and healing event, this article will include terms related to sexual assault/sexual violence (S.A./S.V.) and dialogue around S.A./S.V. “What does a campus/world without violence against women look like to you?” The question...
A UCSC Earth Day Drag Show: Mother Earth Drag Extravagaza
Drag queen Antoinette strutted down the stage in heeled boots, a blonde wig and a black lace dress. Suddenly, she dropped to the floor, one leg in the air, executing the “dip” move. As she hit the ground, some audience members yelled in flattery: “Mother!”...
What the Hell is Going on with the UCSC Budget?
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 such as larger class sizes and less accessible campus services. Despite significant effects beginning to materialize, many...
Enroll, Waitlist, Repeat: Psychology as an Impacted Major
When enrolling in psychology classes, UC Santa Cruz students wait in anticipation. Multiple alarms are set for their enrollment appointments. They hover over their computers hours before their assigned time. They have to be on high alert to make sure their required classes don’t fill...
“Never Just an Advisor”: Overworked and Underpaid
Jeyson Aldana can list off the names of the very first people they advised at UC Santa Cruz from memory. They can point at a photo from a global community health (GCH) commencement ceremony and rattle off each name and major of the students. The...
The Future of Academic Freedom: “These are not Normal Times”
Editor’s Note: We refer to two students in this article as student “A” and “B” to protect their privacy and security. The only traces left of the UC Santa Cruz Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment are faint lines of paint on the asphalt...
To: Chancellor Larive, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Kletzer and UCSC’s Administration
Stand By Your Students. In the four months since Trump took office, dozens of federal investigations have been opened against universities, specifically targeting programs that serve historically marginalized communities. Hundreds of international students have had their visas revoked and lives upended. Tens of billions of...