What’s Next?
The spring election attracted the highest voter turnout in the last eight years — about 39 percent of undergraduate students voted. Due to low voter turnout, no student fees had been approved by the student body through the Student Union Assembly (SUA) spring election since...
Lecturers Unite to Demand Job Security
About 100 people gathered at the UC Santa Cruz sign at the base of campus for St. Precaria’s Picnic on June 1. While getting their fill of spaghetti, garlic bread and other snacks, attendees rallied and informed the community about the issues lecturers face within...
Social Documentation Screening June 10 at Del Mar Theatre
After spending the last two years of their lives capturing intimate portraits of communities and individuals on film, seven students will share the fruits of their labor on screen at the Del Mar Theatre. The films will be screened on June 10, marking an end...
UCSC Queer Trans Coalition Fights for Inclusivity
Updated 6/4, 10 p.m. Editors’ Note: In light of the Queer Trans Coalition’s recent post questioning the accuracy and intent of the article “The Queer Community Has Let Us Down,” City on Hill Press recognizes the mistakes in our reporting and editing process. There was...
Stoked On Spokes, Part II
May is National Bike Month, which has been a League of American Bicyclists sponsored event since 1956. Bicycle-centered events such as Bike to Work Week are held nationwide to promote cycling. UC Santa Cruz’s Upper Campus mountain biking trails make riders drool for a chance...
Laying a Foundation for Coastal Biology
The construction of the new Coastal Biology Building on Santa Cruz’s Westside is underway. The two-year $73 million project will accommodate new facilities and resources for UC Santa Cruz’s ecology and evolutionary biology department (EEB). The Coastal Biology Building will support “research and teaching on...
2015 SUA Officer Election Results Announced
The SUA Constitutional Amendments have passed, and the titles have changed from “chair” to “president.” President: Julie Rachel Foster Vice President of Internal Affairs: Jabari Brown Vice President of External Affairs: Guillermo E. Rogel, Jr. Vice President of Academic Affairs: Seamus Howard Vice President of Diversity: Sauli Colio Organizing Director: Arturo Motta Representatives-elect:...
Fashioning a New Meaning for ‘Freak’
Maria Ramirez gently stepped into a bucket of mud and lathered herself with handfuls of the earthy substance. A projector screened images of nature and society while a voiceover emphasized treating the earth as a lover. Bare breasts covered in rich, wet dirt entrapped the...
Office for Civil Rights to Visit UCSC
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education will visit UC Santa Cruz to talk to students about how sexual violence is handled on campus. The OCR visit is a part of a Title IX compliance review, as UCSC is currently...
In Memoriam: Chris Chitty
With a megaphone in hand, Christopher Chitty spoke to a large crowd at the foot of campus in protest of budget cuts. He stood in solidarity with the faculty walkout and the University of Professional and Technical Employees strike in September 2009. “We have heard...