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...
Fewer Units, Higher Rents: The New Family Student Housing
When Matthew Smith and his partner Samantha Stringer got off the waitlist for Family Student Housing (FSH), the whole picture changed. Having dropped out of his PhD program for a year because he couldn’t afford to live off-campus, getting into FSH allowed him to return....
Transgender Students at UCSC Are More Than Visible, They’re Outraged
Editors note: Some sources have chosen to identify themselves by first name only out of concern for their safety and security. “Shit’s really bad for trans people right now,” Jack said to a crowd of over 90 people in the Quarry Plaza. “Our protections are...
Researchers Nationwide say, “Kill the Cuts, Save Lives”
Eleven years, three different UCs, countless hours of work — that’s how much time and commitment Alison Mills, a UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral researcher in biology, has devoted to research and labor in the UC system. But at the beginning of this month, the National...
Student Protest Shifts Attention from Campus Administrators to State Representatives
Editors note: Some sources have chosen to remain anonymous or identify themselves by first name only out of concern for their safety and security. For years, students at UC Santa Cruz have organized in solidarity with Palestine on our campus. From informational events and rallies...
Visa Revocations at UCSC and Beyond Shake Campus Community
Editor’s note: This is a developing story; this article will continue to be updated with the latest numbers. At least 87 UC students are known to have had their visas revoked as of April 11: 19 at UC Berkeley 18 at UC Davis 16 at...