Housing Plan Hits New Roadblock
Building new student housing on the UC Santa Cruz campus continues to be a moving target. The original plan called for 3,000 beds built on 20 acres, stretching from the Kresge parking lot to the Porter Dining Hall. An environmental impact statement reduced the total...
Admissions Director’s Employment Ends Without Explanation
Michael McCawley had his last day as admissions director at UC Santa Cruz on Oct. 27, said Michelle Whittingham, associate vice chancellor of enrollment management. McCawley, who planned to retire in June of 2018, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel he was fired but director of...
The Race To Be Governor
California State Treasurer John Chiang visited Santa Cruz during his gubernatorial campaign tour last week. He is one of the top four Democratic candidates running for governor in 2018. The California governor is the elected chief executive officer of the state and is elected every...
Unpacking Practical Activism
Practical activism is more than awareness about an issue — it’s doing something tangible and getting involved in a cause, said Biah Almajid, co-lead student planner for the 15th annual Practical Activism Conference. About 400 students attended the free, day-long conference on Oct. 21 in...
Protesters Demand Renters’ Rights
Marchers convened in the street as they walked down Soquel Avenue toward Pacific Avenue. Banners spanned the lane of traffic. Passers-by cheered and honked car horns. Chants of “Fight, fight, fight, housing is a right,” echoed off storefronts. About 35 marchers from the Santa Cruz...
No Place Like Home Unveils In-Depth Study on Santa Cruz Housing Crisis
Santa Cruz residents are sleeping in asbestos-riddled and mold-caked living rooms, leaking pool sheds, overpriced garages, laundry rooms and tents in what is, according to Demographia’s international housing survey, the fourth most unaffordable city in the world. No Place Like Home is a UC Santa...
Regent’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct Condemned by UC Student Association
The UC Student Association (UCSA) passed a second resolution in response to sexual harassment claims against Regent Norman Pattiz. The resolution, passed at the Oct. 14-15 UCSA board meeting, calls for the dismissal of Pattiz from the Board of Regents. The UCSA released the first...
Assembly Bill Caps UC Nonresidential Enrollment
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1674 into law, addressing the March 2016 state audit of the UC system. About 16,000 nonresident applicants received admission to UCs despite average, in-state, accepted applicant’s test scores being higher, the audit revealed. AB 1674 states the...
The Quarry Amphitheater Reopens
Eleven years and $8 million later, UC Santa Cruz’s Quarry Amphitheater was transformed this year from an abandoned pit in the center of campus to the largest seated venue in Santa Cruz County. To celebrate this transition, the Dean of Students (DOS) hosted a free...
State Bills Address CA Housing Crisis
The Santa Cruz community and government straddle opposite ends of a spectrum in response to California’s housing crisis. After the recent approval of 15 affordable housing bills, it is now up to Santa Cruz to take the next steps — and local activists want their...