UCSC’s Take Back the Night March
Take Back the Night (TBTN) has been hosted annually in different countries around the world since the 1970s as an opportunity for people to speak out about their experiences with sexual violence. UCSC Women’s Center held a rally and march on April 26 for Take...
Discussing the French Elections
French voters took to the polls on April 23 for the first of two rounds of voting for the presidential election. Voters chose from a list including far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Socialist Party candidate Benoît Hamon, Republican candidate François Fillon, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and...
A Step Behind
Update: In this story lecturer Nandini Bhattacharya was described as laid off by the PBSci division and rehired by the Hispanic Serving Institute (HSI). We’d like to clarify Bhattacharya was not rehired by the PBSci division, rather she was rehired by the division of Student Success...
Redwoods Cleared for Development
Andrew Austin, a UC Santa Cruz student, said he felt shocked when he received a text message over spring break saying 53 trees were cut down off of Heller Drive to make way for a new $20 million health and safety building. “The school’s method...
Celebrating Native Culture and Community
In the U.S. there are currently over 560 Indian tribes recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Over 100 of these are in California, and another 78 tribes are petitioning for recognition in the state. The sixth annual Drum Feast, hosted by the American Indian...
Slugs in Stilettos
Ornamented with stiletto heels, leotards and shimmering highlighter, the UC Santa Cruz queer community celebrated the annual Drag Ball — a brave space for members of the LGBTQIA+ community to explore and express their identities. While many people came as spectators, several were courageous enough...
Showcasing Environmental Activism
The relationship between art and environmental change was the center of the April 21 annual Earth Summit, which featured keynote performances by spoken word poet and UC Santa Cruz alumna Terisa Siagatonu and the Climate Music Project. The event celebrated student sustainability efforts and encouraged...
State Audit Says UCOP Mishandling Budget, Holding Excess Reserve Funding
The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) has accumulated a $175 million unreported surplus and conducted questionable budget practices, according to a state audit of UCOP released Tuesday. The audit also found that UCOP pays its top employees a much higher salary than...
Library Purges Print Collection
More than 80,000 texts were permanently removed without faculty approval from the Science and Engineering (S&E) Library last summer to make room for renovated study space and a library cafe. On April 13, research professor Michael Nauenberg, who has been a member of the UC...
Empowering Survivors, Educating the Public
The streets of San Francisco filled in solidarity in the darkness of night in 1987 to protest sexual assault and violence. Almost 40 years later, this now annual event is known as Take Back the Night (TBTN) and occurs in cities around the world. The...