The Key to Food Security
California college students frequently choose between eating unhealthy meals or skipping them altogether. Food insecurity is a continuous issue for students. The University of California Global Food Initiative (GFI) found about 42 percent of UC students reported having experienced a reduced quality of diet or...
Title IX Case Reveals Systemic Concerns
*Name has been withheld for anonymity. Last academic year, Emma* joined 233 other UC Santa Cruz community members in filing a Title IX report. Her case was one of nine that Title IX staff said wasn’t a violation of the sexual violence and sexual harassment...
No Representation Without Proving Taxation
The unbroken line of about 1,300 demonstrators in downtown Santa Cruz on April 15 spanned a quarter mile along Pacific Avenue, from Church Street to Cathcart Street. Organized by Santa Cruz Indivisible — a group of local volunteers focused on fostering activism — the march...
‘Transcending Our Wounds of Oppression’
Representation in higher education matters, and Engaging Education (e2) has been working to go beyond simply admitting students from historically underrepresented communities through its Student Initiated Outreach (SIO) weekend — striving to give underrepresented students the resources, visibility and community of support they need to...
Decrease in Arrests, Medical Calls and Attendance on 4/20
Four arrests were made on and around the UC Santa Cruz campus during the unsanctioned 4/20 gathering today. Among them, California Highway Patrol arrested 67 year-old Los Banos resident Robert Spaniel for felony possession of a loaded firearm at the UCSC West Entrance DUI checkpoint....
Local Action on the Climate Crisis
The battle to ensure a steady and safe climate seems to have come to a standstill. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 28 that revoked six executive orders by the Obama administration intended to monitor climate change, including ones that track carbon...
The Art and Science of Juggling
A juggler unicycled and tossed clubs to a partner, while a circle of people balanced balls on their heads. An artist rolled a staff over the top of his hand as he built momentum to allow the staff to travel down his arms and shoulders....
Memorial Held for Michael “Mike” Mears
Over 50 people gathered in front of Santa Cruz City Hall on April 11 to remember the life of 53-year-old Michael “Mike” Randell Mears, who died of hypothermia on Feb 17. He was found unconscious on Potrero Street with a body temperature of 70 degrees...
Submission: April 20 DUI checkpoint and law enforcement efforts
By UC Santa Cruz Chief of Police Nader Oweis Members of the UC Santa Cruz community and campus neighbors, please be advised there is the potential for traffic disruptions and hazards during the afternoon of Thursday, April 20 because of the unsanctioned gathering known as...
Digging Into Social Justice
Colleges Nine and Ten students will break ground this quarter in hope of decolonizing the way society thinks about gardening through the colleges’ first community garden. Community Gardens (CLNI 70) is a two-unit course and part of an ongoing process to cultivate a garden specifically...