Fighting Back
When George H.W. Bush was elected president, City on a Hill Press blacked out the cover. Tuesday night — nearly 30 years later — we were tempted to do the same. But the community, our community, can speak for itself, so we decided against it....
A Tribute to Black Lives
Members of African/Black Student Alliance (A/BSA) gathered in Quarry Plaza to bring awareness to the mass police violence affecting the nation on Nov. 4. Around 40 students took turns lying on the ground atop construction paper cutouts lined with chalk outlines with the names of...
Racing to Win, Enjoying the Ride
Spectators line a thin rocky section of trail waiting with anticipation for the next rider. The sound of rubber speeding over dirt erupts from around the corner and a rider appears and airs a few feet off the rocks down towards the finish line. Among...
In Solidarity with Standing Rock
“Water is life. Life is water,” about 40 students chanted, protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Quarry Plaza. The Undocumented Alliance (UA) organized the demonstration on Nov. 7 to stand in solidarity with the Sioux tribe of Standing Rock. “It is...
Gliding to Victory
Last spring, a group of UC Santa Cruz students walked, biked and drove around campus stapling flyers to bulletin boards. Some were friends, some were roommates, some acquaintances, but they all had one thing in common — they wanted to bring ice hockey to UCSC....
Anti-Trump Protest Takes Downtown Santa Cruz
Over 1,000 UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College students and community members convened on Pacific Avenue to protest the election of Donald Trump as president. A smaller group of UCSC students met on campus at 4 p.m. As more marchers joined, the group moved through the...
City Council Results
City Council candidates Martine Watkins, Mayor Cynthia Mathews, Chris Krohn and Sandy Brown (pictured left to right) were elected to two year terms on the Santa Cruz City Council. Brown overtook Robert Singleton in recent days as mail-in ballots were counted. Though the County...
El Centro Hosts National Activists
Around 30 students and community members gathered today to speak out against the injustices against Latinx people in the U.S. and more specifically the U.S. funded Merida Initiative, a plan that effectively serves as an extension of the “War on Drugs” into Mexico, concluded this...
Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Arrested
The Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) has arrested Jesus Covarrubias, 26, of Rancho Cucamonga yesterday afternoon in connection to the hit an run on Oct. 30 that lead to the death of UCSC student Alexandria Arceneaux, according to a SCPD press release. Arceneaux was 20 years old...
A Different Perspective
The world has been watching the U.S. leading up to the presidential election and the outcome will have impacts beyond just our borders. UC Santa Cruz students from Asia, Europe and the Americas gave their international perspective on how they and others in their home...