Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead
Halloween 1965, Soquel Avenue — a Victorian house filled with college students experienced two seminal ’60s moments. Not only was it Ken Kesey’s first Acid Test, but it was also the Grateful Dead’s first house show. This was the night that began the band’s legacy...
New Trans-Inclusive Housing Option Introduced at UCSC
All Cass Stradleigh wanted was to live in a gender nonconforming place in their second year at UC Santa Cruz. But when they tried to apply for housing at Porter College for fall 2016, the online application didn’t give them the option. “The problem is...
UCSC Student Injured in Hit-and-Run
At approximately 4:35 p.m. yesterday, a 21-year-old UCSC student was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Bay and High Streets. The driver of the vehicle, Juan Castillo, 33, fled the scene and was apprehended near Mission and Chestnut Streets. Castillo was arrested for...
Trump Supporters and Protesters Clash in Streets at San Jose Rally
Presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally in downtown San Jose yesterday at the San Jose Convention Center. About 5,000 people cheered “USA! USA!” as Trump called for bolstered protections of the Second Amendment and building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. But outside, hundreds...
Sanders in Santa Cruz
“There is an earthquake going on here,” proclaimed Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as a crowd of over 3,000 rallied in the Kaiser Permanente Arena last Tuesday. Santa Cruz locals and UC Santa Cruz students queued up as early as 5 a.m. to witness Sanders...
Increase in UCSC Related Drug and Violence Crimes
In five weeks, there have been seven arrests involving UC Santa Cruz students, including weapons felony charges, three guns confiscated along with knives, clubs and stun guns, and numerous drug-related arrests. Since 4/20, there have been three non-fatal drug overdoses at UCSC. “That’s a lot for...
2016 SUA Officer Results Announced
NCAA Opinion Poll PASS “Would you support a new student fee of approximately $90 per quarter ($270 per year) to retain the current NCAA Athletics program at UC Santa Cruz?” President Ray A. Inoue VP of Internal Affairs GRACE SHEFCIK VP of External Affairs Judith Gutierrez VP for Diversity...
New UCSC Properties in Silicon Valley and Scotts Valley
Within a few days of each other, UC Santa Cruz announced two new permanent campus extensions in Santa Clara and Scotts Valley. UCSC purchased a 90,000-square-foot building in Santa Clara for $46.5 million from Irvine Company, which will be financed by a 99-year interest-only loan....
Festival Honors Oaxacan Heritage
Every third Sunday in May, a pre-Columbian festival is held in Santa Cruz. The millennium-old celebration of rain and a bountiful harvest is the Guelaguetza, originating in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. For the past 11 years, Santa Cruz has hosted its own Guelaguetza, celebrating...
An Education Without Borders
Tony Hoffman’s class “Children and War” at UC Santa Cruz is always one of the first to be filled. The multidisciplinary psychology course focuses on the conditions and psychosocial experiences of war-affected children and families. Past topics of the class include conflicts impacting children in...