Ask the Admin
The Student Union Assembly (SUA) concluded its “Meet the Admin” series with a Q&A session with Chancellor George Blumenthal and Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway on Tuesday. Around 80 attendees wrote down questions for SUA President Julie Foster to moderate, and topics ranged from enrollment...
A Guide to the Santa Cruz County Ballot Measures
The California presidential primary is only a few weeks away. But on June 7, Santa Cruz County will decide on various ballot measures related to increasing funding for education. Voters can expect to see the following measures on the June ballot. Measure J: Lakeside Joint...
Branching Out
By Georgia Johnson & Anna Korotina About 200 students, faculty, staff and Santa Cruz community members attended the 15th annual UC Santa Cruz Student Environmental Center (SEC) Earth Summit held in College Nine and Ten’s Multipurpose Room on April 29. The daylong event included tabling...
Driving up the Cost of Parking
UC Santa Cruz’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) crafted a proposal for the spring ballot to increase the cost of parking permits and the hourly meter rate over the next three years. TAPS is an auxiliary unit that is fueled by student fees, not university...
UCSC Shortens Classes, Adds New Time Block
Starting fall 2016, all classes that meet three times a week will be five minutes shorter, and all classes that meet twice a week will be 10 minutes shorter. The shift to shorter class times creates an additional time slot for classes that meet on...
Obstacles of an Undocumented Life
*Names have been changed to protect identity. Until Maria* was 11 years old, the only memories she had of her parents were from photos, phone calls and the remittance checks they sent from the United States to her and other family members in El Salvador....
Fight for 15 Finished
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Fair Wage Act into law on April 4, which will raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 — the highest statewide minimum wage in the country. The wage will gradually increase from the current $10, recently raised this January,...
UCD Chancellor Linda Katehi Placed on Leave
By Connor Jang and Georgia Johnson UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi has been placed on investigatory administrative leave Wednesday night following extensive calls for her removal by students, faculty, community members and lawmakers. In an email statement, the UC Office of the President (UCOP) noted...
Over Six Arrests, Including Three Felonies, on 4/20
This story will continue to be updated. Update April 21, 3:30 p.m.: Police officers arrested Castroville residents Alexander David Garcia Romero Jr., 20, and Joel Anthony Campos-Cervantes, 22, on suspicion of felony possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a concealed firearm, transportation of marijuana for sales,...
Outreach for Agency
By Alexa Lomberg Last year at UC Santa Cruz, 18.6 percent of admitted students accepted their offer to attend the university — 57 of who selected UCSC after an experience more engaging than a university tour. In the spring, those students attended Engaging Education’s (e2)...