A Digital Universe
“Can you imagine organizing on the internet to save your building, stop a war or start a labor movement?” A digital 9-year-old girl urges viewers to consider the possibilities the “world-wide web” has to offer. This fictional character is one of three hosts in the...
Amazon Juices Debuts at Global Village
After some delay, Amazon Juices at Global Village Cafe (GVC) opened on Wednesday with a limited menu of coffee, tea and pastries and a slow but steady flow of customers. The cafe closed in October, when Hoffman’s was evicted. GVC was set to reopen its...
UC Provides Millions to Invest in Student Innovation
The University of California will begin to directly invest in the innovation of its students and faculty by anchoring a venture fund led by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Ranadivé. The fund will consist of a $250 million contribution from the UC, along with Ranadivé’s pledge...
(Video) Game-Changer
Erin Robinson Swink, new creative director of UC Santa Cruz’s master’s program in games and playable media, creates games with whimsical ingenuity and joy. Her independent gaming company, Ivy Games, recently released “Gravity Ghost,” in which the player floats through space, depicted as a relaxing...
New Cowell Provost to Be Appointed
UC Santa Cruz’s oldest residential college, Cowell College, will appoint a new provost this quarter. The current provost Faye Crosby took office in 2010 and will retire from the job in July, but will remain at the university as a professor. “I’m very sad to...
UCSA Agenda Set for Meeting This Weekend
The monthly University of California Student Association (UCSA) meeting is scheduled for this weekend, Jan. 9-10, at UC San Diego. UCSA is a student government organization advocating for all 240,000 students and addressing issues such as the affordability and quality of the UC system. The...
CA Rings in 2016 With Tighter Gun Control
On Jan. 1, three news laws and provisions to existing laws regarding firearms went into effect in California: SB 199, SB 707 and AB 1014. The laws concern BB devices, firearms on school campuses and temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders, and were passed as part...
UC Pulls $25 Million in Prison Investments
While University of California students were away for winter break, the Office of the Chief Investment Officer made the decision to sell off $25 million in private prison corporation investments. The decision came after pressure from students, mainly the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC), to divest....
Two Dead After Suspected Murder-Suicide on Chestnut Street
Two people were killed in what Santa Cruz police believe to be a murder-suicide on Tuesday night at the apartments on the 100 block of Chestnut. At 6:49 p.m. police responded to a report of suspicious circumstances and upon arrival found the two deceased from...
Sleep, Rent and the Housing Crisis
Sixty people gathered at Kresge Town Hall on Nov. 18 to participate in the first public forum on the Santa Cruz housing crisis. The Student Union Assembly, Graduate Student Association and UC Student-Workers Union collaborated with local community organizers on this event to illuminate a...