UCSC Queer Trans Coalition Fights for Inclusivity
Updated 6/4, 10 p.m. Editors’ Note: In light of the Queer Trans Coalition’s recent post questioning the accuracy and intent of the article “The Queer Community Has Let Us Down,” City on Hill Press recognizes the mistakes in our reporting and editing process. There was...
Stoked On Spokes, Part II
May is National Bike Month, which has been a League of American Bicyclists sponsored event since 1956. Bicycle-centered events such as Bike to Work Week are held nationwide to promote cycling. UC Santa Cruz’s Upper Campus mountain biking trails make riders drool for a chance...
Laying a Foundation for Coastal Biology
The construction of the new Coastal Biology Building on Santa Cruz’s Westside is underway. The two-year $73 million project will accommodate new facilities and resources for UC Santa Cruz’s ecology and evolutionary biology department (EEB). The Coastal Biology Building will support “research and teaching on...
2015 SUA Officer Election Results Announced
The SUA Constitutional Amendments have passed, and the titles have changed from “chair” to “president.” President: Julie Rachel Foster Vice President of Internal Affairs: Jabari Brown Vice President of External Affairs: Guillermo E. Rogel, Jr. Vice President of Academic Affairs: Seamus Howard Vice President of Diversity: Sauli Colio Organizing Director: Arturo Motta Representatives-elect:...
Fashioning a New Meaning for ‘Freak’
Maria Ramirez gently stepped into a bucket of mud and lathered herself with handfuls of the earthy substance. A projector screened images of nature and society while a voiceover emphasized treating the earth as a lover. Bare breasts covered in rich, wet dirt entrapped the...
Office for Civil Rights to Visit UCSC
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education will visit UC Santa Cruz to talk to students about how sexual violence is handled on campus. The OCR visit is a part of a Title IX compliance review, as UCSC is currently...
En Route: Mixed Motions For Inspiration
When asked to describe urban dance — the style of dance Haluan performs — dance team coordinators Ray Chung and Adlina Basuki were at a loss for words. Chung and Basuki, along with third-year Alexis Roney, coordinate the urban dance group at UC Santa Cruz...
In Memoriam: Chris Chitty
With a megaphone in hand, Christopher Chitty spoke to a large crowd at the foot of campus in protest of budget cuts. He stood in solidarity with the faculty walkout and the University of Professional and Technical Employees strike in September 2009. “We have heard...
UC Tuition Increase Avoided for Californians Until 2017
The widely-contested annual 5 percent UC tuition hike will not go into effect until the 2017-18 school year for resident students as a part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget, released on May 14. The “May Revise” budget prioritizes public education funding, with the UC...
Reverberations of Loma Prieta
“It was a really hot day in October,” reflected UC Santa Cruz alumna Susanne Ban DeRisi in her journal. “It was what we Californians jokingly refer to as ‘earthquake weather.’” At 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989, the earth beneath Santa Cruz shook for about...