Beneath The Ice
Creatures Below Antarctic Sheet Incite Evolutionary and Extraterrestrial Questions Forty-four scientists woke up to another nightless day in Antarctica to collect water samples and temperatures in a hidden subglacial lake, as a part of a project that included various trips to the icy shelf over the span of four years....
Update: Six Students Arrested During Protest on Highway 17
Updated: 3/5, 12:20 a.m. By Alexa Lomberg, Montse Reyes and Lauren Romero Six UC Santa Cruz students were arrested on one felony charge — conspiracy to execute a crime — and three misdemeanors — creating a public nuisance, failure to obey lawful order and failure...
Breaking: Protesters Block Highway 17
About 30 marchers joined the five UC Santa Cruz students blocking southbound Highway 17 near the Highway 1 North exit on Tuesday.
Homicide Victims Honored at Vigil
Twenty-six people gathered in an arc around a table adorned with flickering candles while holding signs with the names, ages and causes of death of Santa Cruz County homicide victims who lost their lives within the last 24 months. Among the names listed were Sgt....
Rally at Quarry Plaza kicks off “96 Hours of Action”
About 100 students chanted and banged on hand drums at Quarry Plaza on Monday, kicking off “96 Hours of Action: Against Tuition Hikes and Police Violence.” Organized by Liberate Our Education, all of the events throughout the next two days will lead to...
Petitioning Against the Pit
Five members of the Student Union Governance Board (SUGB) slid a cardboard box across the table to Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) Alison Galloway, one of UC Santa Cruz’s top administrators, on Feb. 18. Inside the box were 1,172 bright orange signed petitions — collected in...
2015 Spring Student Fee Measures Announced
The last time a student fee was approved by the student body through the Student Union Assembly (SUA) spring elections was 2011, for Measure 49: Cultural Arts and Diversity Fee and Measure 50: Measure to Increase Student Voice. In the following three elections, no referenda...
UC to Require Measles Vaccination
Amid the recent Disneyland measles outbreak, that as of Feb. 20 has infected 154 people across the United States since last December, the University of California will require all incoming students to be vaccinated for measles. Cases of the disease have been reported in 17...
Investigative Journalist Visits UCSC
In December 2013, Anabel Hernández’s home was broken into by a group of masked men. Hernández and her family were away but the men ransacked her home, rifled through her bedroom and threatened her neighbors. After that, it became clear to the journalist of 22...
Expanding the Definition of Jihad
The ethnic resource centers’ program specialist for race, ethnicity, culture and class Karim Ahmath led a presentation called “Redefining Jihad: Muslim Experiences in Higher Education,” hosted by the Muslim Student Association (MSA) on Feb. 18. During the presentation, Ahmath discussed the interpretations of jihad —...