‘Decline and Fall of the UC’ Responds to Recent Tuition Hikes
Fourteen people gathered at the Graduate Student Commons last Tuesday to discuss some of the most disputed questions among the student body surrounding the UC regents’ approval of a tuition increase last November. “The Decline and Fall of the University of California: A Workshop” was...
Examining Race in the United States
Ferguson, Missouri and the killing of Michael Brown can be seen as a microcosm of practices like militarized police, increased surveillance and structural racism that surface in cities all over the United States — these were the discussion topics at a panel on Tuesday called...
Lecturers Union Marches to Begin Contract Negotiations
Around 60 non-senate faculty and students, and people in black robes and masks, accompanied a representation of St. Precaria on a march through campus chanting and singing songs such as “Swing Low, Precariat” and “Carry That Debt.” “Saint Precaria’s Pilgrimage: National Adjunct Day of Action”...
Spike in Auto-Related Crime
It’s not there. You’re sure you parked your car in that exact spot, and you anxiously pace the parking lot a few rounds. Is your mind playing tricks on you? This is what went through fourth-year Adrianna Gonzalez’s mind on Feb. 7, when she returned...
Sutter Health, Blue Shield Reach Two-Year Contract
UC employees were not warned they could potentially lose their doctor after signing up for open enrollment under UC Care in November 2014.
Campuswide Outage Scheduled for Saturday
Students staying on campus Saturday should plan for a full day without electricity.
80 Million Exposed in Insurance Hack
About 80 million Anthem customers and employees have had their personal information exposed in what security analysts believe is the biggest cyber theft in the history of the health care industry. There is no indication whether the information obtained has been misused. Anthem is the...
An Interview With Chancellor Blumenthal
1) Student Reaction Chancellor George Blumenthal officially switched roles from a professor to chancellor in 2007 after 35 years of teaching astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. When he joined UCSC’s faculty, tuition was less than $1,000 per year, and by the time he...
Vigil Honors Three Students Killed in Chapel Hill
The sky dimmed above a candlelit Quarry Plaza on Friday night as about 70 people stood in a circle to remember the lives of three Muslim students killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Feb. 10 The shooting of Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha...
‘Science Sunday’ Creates Accessible Atmosphere
“Science Sunday” might sound daunting to those unaccustomed to scientific practices and vernacular, but the Seymour Marine Discovery Center’s (SMDC) membership and donor stewardship manager Katherine Moore explained that science doesn’t always have to evoke anxiety.