More Unions, More Power: Campus Unions Rally for Workers on May Day
Members of University Labor United (ULU), a rank and file association of union members across the UC Santa Cruz campus, held a rally on May 1. They rallied in protest of past and proposed efforts of budget restructuring at UCSC, especially the recent Transportation and...
UC Santa Cruz International Students Face Constricting Job Market
At the end of every academic year, over 4,500 UC Santa Cruz undergraduates step onto a stage to greet professors, shake their hands and accept the diploma they have worked multiple years for. Some graduates step off the stage with a newfound sense of freedom,...
Who is Jennifer Johnson-Hanks? Meet the new CP/EVC
Editors’ Note: Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. In a recent campus news email sent by Chancellor Cynthia Larive’s office, Jennifer Johnson-Hanks was announced as UC Santa Cruz’s new campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC). Johnson-Hanks, an anthropologist who specializes in cultural...
Commemorating Jean-Michel Basquiat: A One Man Show
When Obie Award-winning actor, writer and director Roger Guenveur Smith, met the late Jean-Michel Basquiat on an LA dance floor in the ’80s, it was friendship at first sight. “I was rapping and … he was attracted to my energy, and I was attracted to...
Down Highway 17 and Up the 1: Commuters Face Rising Gas Prices
Jillian Kerney, a third-year linguistics major, commutes 50 miles up and down Highway 1 to UC Santa Cruz three days out of the week. Not only does this allow her to keep her job in Monterey, but it also lets her avoid the struggle of...
“No Concessions Made”: UCSC UAW 4811 Representatives Disappointed with Latest Contract
Fifth-year astrophysics doctoral candidate Isabel Kain recalled her experience at a rally in the Quarry Plaza in fall 2021. As she listened to a mother of two speak about her struggles to support her family while making only $20,000 a year, Kain felt empowered and...
Sprouting Success: The Revival of the Stevenson Garden
“A beautiful and strenuous, fatiguing experience.” That’s how Zuri California, an agroecology and global and community health double major, and co-lead intern for the People of Color Sustainability Collective (PoCSC) described restoring the beloved Stevenson Community Garden. After many years, the Stevenson Community Garden is...
“Report Up, Not Out”: C9/JRL RAs Voice Frustration Over ICE Policy
Editors’ Note: Anonymous sources mentioned in this article are referred to as “RA ‘A’” and “RA ‘B.’” City on a Hill Press is committed to protecting the identity of these sources. All protocols and policies stated solely pertain to College Nine and John R. Lewis...
Hope is on the Menu
“Our biggest goal for the conference was for people to feel hopeful,” said Ren Luevano, steward of the UC Santa Cruz community herb garden. Luevano was a speaker and primary organizer for Raíces y Futuros, a student-led conference focused on combining food justice and abolition...
DEI & Demographics: Can the Trump Administration Collect Detailed Student Data?
Editors’ Note: Some sources in this article have asked to remain anonymous. After President Trump took office for his second term, UC Santa Cruz’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) did not close. However, language slowly shifted nationally, as the words “diversity, equity and...