How Do We Get Out The Vote? Student Organizations Learn Election Mobilizing Tactics
Election Day is around the corner. As it approaches, there are more and more efforts to get young people to the ballot box and make their voices heard. But how do we do that? Three weeks before Election Day, students gathered at the Stevenson Event...
From City Council to County Board, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings race for District 3
After working together on Santa Cruz City Council for two years, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings know each other well. This midterm election season has the two city representatives facing each other for a county supervisor seat. Only 500 votes separated the two candidates in...
What the Closure of the Benchlands Means for its Residents
Steven Bailey has been living in the Benchlands, a city-sanctioned houseless encampment in San Lorenzo Park, for the past two years. Soon, that won’t be the case. In the eyes of the City of Santa Cruz, an eviction notice needs to be served. “They look...
All You Need to Know About Slug Points
Ok, so what are Slug Points anyway? Slug Points, each equivalent to $1, function as dining credits that can be used at any UC Santa Cruz dining location, including cafes, dining halls, and on-campus markets. The cost of a meal at the dining hall is...
The Sesnon Gallery: Keeping Art and the Community Alive
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the question, “What do we do amidst social unrest?” With so many ways to contribute to change, UC Santa Cruz promotes its Social Documentation Master of Fine Arts program (SocDoc) as a space that allows students to recount and...
We Asked You: Why is Voting Important
Clay McKnight (He/Him) “I feel as if a lot of people in the U.S. [feel] that they don’t have a voice or a say in things. But the only way any change will happen is if we force the people we elect to make change. I...
HSI Initiatives and Student Leaders: A Twofold Effort to Support Latine Students on Campus
As Nelson Ramirez walked into his first computer science class at UC Santa Cruz, he felt isolated from many of his peers. “People who apply to this major and are studying it have background knowledge already, […] and a lot of them also have money...
This is Our Future: SOMeCA Hosts Tiffany Dena Loftin to #GetOutTheVote
Three weeks ahead of the midterm election on Nov. 8, student organizers on campus are gearing up for the final stretch: it’s time to #GetOutTheVote. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, students gathered at the Stevenson Event Center to hear UC Santa Cruz alumni Tiffany Dena Loftin...
Chaos at First SUA Meeting: President Alfredo Gama Salmeron Denies Every Motion To Remove Him as President
After being removed from her job presiding over Student Union Assembly (SUA) meetings, previously elected SUA Parliamentarian Amanda Pepe took to the public comment microphone and called out the man who fired her — SUA President Alfredo Gama Salmeron. As SUA President, Gama Salmeron assumed...
Three Candidates, One Seat: The Battle for District 4
Santa Cruz’s fourth City Council District spans all the way from the bottom of the Upper West Side on High Street to the Beach Flats near the coast on Beach Street, and also encapsulates the city’s downtown area. Ensuring that community voices are heard is...