Santa Cruz Starbucks Joins the Nationwide Push for Unionization
The workers at the Elmwood Avenue Starbucks Coffee branch in Buffalo, NY sparked a fire among their fellow employees across the country by becoming the first Starbucks in the country to win union recognition on Dec. 9 2022. The victory served as an inspiration and...
“A Journey Through India”: ISA’s Upcoming Cultural Show
In just a few days, the Mainstage Theater will be adorned with dynamic dancers, colorful costumes, and vibrant vocalists as members of UC Santa Cruz’s Indian Student Association (ISA) take to the stage for their 20th annual cultural show. Taza Tal is UCSC’s South Asian...
Watsonville is in the Heart: Honoring the Manong Generation in California’s Central Coast
‘Utang na loob,’ an expression used in the Filipino community, can be loosely translated to a debt of gratitude that one owes to those who have done a deeply impactful favor. Watsonville is in the Heart’s (WIITH) digital archive seeks to repay this debt of...
Amanda Safi: Period Equity Activist has Helped Create Change on Campus
Going to class dealing with mood swings, cramps, and headaches is already bad enough, but imagine having to go through the school day, or even taking an exam, in bloodstained pants due to a lack of accessible period products. Feelings of discomfort and stress when...
Food Not Bombs Evicted Again
Food Not Bombs (FNB), a local houseless kitchen and mutual aid group, had fought through an eviction notice filled start to 2022. FNB was initially evicted by the city from a Front St. location, then the county threatened the church they cook at with consequences...
What Happens When you Test Positive for COVID-19 at UCSC?
Receiving a positive COVID-19 test is only the first of many worries for those UC Santa Cruz residents sent to quarantine at a hotel 10 miles away in Scotts Valley. Despite having over 80 beds of isolation housing in the Village, UCSC has had to...
Fire Behind Colleges Nine and Ten Spark Late Night Evacuations
Second-year Diana Celebrado was hanging out with her roommates Tuesday night, when they heard someone scream, “Fire!” from outside their apartment window. “We started panicking and then the alarms started going off,” Celebrado said. “So we grabbed our stuff and evacuated.” At roughly 11 p.m....
The Cove Community: Handling Addiction with Care
CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions and mentions of overdose, addiction, and substance abuse. Sheryl Varien is a vivacious 58-year-old transfer student and Renaissance Scholar at UC Santa Cruz. Those who are Renaissance Scholars are no strangers to hardship. They have dealt with struggles such as violence or...
The Best Western: UCSC Graduate Student Housing
Every morning, first-year applied mathematics master’s student Anish Sambamurthy pours his first coffee of the day from the 24/7 lobby coffee machine in the Best Western lobby before heading out to the gym. When he returns, he grabs his complimentary breakfast from the empty lobby,...
Houseless Community Displaced by Benchlands Flooding
Larry Gardner has been houseless for the past six months. He left his wife, child, and housing to care for his brother who is blind, houseless, and in need of 24-hour assistance. For the first five months, Gardner and his brother found shelter at the...