Getting Around Santa Cruz
For the upperclassmen veterans who have fond memories of shuffling onto the loop bus, some things may have changed in the last 18 months. Whether you’re still questioning which bus you have to show your ID for, or have that locked down in your muscle...
COVID-19 Regulations for the upcoming quarter
As students return to a more in-person experience this fall, UC Santa Cruz is adapting new policies and guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, especially with the surge of the Delta variant. “As we have learned over the past year and a half, though,...
Art Spaces on Campus
ART SPACES ON CAMPUS Sculpture Studios: The sculpture studios consist of a metal shop and a woodshop. Located in the Baskin Art Studios, both places offer various tools for students to develop skills such as welding, shaping, staining, and more. To gain access to the studios,...
Under Construction: Kresge College and the Rachel Carson Dining Hall
Since students last stepped foot on campus in early 2020, construction has begun on the Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining Hall and the scaffolding for new housing has risen at Kresge College. The two projects have set completion dates for fall 2022, placing students on the west...
UCSC Undergrad and Salinas Council Member Anthony Rocha’s Trailblazing Path to Public Service
Salinas was a place of opportunity for Anthony Rocha. His mother moved their family to Salinas when he was just 5 years old, looking for new opportunities after the death of Rocha’s father. Sixteen years later, Rocha is simultaneously a Salinas city council member and...
UCSC Undergraduate Bridges the Gap Between Incarcerated Family Members and Their Kids Through Literature
Matt Sioson, a UC Santa Cruz third-year student majoring in legal studies, reaches behind his desk and collects a handful of crisp uniform envelopes. He singles one out, opens it, and takes out a letter that reads “family is everything.” This is only one of...
Shirazi v. Oweis: COLA Graduate Student Takes Police to Court
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Sabrina Shirazi sued members of the UC Police Department and a member of the California Highway Patrol on Jan. 14, 2021, for numerous claims related to alleged excessive force by the police while Shirazi was protesting with the COLA movement...
UC Set to Cut Back Out-of-State Students
With tension among applicants and complaints among California’s taxpayers, the state Senate proposed to cut back the number of nonresident students admitted into the University of California to make more space for in-state students. The new proposal would gradually limit the UC’s out-of-state and international...
GABRIELA SC, Black Student Union, COLA4ALL, and Others Organize May Day Demonstration
Sixty students flooded the desolate streets of campus, rallying and protesting for workers rights and protections moving gradually from Quarry Plaza to the empty Kerr Hall, a UC Santa Cruz landmark known for hosting student protests. Workers around the world rallied for better working conditions...
SUA Debates 2021
With the clock ticking on campus elections, the Student Union Assembly hosted a virtual debate to garner election engagement from the student body. This comes after a record low turnout, with only 11 percent of students voting last spring. Most of the candidates ran unopposed,...