Substance-Free Socializing
Volumetric flasks, vampire glasses and cone-shaped insulated cups filled with fuchsia, purple and blue elixirs line the shelves. The room is alive with the sound of clinking glasses. Not a single person here is drunk. Roxa (ROE-shuh) means purple in Portuguese. Owners Michael Trainer and...
No Known Predators
The Lions and Cannoneers were no match for the unstoppable Banana Slugs at the American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) women’s soccer tournament last weekend. With 46 shots on goal, 19 goals scored and zero goals allowed in two games, UC Santa Cruz’s top-ranked women’s soccer...
Quarterly Student Media Q&A With Chancellor Larive
City on a Hill Press (CHP) and Fish Rap Live! (FRL!) gathered at UC Santa Cruz’s Student Media Press Center on Nov. 5 for student media’s quarterly Chancellor Q&A, the first with Chancellor Cindy Larive. At the Q&A, Larive answered questions about labor rights, UC...
White Supremacist Messages Deface Campus
This week, unidentified vandals left white supremacist messages scrawled across campus. White chalk lettering and posters bearing the words “it’s ok to be white” appeared in residential colleges and academic buildings. “White nationalist messages left recently on our campus try to break the foundation of...
Vaping Poses Significant Health Risks
*This article contains references to suicide and self harm. First, a cigarette alternative. Then, a trend. Now, a known health risk. Vaping has skyrocketed among high school and college students in recent years. “I fall asleep holding my vape. I wake up holding my vape....
Red Flag Warnings Issued to Over 26 Million Residents
By Elena Neale and Haneen Zain The National Weather Service issued its first ever extreme red flag warning to Los Angeles residents late on Oct. 29 in response to anticipated hurricane-force winds in the area. The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has blazed through more...
The Power of Practical Activism
Every year, UC Santa Cruz students venture to Colleges Nine and Ten for a chance to learn how to practice activism — both globally and locally. Put on by Colleges Nine, Ten and Oakes, the Practical Activism Conference (PAC) is a student-led event that highlights...
Reframing The Past
Europeans landed in the Americas centuries ago, leading to the emergence of many new nations, including the U.S., but also massive destruction of Native American civilization. Our entire nation rests upon ruins of Native American territory, including UC Santa Cruz. The 17th consecutive Amah...
Bolstering Basic Needs
A recent influx of state funding will strengthen basic needs programs at UC Santa Cruz. On Sept. 30, UCSC received a $1.5 million grant from the state to address students’ basic needs. The money will go toward reducing food and housing insecurity — prevalent dilemmas...