Budgets and Deficits and Cuts, Oh My! UC Santa Cruz Has a New Interim Provost
UC Santa Cruz has a new interim campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC). Facing a structural budget deficit of $79.9 million and frequent constriction from the Trump administration, one thing is clear: during the one year he plans to have this job, he’ll be...
No Peace in a Ceasefire: Santa Cruz Mourns Two Years of Genocide
Rolla Alaydi stood in the candlelight glow of a vigil honoring her relatives killed in the Gaza genocide. She was struggling to trust the news released earlier that day: Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire agreement which could finally end two years of war....
Federal Cuts Attack Hispanic-Serving Institutions. UCSC is No Exception.
For Isaac Alessandro Ríos, a second-year at UC Santa Cruz, the university is obligated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) to protect Latiné and Hispanic students’ pathways to higher education. Now, due to federal attacks on HSI Initiatives across the nation, opportunities kick-started by UCSC’s HSI...
A Breakdown of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: For Students
In all 330 pages of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the term “student” is used 146 times. Having read and researched everything related to students in the OBBBA (so you don’t have to), it is evident that the Trump administration is and will...
SOMeCA: Making A Campus A Home
Finding community in a new place can be daunting. Luckily, UC Santa Cruz is filled with spaces where you can find a place of belonging. SOMeCA is our hub, with a vast network of over 200 organizations, all rooted in a shared commitment to honor...
UC Santa Cruz Has a Budget Problem
UC Santa Cruz — at every level — has been reeling from a structural budget deficit. The effects trickle down to students in many aspects of their education, including larger class sizes and less accessible campus services. Despite significant effects beginning to materialize, many community...
UCSC’s Legacy of Resistance
Written in gold on the UC Santa Cruz homepage is the statement reading: “Our voices will define the century.” More often than not, students express their voices through picket signs, megaphones or chants. Behind those signs and megaphones are 60 years’ worth of student activists,...
UCSC is Downsizing and Downgrading The COVE, a Life-Saving Resource
Over the course of four months, the COVE’s student interns wrote and released an open letter to the UC Santa Cruz administration — effectively revealing the UC Santa Cruz administration’s plans to downsize the COVE. The COVE has been an on-campus recovery resource for more...
We Asked You: How Do Students Feel About Artificial Intelligence?
Editor’s note: Due to the nature of the questions asked in our survey, many sources chose to remain anonymous. Some responses have been slightly edited for brevity and clarity. All responses represent student experiences and opinions. City on a Hill Press acknowledges the tendency of...
“Solidarities are made”: A Conversation with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
Editors Note: The quotes in this article have been edited for clarity and concision. Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. is a distinguished professor of African American studies and religion at Princeton University, a political commentator and public intellectual. For the second year in a row, Dr....