SUA Hosts Chancellor Search Town Hall
Impassioned students attended yesterday’s Student Union Assembly’s (SUA) Chancellor Search Student Town Hall to voice opinions about the replacement of current UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal. The Wednesday town hall, which hoped to include student input in the chancellor selection process, drew about 25...
Strategic Academic Plan Criticized at Town Hall
Two students sat alongside 44 faculty members at the latest Strategic Academic Plan (SAP) town hall on Jan. 18. Members of the campus community criticize the plan for multiple reasons, but at Friday’s town hall, the two undergraduates focused on the lack of student involvement....
Graduation Ticket Change Causes Upset
Graduation is a time students expect to celebrate their years of hard work with those who loved and supported them along the way. On Jan. 14, the office of Colleges, Housing and Educational Services announced a cap on the festivities by instating a ticketing system...
CruzHacks Returns
At an event that drew a cohort of over 600 coding enthusiasts, nearly 100 teams built apps and gadgets that talked, mimicked, planned, donated and edited videos. One coached public speaking. Another sorted trash. CruzHacks, UC Santa Cruz’s annual coding binge, took over Stevenson Event...
UC Regents Yet to Meet AFSCME 3299 Demands
For the past two years AFSCME 3299 workers bargained for a fair contract with the UC, but have yet to reach an agreement. Tired of waiting, about 60 students with the UC Santa Cruz’s Worker Student Solidarity Coalition (WSSC) and AFSCME 3299 gathered Wednesday at...
Questions? Ask Your UC-AFT Librarian
After four months without a contract and more than nine rallies across UC campuses, UC librarians remain in a tentative position. UC officials and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), the union that represents UC’s more than 300 librarians, met Tuesday at UC Davis...
Remembering Sree Divya Alla
Sree Divya Alla, known as Divya to anyone who knew her, died Jan. 5 at the age of 22. “She was full of light and laughter,” said recent UC Santa Cruz graduate Mounica Godavarti, a friend of Alla. “She always had a smile on her...
Remembering Cameron Poole
Cameron Poole, biochemistry and molecular biology major and member of the Kresge community, died on Jan. 8. Born on June 15, 1998, he was 20 years old. His family remembers him as an active and enthusiastic young man. He spent many of his favorite days...
UC Regents Discuss Student Housing West
UC Santa Cruz administration presented the Student Housing West project to the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee of the UC Board of Regents during its Jan. 16 meeting. The Student Housing West project, bringing about 3,000 beds to campus, is split into two geographical areas—a...
District 29 Democratic Elections
Local Democrats voting in an election to select the area’s delegates to the Democratic State Convention arrived to the event early in the morning, many still yawning and sipping coffee while they mingled outside with friends and candidates. Party organizers held the Assembly District Election...