Passed 2025-26 Ballot Measures
Measure 82: “Students for Empowerment and Accountability in Transportation Services.” [PASSED with 96.4 percent voter support] Written and introduced by the Student Union Governance Board (SUGB), this measure is a fee amendment, allocating 1.41 percent of current total transit fees into a new student governing...
UCSC Begins A Quiet Enforcement of DEI Regulations
President Donald Trump’s executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have already had a chilling effect at universities nationwide. Falling in line with Trump’s orders, the University of California’s Office of the President (UCOP) has begun preemptively enforcing regulations at the UC-level in the...
TAPS Town Hall, Students Continue the Fight for Transparency
“Why is the UC Santa Cruz transit fee higher than other UC fees?” “Is there any work towards newer buses?” “Where is our money going?” These were the sorts of questions students asked Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) at the third TAPS Town Hall on...
Black Love Gala: Celebrating Despite Uncertain Futures for Ethnic Student Organizations
Past the bustling John R. Lewis and College Nine Dining Hall, up the stairwell and toward the University Center, the Bistro and Fireside Lounge were transformed on the evening of May 23. Vines draped the entry way, laughter filled the space and Black students dressed...
Words from the Upcoming 2025-26 SUA Elected Officials
Editors’ Note: This article is a continuation of City on a Hill Press’ coverage of the 2025 Campus Elections. Many interviewees’ quotes work in context with their previous statements. After much anticipation, the 2025-26 Student Union Assembly (SUA) results are in and next year’s members...
Seven Summer Extended Orientation Programs are Now One: “IGNITE”
For Nazeerah Rashad, Black Academy being for African, Black, Caribbean-identifying (ABC) students is what made it unique from other campus programming. Rashad was a 2021 mentee, 2022 mentor and 2023-2024 program coordinator for Black Academy, one of the seven Extended Orientation Programs (EOPs) offered over...
We Asked You: Why is AAPI Heritage Month Important?
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community make up 29.5 percent of the student population, and UC Santa Cruz is home to AAPI students from a diverse array of backgrounds. AAPI students also constitute two of “the big five” organizations on campus — Bayanihan...
Challah Bake: Celebrating 52 Years of Leviathan Jewish Journal
Hannah Benveniste learned to style their hair by braiding challah dough. As a kid, they’d roll out strands on a floured surface, gently tugging each lock — left to the center, right to the center — until the amorphous blend of ingredients before them resembled...
Wash, Dry… Burn? The Unreliability of CSC Laundry Machines
“You go into college, and it’s kind of a known thing that doing your laundry is going to be annoying,” said Abigayle Page, a second-year student living in the Cowell Apartments. “But I don’t think there should be that worry of your clothes being burnt.”...
Third Annual Basic Needs Fair Addresses Food, Housing and Financial Insecurity at UCSC
At UC Santa Cruz, 58 percent of students experience low or very low food security. That is ten points higher than the average across all UC campuses. “If you don’t have money, you’re not going to get food,” said Andrea Guzman, a Redwood Free Market...