Panel on Mass Incarceration Inspires Student Activism
Taking a step back from political theory, students and professors gathered to discuss how they could incite real political action. The discussion, facilitated by psychology professor Craig Haney the evening of May 22, featured prison activists Angela Davis, Robert King, Albert Woodfox and Debbie Kilroy....
Minding the Grad Gap
Amanda Brambila is now a molecular, cell and developmental biology doctoral candidate at UC Santa Cruz, but she started as a community college student commuting across the border from Mexico every day. There, a professor encouraged her to join a National Institute of Health summer...
AFSCME 3299 Demonstrates at UC Regent Public Comment
Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting was interrupted by AFSCME 3299 members advocating for a contract that meets their demands during public comment and conversations focused on a potential $100 million plus in additional funding from the state. The already crowded public comment period was...
Radical Voices, Radical Stories
It took a mix of shame, rage and courage for Seattle Times staff reporter Tyrone Beason and NPR Code Switch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji to set out to rewire media. For Beason, this spark was seeing the park benches lining the mall in Washington, D.C....
Santa Cruz Joins Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers
Santa Cruz County joined over 30 other California counties in a thread of lawsuits suing 12 opioid manufacturers on May 11, an extension of a national lawsuit heading to federal court in 2019. The lawsuit outlines multiple specific cases of negligence, fraud, racketeering,...
Sexual Harassment and Assault Allegations Build Against UCSC Professor
Content warning: This article contains references to sexual harassment and assault. *Name has been changed to protect the anonymity of this source **Gopal Balakrishnan is referred to as GB through student accounts Graffiti and leaflets detailed allegations of sexual assault and harassment by a professor...
City Holds Interactive Forum on Housing Development
About 90 community members walked the halls of the Louden Nelson Community Center on May 15 as they went freely from room to room during a forum on planned developments in Santa Cruz’s downtown area. City Council structured the forum to facilitate feedback from community...
Student Media Q&A with Chancellor and CP/EVC
UC Santa Cruz Student Media representatives participated in a quarterly Q&A session with Chancellor George Blumenthal and Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor (CP/EVC) Marlene Tromp on May 14. City on a Hill Press asked questions related to the AFSCME strike, the Strategic Academic Planning (SAP) process,...
Student Housing West EIR Comment Period Extended to End of June
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal chose to grant students, staff, faculty and community members an additional 45 days to voice concerns regarding the draft environmental impact report (EIR) for Student Housing West (SHW). SHW, a housing project set to bring an additional 3,000 beds...
Campus Elections Guide
Illustrations by Kelly Leung Campus elections are held every spring to elect the next officers of the Student Union Assembly (SUA) and to determine which student fee ballot measures will pass. Here’s what you need to know before you vote. WHAT IS SUA? SUA is...