Chancellor, EVC Attend SUA Meeting
“The chancellor always looks forward to these meetings and the dialogue that comes from them,” said Scott Hernandez-Jason, spokesperson for the UC Santa Cruz president’s office, in an email the day before Chancellor George Blumenthal met with the Student Union Assembly. After listening to resounding...
AFSCME Draws the Line
For three days, service workers at UC Santa Cruz vacated the dining halls, buses, medical centers and campus grounds and instead gathered at the base of campus to speak out against widening inequality in a UC-wide labor strike — the largest strike in UC history....
Public Hearing of SHW Report Draws Criticism
Students, faculty, alumni and community members alike gathered at Hotel Paradox to once again voice their objections and concerns with the development of Student Housing West (SHW) at a public hearing of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). While each of these groups tended to give...
Mixed-Use Development Structure Proposed for Pacific Avenue
A mixed-use development structure proposed to be built in downtown could be the second tallest building constructed in Santa Cruz, if it’s met with approval by the city. The development calls for a 6.5 story building between 53 and 82 feet tall that incorporates...
An Educational Approach to Cinco de Mayo
Tamales and horchata vendors lined the courtyards at Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park for Cinco de Mayo where about 50 people gathered to listen to a well-practiced youth brass band from Oaxaca. The event aimed to promote education and reclamation of the Mexican holiday...
Rent Control Measure Expected to be on Nov. Ballot
Rent control and just eviction laws may be coming to Santa Cruz county after over 10,000 Santa Cruz voters petitioned to place it on this year’s November ballot. The Movement for Housing Justice (MHJ) set out in February to collect 8,000 signatures by July on...
Anakbayan Santa Cruz protests human rights violations at SFO
Students marched from Hahn Student Services to Quarry Plaza, carrying posters that read “Stop the U.S. War Machine,” “Stop torture at SFO” and “Justice for Jerome.” When they reached Quarry Plaza, the protesters gathered in a large circle and shouted to the drum beat, “When...
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ Conference to be Hosted at UCSC
The Right Livelihood (RL) Award Foundation, also commonly referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize, will be hosting the first North American RL continental conference at UC Santa Cruz May 15-17. This year’s conference will exhibit a series of teach-ins and events to engage the...
Mobilizing Hundreds: The Pilipinx Response To a Crisis Call
The UC Santa Cruz chapter of Anakbayan will be leading a march at noon on May 3 from Hahn Student Center to raise awareness around the detainment and alleged torture of Pilipino human rights organizer, Jerome Aba. Aba landed in San Francisco Airport (SFO) on...
Santa Cruz Announces Water Shortage Alert
Beginning in October, the rainy season in Santa Cruz brings about 24 inches of winter rainfall on average. By the end of February this year, Santa Cruz saw slightly under 8.5 inches. Due to the recent abnormally dry winter season, Santa Cruz’s water department officials...