Q&A with George Blumenthal and Marlene Tromp
City on a Hill Press: In the Strategic Academic Plan, there is talk of certain programs receiving more funding than others. How is UCSC planning on meeting the demands of less popular programs such as philosophy? Tromp: To invest in certain areas doesn’t mean that...
Addressing the Connection
The Santa Cruz community is no stranger to the housing crisis — issues of high rent, tenants’ rights and a disproportionately high houseless population frequently appear in City Council meeting agendas and public discussions. Less frequently discussed are the accompanying issues of mental health within...
Underrepresented Students Navigate Higher Education
Students of color and first-generation students often find themselves working twice as hard to adapt to university life, though their additional effort is largely ignored by their institutions. Impossible to ignore, however, is how this additional effort and other factors affect their mental health. The...
Undocumented and Uninsured
College students Alexa and Eileen Flores* and their sisters are among the over 11 million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States, 40 percent of whom are still uninsured. In the U.S., people usually receive health insurance through their employers, but most low-income, self-employed or...
Elevator Inspection Process Lags, DRC Students Affected
The McHenry Library elevator inspection permits expired in May 2017. It’s the same story for a majority of campus elevators. Units in the Science and Engineering Library expired in July. Earth and Marine Sciences Building and Humanities I and II units expired in April. For...
Misuse of Adderall on Campus
Adderall prescriptions among 18- to 24-year-olds have remained constant since 2014, but the amount of young people misusing Adderall as a study aid is skyrocketing — particularly among college students crumbling under pressure to excel on exams. Adderall is used to combat attention deficit...
Watsonville Man Detained by ICE
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured and detained a Watsonville man Wednesday morning around 4 a.m. while driving his children to daycare, according to information received from a Santa Cruz County Rapid Response call. It is also possible that his family had been followed previous...
County Declares Hepatitis A Outbreak Over
Santa Cruz County health officer Dr. Arnold Leff declared Monday that the Hepatitis A outbreak in Santa Cruz is over. The outbreak in Santa Cruz was part of larger outbreak throughout the state beginning in San Diego. Since April 2017, after a person infected during...
Failing to Address Anti-Blackness, Once Again
I attended this conference as a participant and this article includes my perspective. The most important thing I took away from the UC Student Association (UCSA) Students of Color Conference (SoCC) last weekend was the importance of addressing the pervasiveness of anti-blackness in all communities...
Negotiations on the Table
UC union workers from across the state will meet at the bargaining table with the UC Board of Regents this week to renegotiate their contracts, which expired 18 months ago. Negotiations will be on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. If their needs are not met,...