Santa Cruz Strives for ‘Beloved Community’
“I’m just here to remind you, that Dr. King was more than a dreamer. He was a visionary, he was an agitator of the status quo.” Brenda Griffin, president of the Santa Cruz chapter of the NAACP, spoke these words to the buzzing crowd gathered...
New Calif. Budget Pushes for Greater Enrollment at State Universities
The public higher education systems in California will see significant funding increases next year according to the new state budget, but only with the condition of increased in-state enrollment. California lawmakers approved a $122.5 billion budget last June that would allocate more funds to all...
TPS Repeal Leaves Students Uncertain
After over 16 years of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) renewals by the Republican Bush administration and the Democratic Obama administration, President Donald Trump’s administration announced that TPS will be coming to an end. The decision directly impacts students at UC Santa Cruz and other communities...
UC Student Regent Holds Open Forum for Potential Applicants
Out of 26 voting positions on the UC Board of Regents, only one belongs to students. This position, held by the student regent, will change hands on July 1. An open forum for UC Santa Cruz students interested in applying for the student regent and...
Demanding a Future for DACA
Three Santa Cruz “Dreamers,” or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, have joined a week of actions in Washington D.C. leading up to Congress’s Jan. 19 deadline to pass a “clean” DREAM Act, rather than compromising with more conservative immigration stances. The DREAM Act...
Potential ICE Raids in Northern Calif.
Immigrations Custom Enforcement (ICE) is planning raids sweeping Northern California in the coming weeks to arrest 1,500 undocumented people, according to a Jan. 16 report from the San Francisco Chronicle. “We are not able to speculate about future enforcement actions,” said San Francisco ICE spokesman...
Rates of Influenza on Campus Increase
Week one of winter quarter, the UC Santa Cruz Student Health Center was overwhelmed with the highest number of influenza cases since 2010. The peak season for the annual flu is November- March, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Symptoms include high fever...
From Overprescription to Overdose
The opioid epidemic is nothing new, rooted in a legacy of the War on Drugs, the pharmaceutical industry and mental health disparities, but in October 2017 President Donald Trump declared it a public health emergency. Now the nation, small counties such as Santa Cruz and...
Marching Forward with Women’s Rights
In the days following the 2016 election, women and their allies across the country prepared for a nationwide march one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. When Maria Boutell, a women’s rights advocate and resident of Santa Cruz, heard the hum of national preparations...
City Plans to Relocate Houseless
The city of Santa Cruz will pursue a different plan to address houselessness after backing out of a plan to construct a public storage center for the houseless community. The gravel lot ringed by barbed wire fence at 1220 River St., formerly slated for the...