UC Regent Pattiz Resigns During Public Outcry
Amid pressure from the UC-wide campus community, Regent Norman Pattiz submitted a letter of resignation to the UC Board of Regents on Dec. 28. UC students, Student Regent Paul Monge and the UC Student Association first called for Pattiz’s resignation in November 2016. Pattiz was...
Q&A with Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom, current lieutenant governor of California, is running for governor in the 2018 state elections. He spoke to a crowd of over 100 on Dec. 9 at the Santa Cruz Police Department. After his speech, Newsom answered questions from the attendees and City on...
Students navigate life after Trump’s Travel Ban
Ten months after President Donald Trump proposed the first Travel Ban, the contentious executive order continues to affect people across the world. Locally, UC Santa Cruz students are being divided from their families and left in uncertainty. *Name changed to protect anonymity Neda Mansouri*, UC...
Brief: Thomas Fire Affects UCSC Students
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Dec. 5 due to the 38,000 acres of Ventura County on fire and mandatory evacuation of over 50,000 residents. The fire has since grown to 90,000 acres. While the source of the Thomas Fire is unknown,...
Cannabis Industry Grapples with Toxic Chemical Pesticides
Chemical pesticide used in conventional agriculture has been the norm for decades. It’s why people wash their fruits and vegetables before eating them or choose to buy organic produce. What many consumers don’t realize is these very same pesticides are likely present in cannabis, and...
A Call for Affordable Housing
Santa Cruz City Council proposed potential solutions to the housing crisis to an overflow crowd of about 100 residents at its Dec. 5 meeting, responding to months of community outreach. The city’s Santa Cruz Voices on Housing: 2017 Community Engagement report is the culmination of...
DOJ Challenges Watsonville’s Sanctuary Ordinance
Mayor Oscar Rios said he was not surprised when Watsonville City Council received a letter from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Nov. 15 warning sanctuary cities to comply with federal law or face losing funding. Watsonville is one of 29 jurisdictions nationwide the DOJ...
Two SCMTD Bus Fires in Nine Days, No Injuries
The rear engine of a Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD) bus caught fire last week near Colleges Nine and Ten on campus because of an electrical short, causing dozens to be evacuated on Nov. 30. Though the bus was at full capacity at 7...
UC Responds to Audit Investigative Report
The UC regents are still deliberating on appropriate repercussions and institutional changes after an investigative report commissioned in May found UC President Janet Napolitano and the UC Office of the President (UCOP) intentionally interfered with last April’s state audit. Napolitano and other UC officials are...
BSU Demands, Six Months Later
When the university failed to meet the Black Student Union’s (BSU) demands last year, there was no business as usual. Now, six months after the BSU — formerly the Afrikan/Black Student Association — reclaimed Kerr Hall, they are finally beginning to see some progress. The...