No More Shaming — Period.
Period. Females have had one since the dawn of time, yet this word wasn’t said publicly — in the context of a uterus — until a 1985 Tampax ad. The advertisers who encouraged Courtney Cox to say “period” were congratulated for their then-progressive diction and...
Broadening Our Lens
As students at the University of California, one of the world’s leaders in public research, we can agree that scientific research has value. The UC is renowned for its work in many fields, and its discoveries in astronomy have been especially influential due to the...
Sacramento Resists #OpRight2Rest
A group claiming to be part of Anonymous, the international cyber hacking organization, has launched #OpRight2Rest against the City of Sacramento in response to the anti-camping ordinance targeting houseless individuals outside City Hall. While Anonymous’ threats are surprising in themselves, Sacramento’s response to the threats...
Cheap and Dangerous Labor is Not Rehabilitation
At 111 degrees Fahrenheit, skin begins to feel pain. At 131 degrees, a second degree burn will form, and 162 degrees Fahrenheit can instantly destroy human skin. Firefighters face temperatures of over 1110 degrees Fahrenheit inside a post-flashover room fire, according to the National Institute...
Police Brutality Extends to the Classroom
Violence doesn’t belong in the classroom. But in this country, it’s becoming shockingly more common. The increase of incidents of violence in public schools have pushed educators to take more steps to ensure students’ safety on campus. Many academic institutions, for instance, have hired a...
Bridging the STEM Gap
UC Santa Cruz’s computer game design major has 478 declared and proposed undergraduate students — 66 of them are women. Similarly, the computer engineering bachelor’s of science major has 63 women students out of a total of 408 students. Nearly three years after President Obama’s...
Deadly Entertainment
On average, orcas in captivity don’t survive beyond their 20s — just a fraction of their expected lifespan in the wild. Their estimated maximum life span is 60 to 70 years for males and 80 to over 100 years for females. Although SeaWorld hasn’t captured...
Consent isn’t Sexy — it’s Mandatory
Editor’s note: The Chancellor’s Office is a client of City on a Hill Press (CHP), and its current advertisements through CHP in the loop buses promote the campus-wide “Consent is Sexy” campaign. The business and editorial teams at CHP do not influence each other. The...
A Federal Shift Toward Hope
Last week, the U.S. Senate introduced the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to reform a part of the criminal justice system. A similar proposal — the Safe Justice Act — was made by the House of Representatives in June, but...
Funding Under Scrutiny
Planned Parenthood is under scrutiny for donating fetal tissue for research purposes, including the development of cures for illnesses including Alzheimer’s and AIDS. Many politicians, social groups and other anti-abortion activists are fighting to defund Planned Parenthood. While reproductive rights advocates believe laws should adapt...