Letter to the Editors: Administration Has Lost Its Way
What can the administration of UCSC possibly be thinking with the decision to eliminate athletics? Equally horrifying is putting the cost burden on the backs of students. They’re not thinking, and that’s the problem. This is an administration that’s lost its way… Athletic Director Mark...
Letter to the Editor: Support Student-Governed Spaces
Video by Banana Slug News and City on a Hill Press Dear editors, UC Santa Cruz is expected to take 300 additional students this upcoming fall. We have seen the impact of the increase of enrollment this year; CAPS, LSS and other services that help...
Open Letter from the Inter-Greek Council and Panhellenic Council
The Inter-Greek Council and Panhellenic Councils at UC Santa Cruz, representing 26 Greek letter organizations, are shocked and saddened to see the news about the arrest of six UCSC students affiliated with two Greek letter organizations. The Greek letter organizations at UCSC and their governing...
Letter to the Editors: UCSC’s Meatless Monday
Have you ever had a “Healthy Monday” meal at a dining hall on campus? If your answer is yes, then you’ve participated in UCSC’s version of a Meatless Monday program. The Meatless Monday movement—which is as self-explanatory as it sounds—prompts all of us to consider...
Letter to the Editors: ‘Horrors of Humane’ Response
I appreciated the recent piece “Horrors of ‘Humane’” (Sarah McLaughlin, November 1), bringing to light the truth behind meat, dairy and egg labeling, which is so often misleading. As Sarah covered, there is a lot of mystery behind ‘big ag’, a lot that is shrouded...
Letter to the Editors: SUA Decision Regarding Appeal to June 17th, 2014 Chair Investigation
Submitted by SUA Officers On Tuesday, November 17th, the Student Union Assembly, the undergraduate student association of the University of California, Santa Cruz, voted to appeal a decision by the 201314 Chair declaring the enactment of “the University Socially Responsible Investment Resolution” a failure. The...
Letter to the Editors: My Statement in Response to Chancellor Blumenthal
As a Jewish student on UCSC campus, I would like to speak out about the email I have received from the Chancellor with concern that the recent resolution advocating Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions from the State of Israel by the University of California creates a...
Letter from the Editors: Connection to Student Body Outweighs SUA Experience
This Letter from the Editors is published with our Elections Special Issue, on stands Thursday May 14. Vote at elections.ucsc.edu. Voting ends May 18. About 430 seats in Classroom Unit 2 were empty during Monday night’s Student Union Assembly (SUA) debate. Fittingly, almost every candidate...
Letter to the Editors: An Open Letter to Chancellor Blumenthal on Measure 62
Hello Chancellor Blumenthal, My name is Victoria Mannah, and I’m a freshmen here at UCSC. I’m a Porter affiliate, and have recently voted in the SUA Elections here on campus. One of the hot issues at the moment seems to be measure 62, with an...
Students for “Justice” Promote Ignorance and Injustice
Dear Editors, This past Wednesday, members of the student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) dressed in mock Israeli Defense Force uniforms and blocked the entry of students to McHenry Library until those wanting to enter the library produced “proper identification.” This has been a...