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...
UCSC Jewish Student Union Press Release
The Jewish Student Union of UC Santa Cruz condemns the demonstration organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at McHenry Library today, and calls on students, faculty and all members of the UCSC community to speak out against this action. At 3 p.m. yesterday...
An Open Letter about Student Protests at UCSC
In the last week, it seems that everyone has something to say about the polarizing spate of UC Santa Cruz student protests. While there have been vociferous expressions of support and solidarity for the protests, a number of students, parents, faculty, administrators and members of...