Michigan Failed in Protecting Flint
With over 87 people infected and nine dead, Flint, Michigan officials’ ineptitude warrants not just resignations but criminal charges. For 18 months, the city used the Flint River as a source of drinking water, a cheaper alternative to buying it from Detroit. A lack of...
The Unexpected Rise of Trump
Despite the controversial remarks defining his campaign, Donald Trump is no longer just an irrelevant, comical buffoon who spews ignorant statements. Last week, he won 35 percent of Republican votes in the New Hampshire primaries, which makes a point — he’s now a relevant and...
Swiping Left on STIs
Tinder executives didn’t swipe right on billboards outside their office last fall. They didn’t “super like” the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s (AHF) campaign, depicting two silhouetted couples — Tinder facing chlamydia, and Grindr nose to nose with gonorrhea. “FreeSTDcheck.org” lay boldly scrawled next to...
Table for One, Please!
Sometimes, self-care can be as simple as three words — “treat. yo’. self.” Tom Haverford, Aziz Ansari’s character, says this on “Parks and Recreation,” and this week I put his words into practice. “Self-care” is an umbrella term for intentional actions used to promote one’s...
Submission: Statement Opposing the Chancellor’s Compliance in Enrollment Plan
Our beloved campus on a hill in the woods opened in 1965 as “the most significant educational experiment in the history of the University of California.” Clark Kerr said the aim of UC Santa Cruz was to be bold, providing a unique model of education...
The Bundy Militia: A Tale of White Privilege
Only through white privilege can a group of militants cross state lines and take over federal property without facing any physical resistance or being dubbed domestic terrorists. It’s a matter of white entitlement, furthermore, that such militants can possibly expect to avoid accountability for their...
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...
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...