Students Mobilize; Debt is Not a Rite of Passage
As the University of California’s governing board, Board of Regents, prepares for its monthly convening at UCLA this November, there is a concern over their opportunity to approve yet another new tuition hike for future UC students. Passed in 2021 by the UC Board of...
Students demand 2030 decarbonization
This submission was written by Sunrise Santa Cruz, formerly known as the UCSC Climate Coalition, a student group that advocates for and supports climate activism in Santa Cruz. If you would like to submit a letter to be published by City on a Hill Press,...
“Chaos and Disorientation” – UCLA Students Recount Encampment’s Final Nights
Editor’s Note: Student writers have chosen to remain anonymous. The UCLA solidarity encampment for Palestine was attacked by counter-protestors on April 30 and swept by violent police intervention beginning May 1 after nearly two weeks of peaceful demonstration. Out of frustration with inconsistent and inaccurate...
Submission: Rethinking Housing and Transit – The Urgent Case Against Measure M in Santa Cruz
As students, we’ve all had personal struggles with housing in Santa Cruz, like nearly every student to come through UCSC in recent years. An overall shortage of housing units has resulted in a crisis where 9% of UCSC students have reported experiencing homelessness. We fear...
Submission: Student Union Governance Board (SUGB)’s Loop Bus Statement
To TAPS Executive Director Dan Henderson, On December 12, 2023, at approximately 8:30 PM, a late-night loop bus carrying sixpassengers crashed at the base of campus. All six people on the bus were injured, withtwo people requiring medical evacuation due to severe injuries, and the...
Submission: Student Activists Make Their Voices Heard at UC Climate Leadership
Editors’ Note: Hazel Kyle is a member of the Climate Coalition. Students waved cardboard signs, chanted, and sang in unison outside the UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn doors on Oct. 19. They were gathering at a reception for UC Chancellors and the Chief Financial Officer...
A Call for #DoublingThePell
The UC system has struggled for the past several decades to provide adequate financial aid to students in the wake of continuously rising tuition and cost of living. In order to stop the pattern of underserving low-income students, it is vital that we double the...
I Am Not Your Professor
Lecturers teach a third of the credit hours at UC Santa Cruz, but we are chronically disrespected by UC, with devastating effects for undergraduate education. That’s why we are ready to strike. When my students call me “professor,” I feel like an imposter. See, I’m...
Submission: Law Enforcement Actions That Harm Rather Than Heal
On Jan. 6, we all witnessed a horrific event unfold on the news. Thousands of people who “disagreed” with the election results marched to the Capitol with violent intent. Armed with zip ties, nooses, metal batons, firearms, and stun guns, they pushed past the “thin...
UC Labor Unions are Fighting for Housing Rights During Global Pandemic
As unions representing low-wage workers at the University of California, many of our members faced housing vulnerability before the pandemic. Now, with COVID-19, housing insecurity is an even scarier reality. The shelter-in-place order will not keep us safe if we cannot stay housed. And to...