2016 Measure Results
MEASURE 64 – Physical Education Amendment Shall the undergraduate and graduate students of UCSC provide additional funding to sustain and enhance the Physical Education department offered through the Office of Physical Education, Recreation and sports (OPERS) by increasing Measure 32 by $8.00 per student per...
A Future for Feminism
The UC Santa Cruz women’s studies program garnered student and faculty support in the mid-1970s, but it wasn’t until 20 years later when 2,000 students and 60 faculty marched to the chancellor’s office that feminist studies became an official major. When asked why it took...
Prioritize Pathways
For almost 150 years, the UC system has tried to provide a college education to students, and California’s Master Plan for Higher Education has given it direction for more than 50 years. It took until 2016 for the state to realize the UC is failing...
Anti-Semitism Has ‘No Place’ on UC Campuses, Anti-Zionism Has No Place in Intolerance Statement
There’s no denying anti-Semitism occurs on UC campuses. Within the last year, swastikas were spray-painted on a Jewish fraternity house at UC Davis, a Jewish student was questioned about how she could remain unbiased on a judicial panel because of her religion at UCLA and...
A Different Kind of Winter Break
While most students spent the holiday season in the comfort of their homes savoring plenty of home-cooked meals, UC Santa Cruz’s basketball, swim and dive teams were kept busy with competition. For these individuals, winter break consisted of repetition, sweat and a few road trips,...
Mirando al Futuro
Victor Cervantes worked on the Beach Flats mural over the span of 50 days in 1992. With the help of the community, who inspired Cervantes to show pieces of Latin@ history, scenes of life, struggle and resistance, he finished the 190-foot-long work of art. The...
UC Student Regent Visits for ‘Recruitment Tour’
About 20 students gathered at the Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room at the Bay Tree Conference Center on Monday...
Sunsets in Santa Cruz
As you probably noticed, the end of last week had some especially colorful sunsets. I hadn’t tested my new camera on a sunset, so I decided to spend Friday evening in the meadow near the Music Center and Saturday evening at Natural Bridges State Beach....
Safe and (Seismically) Sound
After two years of studies and consulting, Physical Planning and Construction determined it is less costly to move or construct new buildings for five on-campus buildings deemed seismically unsound by the UC Office of the President.
Housing Projects on Track
Stevenson College apartments are completed and are expected to be funded by money recouped in a lawsuit versus Devcon Construction. The regents are seeking an estimated $50 million — $40 million for infill apartment remodeling, $8 million for lost revenue and additional expenses and $2...