On Wednesday, Feb. 13, over 100 faculty, students and staff gathered on the sidewalk to protest proposed increases to the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP), an insurance program provided for the faculty, students and staff of University of California.

The 2012–13 flu season arrived early, finding peaks on the East Coast in late December and early January as it moved to current reports of widespread geographic Influenza activity in 48 states — California included.

Jayne Ann Krentz, an UCSC alumnus and New York Time bestselling romantic-suspense author, responded to City on a Hill Press in a recent email question and answer conversation.

Student charity is exemplified in this year's Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive, as team of 96 volunteers work to put on the event. In coordination with the largest bone marrow donation center in the world students gather interest and register themselves in the event.

Public Discourse, Issue No. 10

Public Discourse: What should be UC Santa Cruz's top funding priority?

What is the last scientific discovery that changed the way you look at something?

The public answers City on a Hill Press' public discourse question.

City on a Hill Press Photography Editor Sal Ingram takes us into the breakneck world of professional surfing in his photo essay of this year's O'Neill Coldwater Classic.