Get the Most Out of Being a Student at UC Santa Cruz
40,095 dollars. That’s the average estimated cost of attendance for in-state students living off-campus at UC Santa Cruz in 2023. $15,288 of that total goes to tuition and fees alone. As a student, you deserve to know what services and resources are included in your...
Booking a Trip to Hawai’i? Think Again
Editor’s note: This article was written on behalf of the Editorial Board. After years of begging mainland tourists to stop vacationing in Hawai’i, demands from the Kānaka Maoli — the Indigenous people of Hawai’i — are finally being heard. All it took was one of...
A Guide to Taking the Bus for the Transit-Savvy
Navigating the bus system in Santa Cruz can feel like a game of trial and error, but some mistakes aren’t worth the missed class or shift at your job downtown. For new slugs learning the ropes of an unfamiliar transit system or upperclassmen looking for...
SAVE Your Money: A Guide to Biden’s SAVE Plan
Have you taken out student loans? Are you aware of the options for repayment plans? In July 2023, the Biden administration unveiled a new income-based student loan repayment plan: Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE). The SAVE plan will replace other Income Driven Repayment (IDR)...
What’s Next for UCSC Students Grappling with Student Loan Debt?
Cashton Holbert spent three years wondering if the Biden administration would fulfill its promise to cancel his student loan debt. On June 30, just as Holbert was preparing to graduate from UC Santa Cruz, he finally got an answer. In Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme...
The Transfer Blues: Reflecting on My First Weeks at UC Santa Cruz
“It’s high tide, you’ll learn to get by.” I moved into my apartment last September with all the grace of a bull in a porcelain shop. Sweaty, disheveled, butterfingered. Nighttime settled in before I could ferry my precious cargo from my dad’s minivan to the...
A Letter From The Editors
Like a broken record, we’ve seen the same issues persist at UC Santa Cruz over and over again. Students are swamped in loan debt. Many are rent-burdened, while others are struggling to even find a place to live. Student distrust of administration has only increased....