Ethnic Organization Leaders on Identity, Community, and More
For those entering UC Santa Cruz, finding a community with shared experiences and similar backgrounds can be essential. That’s where UCSC’s Big 5 ethnic organizations come in. They are just a handful of the ethnic and identity organizations on campus that provide safe spaces and...
Getting Around Santa Cruz
For the upperclassmen veterans who have fond memories of shuffling onto the loop bus, some things may have changed in the last 18 months. Whether you’re still questioning which bus you have to show your ID for, or have that locked down in your muscle...
COVID-19 Regulations for the upcoming quarter
As students return to a more in-person experience this fall, UC Santa Cruz is adapting new policies and guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, especially with the surge of the Delta variant. “As we have learned over the past year and a half, though,...
Art Spaces on Campus
ART SPACES ON CAMPUS Sculpture Studios: The sculpture studios consist of a metal shop and a woodshop. Located in the Baskin Art Studios, both places offer various tools for students to develop skills such as welding, shaping, staining, and more. To gain access to the studios,...
A New Perspective for Prospective Students
In addition to touring campus, 65 high school students learned how to identify institutional oppression and grow closer to their communities last weekend at UC Santa Cruz. Newly accepted high school seniors stayed on campus for three days from April 12-14 to attend the Student-Initiated...
Student Approached by Police After Attempts to Audit Class
In the piece, the term “trans*” is used. Trans* is used as an inclusive umbrella term for various identities in the trans community. After continuous attempts to audit PSYC 159S-01 “Queer Intimacies,” police approached UC Santa Cruz student John Fernandez on April 8. The class,...
University House to be Rebuilt
After over three years of vacancy, the UC Santa Cruz University House and Event Center — home and hosting-space of sitting chancellors since 1967 — will be demolished by UCSC. In its place, the administration plans to build a new, larger facility to be completed...
Organizers Release Petition to Remove Balakrishnan
About 400 people from UC Santa Cruz and the wider academic community have signed a petition demanding a call to action against tenured history of consciousness professor Gopal Balakrishnan. The petition, “#metoo Call for Action: Gopal Balakrishnan and culture of UCSC Humanities Division,” began circulation...
2017 SUA Candidate Interviews
Videos courtesy of Banana Slug News. Voting has begun and will close at midnight on May 23. Students can vote online at elections.ucsc.edu. This year’s ballot includes funding referendum measures 67 and 68, amendments to the SUA constitution, SUA officer elections and opinion polls for...
Redwoods Cleared for Development
Andrew Austin, a UC Santa Cruz student, said he felt shocked when he received a text message over spring break saying 53 trees were cut down off of Heller Drive to make way for a new $20 million health and safety building. “The school’s method...