Take It to the Streets
Video courtesy of Banana Slug News. Outraged by the outcome of the presidential election, protesters organized for the fourth time in one week at UC Santa Cruz to march more than eight miles in protest against Trump’s presidency. Friday’s demonstration, facilitated by UCSC students Dominique…
Lecturers Reach Out For Support
What students don’t know about the difference between professors and lecturers is what’s most interesting — and most alarming — to Josh Brahinsky. Brahinsky, a lecturer at San Jose State University and former grad student at UC Santa Cruz, said students are surprised to discover…
Movement needs support, direction — not cynicism
If various UCSC-related Facebook pages, The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s recent editorial (“UC highway protest: How not to cultivate solidarity” on March 3) and the publication’s comments section are representative of the public reaction to the six undergraduates who formed a blockade on Highway 17, then…
Protesters Continue Demonstrations Against Tuition Hike
Nearly 250 students participated in a walk-out and march, from Quarry Plaza to Kerr Hall’s roof, on Dec. 8 against the tuition increase. Students throughout the UC system have taken action against the approved five-year plan to increase tuition by up to 5 percent each…
‘Blackout’ Shuts Down Quarry Plaza
By Montse Reyes and Lauren Romero Over 100 students blocked pedestrian traffic through Quarry Plaza on Tuesday to not only protest incidents of police brutality and systematic oppression against black communities, but also to empower UC Santa Cruz’s own black community. Demonstrators maintained the blockade for…
Black Students Protest Systematic Killings
By Gabby Areas and Pamela Avila Last Friday, student demonstrators lay on the ground in Quarry Plaza for four and a half hours — the amount of time Michael Brown was left on the street after being shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson — to…