SUBMISSION: Engaging Education Calls for Chancellor’s Match
Engaging Education (e2) is a student-initiated center that creates programs for student from underrepresented and under resourced communities. We, the students, made a commitment to diversity by voting to tax ourselves to fund these programs. Almost all of the funding for these programs comes from...
A Guide to Your Student Government
UC Santa Cruz’s Student Union Assembly (SUA) is the undergraduate student government on campus. It’s completely student-led and student-funded, and it serves as a space for student voice both locally and nationally. There are six student body officers of the SUA, 10 student organization representatives...
Funding Under Scrutiny
Planned Parenthood is under scrutiny for donating fetal tissue for research purposes, including the development of cures for illnesses including Alzheimer’s and AIDS. Many politicians, social groups and other anti-abortion activists are fighting to defund Planned Parenthood. While reproductive rights advocates believe laws should adapt...
Edge of Eden a Costly Success
By Joel Escobedo, Katie Murar, and Roberto Olmedo With about 3,500 tickets sold, Edge of Eden was the first event in recent history to bring a crowd of that size together at one time at UC Santa Cruz. The one-day concert has been advertised for...
First Regents Meeting of the Year Addresses Funding and Budgets
UC regents and leaders of California’s higher education met on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 to discuss the future of higher education in the state. Napolitano began by reminding all of The Master Plan, which is supposed to keep everyone focused on moving forward, particularly...