The Quarry Amphitheater Reopens
Eleven years and $8 million later, UC Santa Cruz’s Quarry Amphitheater was transformed this year from an abandoned pit in the center of campus to the largest seated venue in Santa Cruz County. To celebrate this transition, the Dean of Students (DOS) hosted a free…
Cafe Ivéta Preps for Opening This Quarter
When Yvette and John Bilanko opened a tiny espresso bar in a Chicago suburb in 1991, their customers wanted more — “you have coffee, you need scones,” John remembers the customers suggesting. It was good timing, too. Yvette had just traveled to a trade show…
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…
Plans in Place for Amping up the Quarry
Committee plans to reconstruct the beautiful but neglected Quarry plaza, plans to be set in stone by this summer.
Protesters Rally Despite Downpour
Students gather at Quarry Plaza calling for the resignation of Napolitano as well as to escalate next week’s anticipated AFSCME strike.