Settlement Reveals Systemic Issues
I. A Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) student claimed she was sexually assaulted by both professor Héctor Perla and a fifth-year undergraduate student-employee in June 2015. She said she went to the hospital and filed a police report the following day — the day...
Students Against Travel Ban
Massive outrage erupted nationwide and at UC Santa Cruz, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries. On early Thursday morning, about 50 students gathered at Quarry Plaza and marched across campus to join other UC campuses and the...
Submission: An Open Letter to Chancellor Blumenthal and Acting EVC Lee
Thank you for the letter from interim campus provost’s office titled “Sexual assault and harassment on campus” which certainly goes further than Chancellor Blumenthal’s earlier letter. The chancellor’s letter to the campus community said in short, “We are changing the culture around campus sexual...
New Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Announced
Marlene Tromp, the former dean of Arizona State University’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, has been selected as the new Campus provost and executive vice chancellor (CP/EVC) at UC Santa Cruz. Tromp will fill Herbert Lee’s interim role, after Alison Galloway stepped down...
SUA Elects New President Tias Webster
Tias Webster was appointed Student Union Assembly (SUA) president on Jan. 18 after previous president, Ray Inoue, resigned last quarter and Vice President of Internal Affairs (IVP) Grace Shefcik and Vice President of External Affairs (EVP) Judith Gutierrez both declined the position. Webster ran because...
Hack UCSC 2017
Over 300 students participated in this year’s UCSC hackathon from Jan. 20-22. Almost 100 different projects were submitted to be judged by professionals in the technology industry. The two largest categories were Tech Cares, which aimed to apply technology to help people, and Innovation, which...
Fossil Free UC Marches for Divestment
Around 60 people participated in a walkout and gathered in Quarry Plaza on Jan. 23, protesting the billions of dollars of UC investments in fossil fuels. Since 2012, Fossil Free UC (FFUC) campaigned for the UC to divest its holdings in companies like Mitsubishi and...
Listening in a Climate of Uncertainty
On a frosty day in Charleston, Illinois, Teresa Maria Linda Scholz packed her things, picked up Jack — her one eyed cat — and moved 2,200 miles away to serve as UC Santa Cruz’s new campus diversity officer for staff and students. Scholz is filling...
A Day of Action Against DAPL
Video courtesy of Banana Slug News. In tandem with a national day of action, about 200 students organized a peaceful demonstration Nov. 15 in Quarry Plaza to condemn the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and to show solidarity with those at Standing Rock Reservation. “People from...