Starting Small
Matt Herron walked backwards for 15 miles, threw himself in ditches, created fake press passes and spoke in a southern accent to document the Selma to Montgomery marches, which led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. While walking with thousands over the course of...
Recreational Marijuana for Adults
California has the opportunity to join Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska by legalizing the adult use of recreational marijuana in the Nov. 8 election. If passed, California would be the most populated state to legalize marijuana. The proposition has unknown ramifications, which has caused confusion...
Q&A with City Council Candidates
City on a Hill Press hosted a forum for Santa Cruz City Council candidates at the Student Media Center to discuss university expansion, police accountability, housing and other issues affecting UC Santa Cruz students. Special thanks to Banana Slug News for filming the candidate’s answers....
Senior Day on the Soccer Field
Several soccer players from the men’s and women’s teams took the field at the home Senior Day match versus San Francisco State University (SFSU) on Oct. 24 to celebrate their last season. Despite not scoring in the first half of the game, UC Santa Cruz’s...
Goodbye Theory, Hello Practical Activism
The 14th annual Practical Activism Conference inspired people to change the world. Around 400 people gathered on Oct. 22 at UC Santa Cruz to hear Eddy Zheng speak about his experiences with the prison industrial system. Along with student-led workshops and tabling, Terisa Siagatonu preformed...
OPERS Deficit Prompts Layoffs
In the wake of a projected $600,000 deficit for the Office of Physical Education Recreation and Sports (OPERS), the athletic director and the head of maintenance were laid off and their positions eliminated. Both comprise over $150,000 in salary. Their responsibilities will be dispersed among...
Meeting Held to Gather Student Opinion on NCAA athletics
The Faculty Senate Special Committee on Athletics (FSSCA) held a town hall meeting to share its research on the importance of athletics at UC Santa Cruz and to hear student opinion. The town hall meeting’s goal was to gauge student body opinion on the future...
The Overcrowding Problem
Whether it’s circling the West Remote parking lot searching for spaces, living in a triple intended as a double or watching the loop buses pass by, students are feeling the effects of overcrowding. There are over 650 more students on campus this fall than last...
Athletic Director Position Terminated
The athletic director position has been terminated and, after his two-year career at UC Santa Cruz, Cliff Dochterman was laid off from the position. “I needed to make a very difficult decision to lay off Cliff Dochterman, UCSC athletics director,” said Executive Director of Office...
SEMILLA to grow STEM opportunities
Ivette Torres began her scholarly pursuits at UC Santa Cruz with the intention of majoring in biochemistry and eventually going into medicine. Her first year went well — she earned good marks in her math and chemistry courses. Once she entered her second year, however,...