Slugs On Ice
Growing up in Canada, sophomore Nicki Thompson’s life always involved hockey — until she came to UC Santa Cruz. For the first year of her college experience, she wasn’t able to participate in the sport she played since she could walk because there wasn’t a...
Consent Isn’t a Catchphrase
First, they called consent sexy. Then, they suggested it’s smart (and sexy). But as the small changes in the slogan develop, it’s clear UC Santa Cruz administrators can’t grasp that consent is mandatory above all else. In response to Senate Bill 967, which defines and...
From Hashtag To Hope
By Connor Jang and Georgia Johnson “What might we achieve if we believed that freedom could come about in our lifetime?” Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Alicia Garza asked the audience of nearly 400 at the Santa Cruz Civic Center. “Black history is important, but...
Academic Senate Meeting Highlights
Committees presented on subjects ranging from faculty affairs to proposals to change class lengths and times — the most contentious agenda items of the day — during last week’s Academic Senate meeting at UC Santa Cruz. Chancellor George Blumenthal began the meeting by restating that...
Building Blocks
The UC Santa Cruz housing office has worked for 18 months on in-depth West Campus housing plans to make sure the university’s future doesn’t get behind schedule. When the UC Office of the President mandated a student enrollment increase of 10,000 and the addition of...
SUA Rejects UC Enrollment Increase Plan
The Student Union Assembly (SUA) passed a resolution calling for campus leaders to condemn the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) plan to increase systemwide enrollment by 10,000 students over the next three years. The resolution calls for the resignation of Chancellor George Blumenthal if...
Flogs and Fantasies
Kathryn walked through the dark streets of San Francisco. In heels and little else, she traversed the hills unsure if she was ready for what she would find. Finally stumbling upon the red door she was looking for, she got past the bouncers, grabbed her...
Cantú Connection
For UC Santa Cruz students Addie Salcedo and Geneva DeBlasi, a card game was all it took to spark a conversation that would eventually blossom into romance. This moment took place at an undergraduate mixer one year ago. “I always went to [the mixers to]...
The Disintegration of Liberal Arts
A young Catherine Jones first became interested in history when she came across a dirt-filled swimming pool in her small southern town. “To an eight-year-old on a hot summer day in southwestern Virginia, that seemed like a travesty,” Jones said in an email. “When I...
Hunger at Home
The college student living off of microwave ramen has become a trope in popular culture. It becomes much less endearing, however, when the student is in the next room over, and their mental and emotional health are at risk. Over a quarter of University of...