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What's it like to study from a hotel? As UC housing crunch worsens, these students are finding out

What's it like to study from a hotel? As UC housing crunch worsens, these students are finding out

CalMatters — Zarai Saldana expected to kick off her senior year at UC Merced from a brand-new apartment where she'd already signed a lease. Instead, the transfer student spent the first two weeks of the school year shuttling from hotel to hotel.

Shirazi v. Oweis: COLA Graduate Student Takes Police to Court - City on a Hill Press

Shirazi v. Oweis: COLA Graduate Student Takes Police to Court - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — UC Santa Cruz graduate student Sabrina Shirazi sued members of the UC Police Department and a member of the California Highway Patrol on Jan. 14, 2021, for numerous claims related to alleged excessive force by the police while Shirazi was protesting with the COLA movement...

A Fight to Diversify Curriculum

A Fight to Diversify Curriculum

Voices of Monterey Bay — Marianna Zoellin | Photo by Joseph Bristow | FEATURED This is one of a series of stories in Voices of Monterey Bay's Youth Civic Engagement Project, a look at how high school students are staying involved during the COVID-19 pandemic. More on the series here.

The Class of COVID-19 | CalMatters

The Class of COVID-19 | CalMatters

CalMatters — International students forced to return to their home countries. Low-income students losing the jobs that kept them afloat. Professors and students alike pushed off campus and adjusting to virtual learning, sometimes without access to the technology they needed. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of California higher education as we knew it.

Housing Priority Announcement Leaves Some Applicants in Limbo - City on a Hill Press

Housing Priority Announcement Leaves Some Applicants in Limbo - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — Carly McCaw was sure that this May, the third time would be the charm. A first-year Rachel Carson affiliate studying remotely from San Diego, McCaw tried to get on-campus housing at the start of the fall and winter quarters. She pulled out in fall due...

TOLO Scrapped, City Council Goes Back To Square One - City on a Hill Press

TOLO Scrapped, City Council Goes Back To Square One - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — After widespread community opposition, the implementation of the Temporary Outdoor Living Ordinance (TOLO) was suspended. Instead, city officials will go back to the drawing board to draft a new ordinance, based on four points outlined by the City Council, by May 11. "It is very...

How can college students stay safe during the omicron surge? We asked four experts

How can college students stay safe during the omicron surge? We asked four experts

CALmatters — Welp. Here we go again. Following record COVID-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant, many California colleges have gone remote during the first few weeks of instruction in 2022. It's a decision made by all nine UC undergraduate campuses, most Cal State campuses, and prominent private universities like Stanford and USC.

UCSC Announces Remote Instruction for First Two Weeks of Winter Quarter

UCSC Announces Remote Instruction for First Two Weeks of Winter Quarter

City on a Hill Press — UC Santa Cruz announced a two-week delay of in-person instruction at the start of winter quarter, postponing the first day of in-person classes until Jan. 18. "This shift in instructional delivery will give us two weeks to identify COVID-19 cases and take appropriate measures to...

City Council Advances Overnight Oversized Vehicle Parking Ban

City Council Advances Overnight Oversized Vehicle Parking Ban

City on a Hill Press — Just last week, drivers could park RVs anywhere in the city. These abilities may soon be taken away if the Santa Cruz City Council approves the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance. The Oversized Vehicle Ordinance prohibits parking of oversized vehicles, defined as vehicles over 20 feet long,...

Halloween 2021: What happened in Santa Cruz

Halloween 2021: What happened in Santa Cruz

City on a Hill Press — As the autumn leaves crunch under your feet and midterm season approaches, Halloween is the perfect time to get out of your dorm, temporarily forget about those stressful papers, and enjoy the weekend. Halloween at the Boardwalk The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk hosted a Halloween...

College Ten Renamed for Late Congressman John Lewis

College Ten Renamed for Late Congressman John Lewis

City on a Hill Press

As UCSC's Growth Plan is Approved, Local Concerns Still Linger

As UCSC's Growth Plan is Approved, Local Concerns Still Linger

City on a Hill Press — The 2021-2040 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) sets a guiding framework for UC Santa Cruz's physical and enrollment growth over the next two decades. As one of its former principal student representatives, Matthew Waxman was heavily involved in drafting UCSC's 2005 LRDP. Now as an...

Q&A with the Santa Cruz City Council - City on a Hill Press

Q&A with the Santa Cruz City Council - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — Made up of seven locally elected representatives, the Santa Cruz City Council is the official legislative and policy-making body in town. City on a Hill Press asked the council members about the questions and concerns facing Santa Cruz residents, both in the city and on...

Suddenly Distant

Suddenly Distant

Voices of Monterey Bay — FEATURED By Ryan Loyola. As an educator studying education and pedagogy, Lora Bartlett is well versed in the "grammar of schooling." That grammar speaks to the structure students expect from their schools - teachers with groups of students, blackboards, tables and chairs, a bell schedule.

Getting Around Santa Cruz

Getting Around Santa Cruz

City on a Hill Press — For the upperclassmen veterans who have fond memories of shuffling onto the loop bus, some things may have changed in the last 18 months. Whether you're still questioning which bus you have to show your ID for, or have that locked down in your muscle...

Student Housing West Stalled by Legal Action Again - City on a Hill Press

Student Housing West Stalled by Legal Action Again - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — After being stalled through legal action two years ago, UC Santa Cruz's Student Housing West project (SHW) hit a nearly identical roadblock on April 15. The East Meadow Action Committee (EMAC) filed their second lawsuit against the UC Regents, alleging that the reapproval of developing...

From the Spice Girls to Malala

From the Spice Girls to Malala

voicesofmontereybay.org — The Spice Girls | Creative Commons | FEATURED By Ryan Loyola Jessica Taft was doing her undergraduate studies when the Spice Girls entered into the fray of pop culture in the late 1990s and brought along the idea of "girl power."

Santa Cruz County eases COVID-19 restrictions heading into spring - City on a Hill Press

Santa Cruz County eases COVID-19 restrictions heading into spring - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — As of April 4, there are 15,363 cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County, including 200 deaths and 14,975 recovered. For updated information on vaccine eligibility, please check the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (HSA) website. As of April 4, UC Santa Cruz has...

The Downfall of the Santa Cruz Progressives - City on a Hill Press

The Downfall of the Santa Cruz Progressives - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — The Santa Cruz City Council voted five to two to approve a new city ordinance to ban overnight sleeping in much of Santa Cruz last week. This ordinance, targeted at the houseless community, could have been projected months ago as a new City Council took...

California colleges slowly begin vaccinating faculty, students - but likely won't require immuniz...

California colleges slowly begin vaccinating faculty, students - but likely won't require immuniz...

CALmatters — In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus vaccine.

Food Not Bombs Served Eviction Notice - City on a Hill Press

Food Not Bombs Served Eviction Notice - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — Local mutual aid and food distribution organization Food Not Bombs (FNB) is facing a location dilemma after receiving notice to vacate Lot 23 from construction and development company Anton DevCo. The organization subsequently received a notice from the City of Santa Cruz to relocate a...

Santa Cruz City Council Update Jan. 26, 2021 - City on a Hill Press

Santa Cruz City Council Update Jan. 26, 2021 - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — Every other Tuesday, Santa Cruz's elected officials gather on a Zoom call to discuss the city's legislative future. In a new series from City on a Hill Press, we will give you the rundown of what happens at virtual City Hall. In this week's meeting,...

UCSC Releases Twenty Year Plan for Campus Expansion - City on a Hill Press

UCSC Releases Twenty Year Plan for Campus Expansion - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — The 2021-2040 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) for UC Santa Cruz projects about 10,000 more students by 2040. Released to the public on Jan. 7, the 2021-2040 LRDP is the guiding plan for campus growth. LRDPs are evaluated every two decades in an attempt to...

UCSC Postpones Winter Housing Move-In For 620 Students - City on a Hill Press

UCSC Postpones Winter Housing Move-In For 620 Students - City on a Hill Press

City on a Hill Press — UC Santa Cruz has postponed the move-in of over 600 new students for on-campus housing. Incoming arrivals were notified of this decision in an email on Jan. 12, four days before they were scheduled to move in on Jan. 16. Scott Hernandez-Jason, UCSC director of...
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