As the quarter comes to a close, UC Santa Cruz union leaders say there are new opportunities to boost their leverage in…
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Student Lookout: Firefly Coffee, the Lighted Boat Parade and some holiday shopping recs
Local historian and longtime Cabrillo College instructor Sandy Lydon started working at the college 10 years after it…
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We asked you to vote on a new name for Cabrillo College; here are the results of our reader poll
Last month, Lookout asked readers to weigh in with suggestions for Cabrillo College’s new name — selecting either from a multiple-choice list of names or submitting ideas of their own. Here’s a sampling of the responses.
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Cabrillo College historian on how the school got its name and why some are opposed to changing it
Local historian and longtime Cabrillo College instructor Sandy Lydon started working at the college 10 years after it was founded. He saw the college establish its reputation, and tells Lookout what the name Cabrillo means to him. Lydon wouldn’t name the college after Cabrillo today if he had the chance, but now that the school has voted to change its name, he hopes people won’t forget all it has accomplished.
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With name change, Cabrillo College faces a reckoning over issues of history and identity
As Cabrillo College is learning, changing the name of an institution is exactly the kind of issue that often mushrooms into a larger and more painful discussion about culture and society — one that could prove to divide friends and neighbors far more than other recent political debates.
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Student Lookout: UCSC strike, downtown makers market and the Thanksgiving holiday
Following a recommendation from a Cabrillo College board subcommittee last week to change the name, the board of…
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‘Now that we know better, we do better’: Cabrillo College will no longer be named after Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Following a recommendation from a Cabrillo College board subcommittee last week to change the name, the board of trustees voted Monday evening to change the school’s name. The college launched a name exploration project in July 2020.
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Student Lookout: Manresa pastries, monarch butterflies and Santa Cruz donuts that aren’t Ferrell’s
A Santa Cruz Superior Court last month ruled in favor of the controversial Student Housing West project proposed by UC…
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‘It’s long overdue’: Cabrillo College committee recommends name change for college
A subcommittee of the Cabrillo College Board of Trustees said it recommends that the board change the college’s name. The Board of Trustees will vote on changing the name on Monday at its regular board meeting.
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Basebrawl at Cabrillo: Ousted college coach Bob Kittle speaks out about firing, run for trustee spot
Bob Kittle and the Cabrillo College administration have fought a unique battle this fall — one that will end up in Santa Cruz Superior Court on Jan. 10. It began with his termination in June, which stemmed from what he says was an investigation into on-campus alcohol and COVID-19 safety protocols. It ramped up with his short bid for a position on the same governing board that fired him. His name — one he said he hopes to clear by talking to Lookout — remains on the ballot.
