“There is absolutely a risk that is lessened by having Narcan,” one student told Lookout at a drive-thru Narcan distribution event put on by substance-use safety coalition SafeRx as the risk of fentanyl and other opioids continues to stalk Santa Cruz County. “You know, a lot of students in general use drugs and I think having that resource is definitely necessary. I think it’s inevitable that someone my age is going to at least encounter it, so knowing what to do is really important.”
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Priced out of a UC dream school, he’s choosing community college instead. He isn’t alone
A growing share of low-income students admitted to the renowned University of California system are choosing community college instead as skyrocketing housing costs and insufficient financial aid put their dream campuses out of reach.
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Student Lookout: Vegan bites, stress relief recs and some mild film disappointment
UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have been embroiled in a lawsuit since February 2022 over UCSC’s plan to boost…
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Explainer: What is UCSC’s plan to add 8,500 more students by 2040? And where will they all live?
Lookout breaks down UC Santa Cruz’s Long Range Development Plan, the document that lays out how the university envisions developing its physical infrastructure and growing its student enrollment through 2040, plus the history of campus growth and community opposition.
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City of Santa Cruz, UCSC in talks to possibly end lawsuits over enrollment and housing plans
UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have been embroiled in a lawsuit since February 2022 over UCSC’s plan to boost enrollment by an additional 8,500 students by 2040. The Long Range Development Plan, approved in 2021, set off a wave of lawsuits from the city and the county over potential worsening impacts on the region’s housing market. But now, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley says the two sides are in talks to end the LRDP lawsuit and a second, separate lawsuit related to water access on campus.
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Student Lookout: Local empanadas, outdoor summer spots and a profile of a legendary basketball coach
UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs teaches a course on transcommunality, his concept of peaceful…
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Thousands of Californians are missing out on federal student aid. Here’s why
Many college students rely on federal student aid to cover expenses, but increasingly complicated laws and poor communication have made those dollars harder to come by for some adult students.
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Amah Mutsun Tribal Band chairman calls for update of UCSC’s land acknowledgment
The land acknowledgment recognizes that land on which UC Santa Cruz sits is Native land that was taken rather than handed over. During a campus event Wednesday, Valentin Lopez of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band said UCSC’s acknowledgment needs to include the fact that because of violent colonization, there are no surviving descendants of the Awaswas-speaking people who once lived in the region.
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UCSC Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs on why transcommunality resonates with Soledad prison students
UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs teaches a course on transcommunality, his concept of peaceful conflict resolution, to men serving prison sentences at Soledad Correctional Training Facility. He is giving a talk about his experience Tuesday at the Cowell Hay Barn on the UCSC campus, part of the Emeriti Faculty Lecture series.
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How I Got My Job: UCSC creative writing lecturer Steve Coulter charted unconventional path to academia
Steve Coulter, UC Santa Cruz creative writing continuing lecturer, spoke with Lookout about what it’s like being a lecturer, busking in Europe and what the future holds for writing with the advent of ChatGPT.