Dress up in your best Victorian attire for the Curiosity Gala, an event to support The Dickens Project, an academic consortium headquartered at UC Santa Cruz that researches English writer Charles Dickens and his contemporaries.
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More than a year later, just one person is facing formal charges from 122 arrests at UCSC Gaza encampment
Only one of 122 UC Santa Cruz protesters faces charges in connection with Gaza encampment arrests last year as the statute of limitations on prosecution expires.
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Bikini Bottom meets redwoods: SpongeBob musical hits stage at UCSC this fall
UC Santa Cruz will bring a SpongeBob SquarePants musical to life this fall, marking the school’s first musical production since 2022. Directed by assistant professor Rebecca Wear, the show explores themes of community, environmental crisis and xenophobia through a playful, campy retelling of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
UCSC must reverse its decision to fire lecturers and cut language instruction
UC Santa Cruz needs to rethink its budgeting model and focus on cutting administrative jobs, rather than gutting essential courses like language instruction taught by lecturers, writes recent graduate Brock Hrehor.
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UCSC ‘peeping tom’ suspect had history of similar crimes, court records show
A UC Santa Cruz graduate charged with multiple counts of voyeurism, burglary and theft this month had previously pleaded guilty to similar crimes on campus in 2023, court records show. Police allege Tony Pau, 21, secretly recorded and stole from students in residence halls across several months, prompting criticism from students over the university’s handling of security concerns.
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Former student arrested in on-campus ‘peeping tom’ cases, UCSC police say
UC Santa Cruz police have arrested former student Tony Pau in connection with multiple voyeurism, burglary and theft incidents reported in campus housing earlier this year.
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Lookout remembers Mike Rotkin: Santa Cruz’s Socrates who had an encyclopedic understanding of our community’s 50-plus years of challenges
Community Voices editor Jody K. Biehl reflects on her three years editing columns by Mike Rotkin and the education he offered her about Santa Cruz County, UCSC and being human.
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Mike Rotkin, former mayor and an essential figure in Santa Cruz progressive activism, dies at 79
Mike Rotkin arrived in Santa Cruz in 1969, not long after the University of California, and soon not only became a pillar of UCSC’s Community Studies program but launched into the progressive politics that reshaped the city. He served a record five terms as mayor and in a variety of other positions. He passed away at his home Wednesday.
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UCSC continues fighting judge’s ruling against enrollment growth plan
UC Santa Cruz remains entangled in a legal battle with the city and county of Santa Cruz over its long-term campus expansion plan, which a judge ruled failed to adequately address local housing and environmental impacts tied to an 8,500-student enrollment increase by 2040.
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Fifteen local students earn $5,000 scholarships from California historical organization
Fifteen Santa Cruz County students have been awarded $5,000 scholarships by Native Daughters of the Golden West.