UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers and their more than 45,000 counterparts at the other nine University of California campuses are voting this week on whether the union should strike in support of free speech and in support of Palestine.
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UCSC student protesters say negotiations over ending encampment have failed
UCSC’s Students for Justice in Palestine wrote in a statement that negotiations failed after administrators “refused to meaningfully concede” to protesters’ demands and they are bracing for police raids.
However, several people close to the negotiations say administrators are looking to avoid imminently calling in police. Meanwhile, details of the negotiations obtained by Lookout show the two sides appeared, at one point, to be close to finding agreement on several student demands.
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UCSC, protesters begin negotiations but remain far apart as Palestine encampment stretches into second week
UC Santa Cruz’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter says the group started negotiations with administrators over their list of demands, one week after they set up an encampment on campus. Students say they won’t leave the Quarry Plaza camp until their demands are met.
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Man charged with death of UCSC student at Seabright Beach to face trial for murder
Samuel Stone, 21, will face a murder charge in the February death of Zainab Mansoor. “If he walks away, still, I lost my daughter,” Mansoor’s father, Mansoor Naseem, said after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. “If he gets a full sentence, I still lost my daughter. She meant everything to me.”
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At UCSC, Palestine solidarity encampment settles in for extended stay
Beyond the addition of a packed schedule of events programming, the pro-Palestine encampment at UC Santa Cruz has expanded dramatically since its assembly on Wednesday following a May Day march. The outdoor kitchen now spans three tents, with three meals a day.
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UCSC Palestine encampment grows to nearly 100 heading into the weekend
Two days after dozens of UC Santa Cruz students first set up an encampment in support of Palestine in Quarry Plaza, the number of campers has nearly tripled to more than 100, according to organizers. Student organizers say they won’t leave until their demands are met.
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Amid crackdowns on student protests nationwide, UCSC sprouts a homegrown, peaceful pro-Palestine encampment
Police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators on college campuses across the U.S. on Wednesday. It was a jarring contrast to the civil scene at UC Santa Cruz, where hundreds of students and faculty marched in a dense yet orderly phalanx across campus and into Quarry Plaza, where about 50 to 60 protesters set up a tent encampment.
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Remembering Zainab Mansoor
Tae Yun Kang, a first-year literature and linguistics student at UC Santa Cruz, remembers fellow student Zainab Mansoor, 21, as kind, compassionate and someone uniquely able to make strangers feel welcome. Mansoor died in February and police have arrested her boyfriend, a former UCSC student, on charges of homicide. Here, Tae Yun writes about meeting Zainab, why she misses her and looks for people like her in all her classes.
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Hundreds march at UC Santa Cruz in Gaza protest, set up Quarry Plaza encampment
With a May Day march and rally Wednesday, UCSC joins dozens of campuses across the country that have been the site of marches and encampments by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The clashes have turned violent at some schools, but Wednesday’s gathering at UCSC remained largely peaceful as school officials kept a watchful eye.
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UCSC sees record applications and admission offers but expects enrollment to remain flat
UC Santa Cruz’s applications and offer letters for the upcoming academic year reached record highs — again — but officials don’t expect overall enrollment numbers to increase significantly from last year.