UC Santa Cruz alumna Rachel Raiyani supports students protesting the Gaza war and is against the use of U.S. tax money to buy weapons. She didn’t attend the protests at UCSC, but watched them unfolding live on Instagram. “I watched as police roughhoused and arrested my fellow classmates and friends,” she writes. “I sat in pain and felt perturbed that anyone would see this as protecting students.” The police action, arrests and restrictions that ban some students from campus have, she says, obliterated any hope of shared governance.
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Facing backlash, UCSC chancellor defends police raid on protesters as ‘necessary decision’
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive defended her decision to call in police to clear a pro-Palestine encampment, saying it was necessary to maintain campus safety even as she faces a backlash from some of the school’s faculty and students.
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UC Santa Cruz resumes in-person teaching for final week of instruction after police-protesters standoff
UC Santa Cruz was back to in-person classes Monday for the final week of instruction in the spring quarter, days after police arrested dozens of protesters and cleared a pro-Palestine encampment at the base of campus.
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UC Santa Cruz main entrance open following 16-hour standoff as school issues penalties
A UC Santa Cruz spokesperson said that there will continue to be more law enforcement officers on campus following the standoff between pro-Palestine protesters and more than 100 police officers overnight Thursday into Friday.
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‘This is not the end’: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators retake UC Santa Cruz entrance after 16-hour police standoff
After a tense, 16-hour standoff with police and 80 arrests, pro-Palestinian demonstrators retook the entrance to UC Santa Cruz’s campus, vowing to continue their fight for UCSC’s divestment from Israel, and Palestinian freedom.
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Dozens arrested as police descend on pro-Palestine encampment at UCSC
By Friday morning, roughly 100 police officers from as far away as Modesto, Sacramento and San Francisco, along with officers from the Santa Cruz Police Department and California Highway Patrol, remained on campus Friday morning as about 200 protesters continued to block access to the school’s main entrance. UCSC said about 80 protesters had been arrested.
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UCSC strike: How much should we worry about lost learning?
UC Santa Cruz graduate students have entered their second week of strikes. That has left some in the community worrying about lost learning and the effect on grades. Emily Robertson, a doctoral candidate in philosophy and a strike supporter, unpacks that argument and asks, “How pressing a concern should lost learning really be?”
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Protesters blockade UCSC entrances as classes head back online through Thursday
Pro-Palestine protesters blocked both entrances to the UC Santa Cruz campus on Tuesday, continuing their monthslong push for UCSC to divest from weapons-manufacturing companies and cut ties with organizations associated with Israel. The university sent out a statement Tuesday evening, saying that instruction will be online through at least Thursday.
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UCLA, UC Davis student workers join UCSC’s on picket lines as strike expands, with amnesty for protesters a key demand
Student workers are striking at three University of California campuses after union members at UCLA and UC Davis on Tuesday morning followed UC Santa Cruz workers to the picket lines. The Office of President says the strike violates the union contract.
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Hundreds arrested and suspended: How California colleges are disciplining faculty and students over protests
Students and faculty protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities throughout California are facing a range of consequences from arrests to suspensions and bans from campus. Meanwhile, students and faculty have also had to endure campus closures, canceled events and classes moving online. What are the academic and legal costs of civil disobedience for California’s college protesters?