Tag: UCSC Sun, March 14, 2010
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Rally Highlights K-12 Woes
Mar 05, 2010, by Maria Grusauskas News
As a small procession made up mostly of university students made its way down Pacific Avenue yesterday, some onlookers were unimpressed.
“Seems pretty meager for a protest,” one man said, watching as a banner passed that read “We are the Budget Cuts.” What he, and perhaps many Santa Cruz residents, didn’t know is that the meager procession had broken off from a group of at least 400 students, faculty and workers who had been picketing since daybreak at the main entrance to UCSC. In a rare coalescence of solidarity between the town and the gowns, the university protest was, in the form of this small group, merging with a community demonstration to save public education. -
Students Protest Fee Hikes at UCSC
Mar 04, 2010, by Curtis Cartier News
Fed up with rising fee costs and slashed department budgets, UCSC students staged a massive protest on campus Thursday as students across the nation demonstrated against what many see as higher education becoming unaffordable. With slide show.
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Police Prepare for Student Protests
Mar 04, 2010, by Danny Wool NewsThe SCPD has issued a traffic advisory warning drivers that they could face delays getting around town today.
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UCSC Postpones Cage-Free Policy
Jan 30, 2010, by Jessica Lussenhop News
After Prop. 2 passed, banning battery-cage egg production in the state, UC-Santa Cruz senior Eric Deardorff and his group Banana Slugs for Animals approached dining services about making it campus-wide policy to serve only cage-free eggs. As of this fall, it appeared that talks with Director of Dining Services Scott Berlin were going extremely well.
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UCSC Academic Senate Takes a Stand
Oct 30, 2009, by Staff NewsOn Wednesday, the Academic Senate of UCSC took a stand again the budgetary cuts imposed throughout the UC system.
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Students, Faculty and Workers Rally at UCSC
Sep 24, 2009, by Jessica Lussenhop News
SLIDESHOW: Budget cuts, layoffs and increased fees inspire hundreds to gather at campus entrance.
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UCSC Pulls the Plug on the Arboretum
Sep 18, 2009, by Staff NewsWith state funding slashed by $50 million, UCSC can’t afford to squander money, or see the groups that it funds squander it. That was the stated reason for the school to cut all funding to the Arboretum.
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UCSC Expanding to Santa Clara
Sep 17, 2009, by Staff NewsUCSC’s Extension in Silicon Valley program is preparing to unveil a new facility in Santa Clara on Oct. 1.
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Why Santa Cruz Needs Desal
Sep 09, 2009, by Laura Brown and Bill Kocher Opinion
The directors of two local water agencies defend a desalination project in Santa Cruz County, saying it would make up for water shortages, not serve as a Trojan horse for growth. “It is not designed, or intended, to accommodate UCSC growth or higher densities than current land use zoning,” they write.
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UCSC Votes “No Confidence” in Yudof
Sep 04, 2009, by Staff NewsIn the 15 months that he’s been in office, UC President Mark Yudof has not made many allies. According to the UC Union Coalition, some 98 percent of employees who participated in a week-long straw poll voted no confidence in him.
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UCSC Staff Look into Starting Their Own Daycare
Aug 20, 2009, by Staff NewsStill reeling from the announcement that UCSC has decided to cut out day care services for faculty and staff, staffers at the school’s childcare center are looking into opening their own center to serve those families and counter potential layoffs.
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UCSC to Eliminate Childcare for Faculty and Staff
Aug 18, 2009, by Staff NewsAs of January 1, parents who work at UCSC will no longer be able to drop their children off at campus childcare facilities. Faced with severe budget cuts, the school has decided to eliminate its childcare facilities for staff.
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New Funds to Boost UC-Santa Cruz Infrastructure
Aug 05, 2009, by Staff NewsState Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced a move Aug. 4 to improve University of California infrastructure across eight campuses by setting up $200 million in bond funds. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that UC-Santa Cruz will receive $64 million, which will go toward the new Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Facility.
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UCSC Employee Kills Self at Supervisor’s Home
Jul 31, 2009, by Staff NewsA UCSC employee from Scotts Valley shot himself at the home of his supervisor yesterday.
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UC Santa Cruz Wins in Court
Jul 28, 2009, by Staff NewsUC Santa Cruz will be keeping its federal funding after a judge ruled in its favor in federal appeals court. The suit against the university was filed by the conservative Young America’s Foundation. The group claimed that the university had violated the Solomon Amendment, which denies federal funding to schools that do not grant military recruiters the same access to their campuses as other prospective employers.
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UCSC Programs Get Grants Despite Budget Cuts
Jul 21, 2009, by Staff NewsWith California preparing to slash $3 billion from its University of California and California State University systems, the future seemed grim for UCSC. There was some good news yesterday though, when it was announced that the school won $6.3 million dollars from the UC system, to be used in four research major research projects.
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UCSC Facing Tough Budget Cuts
Jul 16, 2009, by Staff News
The finger pointing is well underway as regents of the UC system meet in San Francisco to decide on how to implement the necessary budget cuts for the coming year. The meeting comes in the wake of an $800 million cut in state funding to the 10-school system, compounded by an additional $335 million deficit expected over the next two years because of increasing costs.
