After five months, the University of California-Santa Cruz and fired graduate student workers reached an agreement after the university fired seventy workers who went on strike. Of the seventy, only forty-one were rehired by the…
Topic: UC-Santa Cruz
Striking graduate workers forced classes to close for a day
Striking graduate student workers forced the University of California-Santa Cruz to close classes for at least a day.
UC-Santa Cruz fires striking teaching assistants
The University of California-Santa Cruz fired some of its graduate students after they refused to post grades, which was a part of a labor strike to receive higher cost-of-living adjustments in their stipends.
University of California-Santa Cruz Removed Mission Bell from Campus after Outcry
One of the “mission bells” that dot the old El Camino Real in California was removed at the University of California-Santa Cruz because it offended a local Native American tribe.
California University Hosted ‘Practical Activism’ Conference to Teach Students How to Protest
A ‘Practical Activism’ student conference at the University of California-Santa Cruz trained student participants how to protest and be (liberal) student activists on their campus.
‘Kinky People’ should be a Protected Minority Class, Researcher says
A researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz said that “kinky people,” or people with particular sexual fantasies and tendencies, should be a protected minority class.
California’s Historical Spanish Mission Bells ‘represent Genocide,’ Students Claim
Apparently to some college students in California, historical Spanish mission bell markers are symbols of oppression and should be removed.
California University Highlighted Anti-Trump Journal Article on Website
California university highlighted an anti-Trump journal article by one of its professors, who claimed Trump supporters are less-educated ‘male nativists.’
University Caves to Sit-In Protesters’ Demands such as Black Student Housing
A three-day sit-in protest was enough to convince University of California-Santa Cruz administrators to cave to every one of the student activist demands, such as a guarantee for black students to live in an African-American-themed house for the duration of college.
California University Instructor Fears Backlash for Teaching Anti-Trump Course
An instructor at the University of California-Santa Cruz feared backlash and outcry if news of his anti-Trump course went public.