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Casey Kovarik: UC does not have adequate resources to enroll extra 10,000 students

Janet Napolitano’s plan to enroll an additional 10,000 students at the University of California would expand opportunities for thousands of California residents, but shrink the prospects of those at the school already. For the past few years, the number of applications the University of California receives annually has steadily increased. To meet this growing demand, […]

Aram Ghoogasian: UC Merced stabbings investigation must be made public

Almost two weeks after four people were stabbed in the early hours of the morning at the University of California’s youngest campus, questions remain about what exactly transpired. The perpetrator of the UC Merced stabbings, a freshman at the university, was involved in a chase where he turned toward a university police officer and was […]

No Offense, But: Mizzou

The University of Missouri has become an epicenter for racial tension following former University President Tim Wolfe’s resignation after protests over his handling of racially charged incidents on campus. In turn, this has sparked a national debate over the place of free speech in modern society. On this week’s episode of “No Offense, But,” Opinion […]

Intents and Purposes

Journalism is inherently opportunistic. As journalists, we hunt for stories, digest them, write them and move on. Many times, the people we interview are deconstructed into smaller, logical parts – a main source, an opposition source, etc. Despite these being real people, we compartmentalize them into cogs used to prove an argument or express a […]

Litigating Hope

Maria Alcantara paid more than $600 for the privilege of discovering she didn’t qualify for DACA. In July of 2014, the second-year legal studies and Latin American and Latino studies student at UC Santa Cruz applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA – President Barack Obama’s executive action protecting some young undocumented immigrants […]