Author: Dan White
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Taking chances
Lionsgate president and alum Kevin Beggs dishes on Weeds, Charlie Sheen, Mad Men, critical thinking, and the element of risk.
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Best-selling author, doctor Abraham Verghese wows capacity crowd
Physician and bestselling author Abraham Verghese worries that an overemphasis on medical technology is distancing doctors from patients. Dr. Verghese voiced his concerns during the 11th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on campus.
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A day in the sun for Sammy the Slug
In a day of celebration, the Santa Cruz City Council voted to declare an official “UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug Day” while students feted their yellowy mascot on campus. The festivities marked 25 years since the UCSC administration made this once countercultural, underground symbol the official mascot of UCSC.
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S.C. City Council to declare official “Day of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug”
A resolution to honor the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug mascot is on the agenda of an upcoming Santa Cruz City Council meeting.
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The Sammy you don’t know
You might think you’re an expert when it comes to banana slugs’ impact on popular culture. You might even think that Sammy the Slug’s cameo appearance—on John Travolta’s UCSC T-shirt in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 movie sensation Pulp Fiction—was the only example of banana slugs infiltrating popular culture. But Pulp was only the starting point. Here…
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UC Santa Cruz Welcome Week draws spirited crowd of students, families
Caravans of SUVs and station wagons brought eager student and their families, while teams of volunteers welcomed the throng.
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Ten easy steps: Some good advice for new UC Santa Cruz students
New UCSC students should clip and save these 10 handy tips that will help them thrive and survive in college and enjoy their new surroundings.
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Welcome Week kicks off new academic year
The air is getting colder, people are hauling out their long-sleeved shirts, and the crowds are thinning out on the beaches of Santa Cruz. And here’s an even more reliable sign that summer is nearly over on the Central Coast: the college students are preparing for their annual migration to UC Santa Cruz.
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UC Santa Cruz makes top 10 list of “greenest” schools in Sierra magazine
Once again, UC Santa Cruz has broken into a top-10 list of green-minded colleges and universities in Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” issue.
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UC Santa Cruz honored for ‘green’ lighting retrofit at Science & Engineering Library
The UC Santa Cruz campus has just earned yet another “green” building award for sustainable practices. The latest honor, the Best Practice Lighting Award, recognizes the extraordinary amount of electricity the university will save each year because of its recent retrofit of the Science & Engineering Library.
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New face of public safety: Nader Oweis sworn in as UCSC chief of police
Sworn into office on Tuesday, Nader Oweis, UCSC’s brand-new police chief, is known for his years of experience and his cool-headed responses to stressful situations.
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UCSC Summer Orientation draws 7,300 participants
This year, 3,300 incoming first-year students, 890 transfer students, and a total of 7,300 people, signed up for UCSC’s lively schedule of Summer Orientation events, which took place July 19 through July 26.