Author: Gwen Jourdonnais
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Fire Department kicks off holiday toy drive
The UCSC Fire Department is holding its annual holiday toy drive.
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Campus braces for more cuts
Mid-year budget cuts, recently announced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will force UC Santa Cruz to make even more reductions in operations than it already had planned after lawmakers slashed spending for UC in the initial state budget.
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Newest Friends group wants you to be able to see, touch, smell history
UC Santa Cruz’s newest Friends group, Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, aims to protect historical evidence and significant structures on campus dating from the 19th century.
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San Francisco mayor urges UCSC students to vote
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made an appearance on campus Tuesday, drawing a crowd of approximately 300 students and others to the College 10 Multipurpose Room at lunchtime.
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UCSC partners with United Way for annual campaign
Community Relations Coordinator Liz Evanovich wants to raise $75,000 from UCSC staff and faculty during the United Way’s annual corporate campaign.
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The Dead live on at UCSC
This past April, the Grateful Dead announced that it would donate its vast and colorful archives to a campus that opened the same year the collection was started.
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The $700,000 challenge
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation toward the construction and modernization of McHenry Library. In order to receive the funds, however, the library must raise $3.5 million by October 1, 2009.
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A library for the 21st century: McHenry turns a page
As a generation born into the information age hits the books–or the Internet–campus libraries are adapting to the needs of a new, hyperconnected student.
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Students move in, parents say goodbye
UCSC’s new freshman class, which is projected to include about 3,850 students, began the process of moving away from home, hauling their stuff into dorm rooms, meeting new roommates, getting acquainted with the campus, and spreading their wings.
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Chancellor provides progress report at Partners in Community event
UC Santa Cruz achieved a number of significant milestones during the last academic year and is poised to continue that progress in the coming year, Chancellor George Blumenthal reported at the second annual Partners in Community event, held last wee
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Pharmacy offering free disposal of medicines and sharps
The UCSC Student Health Center Pharmacy can now provide safe and free disposal of personal unused and expired medications as well as household sharps, such as needles, lancets, and scalpels.
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Signs of the times
As construction progresses at Ranch View Terrace, crews are putting the finishing touches on the road and sidewalk leading to the development and lots of signs.