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KZSC has extended its 25th Anniversary Pledge Drive until Monday, June 1. The campus radio station, located at 88.1 FM on the radio dial, has also doubled its fund-raising goal to $50,000. KZSC had orginally planned to end its drive on Friday, May 22. This year’s fund-raising drive, which started May 11, marks the station’s…

Astronomer Stan Woosley has been all over the news lately, most recently commenting on a spectacular gamma-ray burst detected in an extremely distant galaxy; as a leading theoretical astrophysicist, Woosley was on a panel of experts assembled by NASA to discuss the findings, and was quoted in Time and Newsweek magazines, the New York Times,…

"A Mediterranean Victorian Medley" is the theme of this year’s Women’s Club Garden Tour, which will take place on Sunday, May 31, from noon to 4 p.m. Four unique Santa Cruz gardens will be showcased, and a reception at the Arboretum will follow from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Rita Pister Endowed Scholarship…

For the fourth time in a highly successful 10-year run, the men’s tennis team at UCSC has captured the national title. Traveling to Williamstown, Massachusetts, for the season-ending tournament, the Slugs came home with the NCAA Division III crown after a 4-2 win over host and previously undefeated Williams College. The team championship was UCSC’s…

‘Statement Of Intent To Register’ Figures Forecast Freshman Enrollment Of 2,532 SANTA CRUZ, CA–More than 2,500 students have indicated they are planning to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz, as freshmen this coming fall. The entering class is expected to be more ethnically diverse in spite of new regulations that eliminated the use of…

Asteroid San Jose, as shown in this photo taken from Lick Observatory ‘Asteroid San Jose’ Is A Tribute To The City’s Longtime Support Of Lick Observatory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–Representatives of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Lick Observatory presented the San Jose City Council on Tuesday (May 19) with a commemorative…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Someday these may go for 100 times as much, but right now the work of student printmakers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, can be had for a mere song at the Art Department’s annual print sale. Hundreds of original etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and linocuts by current and former students will be…

A committee of University of California faculty presented to the UC Board of Regents on Thursday, May 14, a proposal that would create an additional path of eligibility to the university. The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), a committee of the Academic Senate responsible for establishing eligibility criteria for undergraduate admissions, presented…

UCSC hosted the Western Regional Ultimate (frisbee) Collegiate Championship tournament May 9 and 10. Thirty-three men’s and women’s teams from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona came to compete for two berths to the National Final Championships. Here, Slugs (l-r) Ryan McEvoy, Jason Hakes, and Steve Stratton exchange high fives after a score against…

Chancellor Greenwood demonstrated the facility’s long-range communication capabilities by discussing the project with Craig Broadway, who took the call in Connecticut. Broadway is CEO of AVAI, Inc., the company that developed the software for the videoconferencing classroom. Executive Vice Chancellor Tanner demonstrated the room’s many interactive capabilities, discussing music with Associate Professor Anatole Leikin (Tanner…

A photo montage from "Cancer in Women’s Lives" features (clockwise, from left) Gwendolyn Morgan, Anita Diaz, Wanda Amos, Marge Frantz, Carol Douglas-Hammer, and Jacquelyn Marie. Women with cancer and those close to them have a new place to go for support and information, thanks to a group of nine faculty and staff women at UCSC.…

In this 1996 photo, Rosario Mazzeo (center) is pictured with music professor Linda Burman-Hall and UCSC clarinet instructor Mark Brandenburg at a concert in Mazzeo’s honor. SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California, Santa Cruz, is pleased to announce a gift to the University Library of the Rosario Mazzeo Collection of Clarinet Music. Donated by Mazzeo’s…