TuesdayNewsdayVol. 3 - Issue 25 - March 28, 2017 |  |
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 On May 4, 1973, César Chávez spoke in the Quarry Amphitheater to the campus community about the work of the United Farm Workers union. (Photo by Carlos LeGerrette (c) 1973) |
The legacy of César Chávez, who would have been 90 years old this Friday, includes deep and lasting relationships with many UC Santa Cruz alumni, faculty, and staff, whose lives were changed through the nonviolent farmworker movement that started in the ’60s and continues today. |
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 | In "The Conversation," Professor Dan Wirls writes that President Trump's proposed increase in military spending is based on two misleading premises. |
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 | Sociologist Lindsey Dillon is part of an effort to monitor federal websites to preserve scientific data and track changes by the Trump administration.
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 | Melvin Cox has taken more than a dozen students to Africa in an effort to show it as a continent with thriving cities and economic opportunities. |
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 | An innovative water-conservation strategy diverts water from overflowing rivers to fallow farmland, where it seeps into the soil and replenishes aquifers. |
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 | New observations by Professor J. Xavier Prochaska show early stages of Milky Way-like galaxies in the distant universe with high rates of star formation. |
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