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NCAA Sports Update
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New Statewide
Womens Volleyball:
Oct. 13: Lost 3-0 at Vanguard University
Oct. 14: Lost 3-0 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Policy for Community
Womens soccer:
Oct. 13: Lost 2-0 at Cal State East Bay
College Financial Aid
Oct. 15: Lost 1-0 at Cal State Monterey Bay
BY SAM WEINSTEIN whereas before, this model was dependent
mens soccer: Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) on individual colleges. In the first-dollar plan,
Oct. 13: Won 2-1 at Pomona-Pitzer 19 into law on Oct. 13 to alleviate community the state covers tuition first and students may
Oct. 15: Lost 4-1 at Cal State East Bay college students financial burdens. AB 19, use any federal aid to cover other expenses
known more commonly as the California such as rent, groceries or books.
College Promise, is an amendment to the Unlike the first-dollar plan, the last-
Board of Governors (BOG) Fee Waiver. dollar plan used by Georgia, Kentucky,
upcoming Prior to AB 19, the BOG Fee Waiver
eliminated the $46 per unit tuition fee for
New York, Oregon, South Carolina and
Tennessee uses state aid to pay tuition
Womens Volleyball: first-year, low-income community college
students with the condition that they submit
not covered by a students federal aid. The
first-dollar plan leaves room for cost of living
Leopard Invitational at University of La Verne
a Free Application for Federal Student Aid because AB 19 allows students to use their
Oct. 21: vs. University of Antelope Valley (away)
(FAFSA) or California Dream Act application. federal funding for non-tuition related expenses.
vs. Cal Lutheran (away)
Over the past 30 years, the BOG Fee Waiver The bill will cost the state more than $30
Oct. 23: vs. Mills College
provided tuition-free community college million in waived tuition fees and will save
education to over 5.1 million Californians eligible students $1,100 to $1,400 per year.
Oct. 25: vs. Menlo College
and currently grants 1.1 million students We look forward to working with the
financial assistance. governor and legislature on providing
Womens soccer: AB 19 expands on the BOG Fee Waiver funding to support the California College
Oct.23: vs. Mills College (away) by covering the first year of tuition for all Promise and additional financial aid to offset
Oct. 26: vs. Menlo College students, regardless of income. Previously, the non-tuition costs that create barriers to
the BOG Fee Waiver limited its coverage college attendance for students with financial
based on financial need. Changes also need, said California Community Colleges
mens soccer: include the incorporation of a first-dollar Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley in a statement
Oct. 20: at Occidental College
plan to community colleges statewide, released by the Chancellors Office on Oct. 13.
Oct. 22: vs. University of Texas at Dallas (away)

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Professor Emerita of history of consciousness Angela Davis speaks at the Quarry Amphitheater.

Attendees gather for the 1981 fall convocation.

Students line the steps for a commencement ceremony.

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2 OCTOBER 19
MEChA in Solidarity Against
BRIEFS

Deportation Case
PHOTO AND STORY
BY MEGAN CONTRERAS
When Melecio Andazola Morales
arrived to his interview with U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration
Services, he expected to take another
step toward the green card he had been
trying to receive for nearly 20 years.
Instead, on Oct. 12, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained
Andazola Morales after separating
him from his daughter and lawyer.
UC Santa Cruzs Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztln
(MEChA), a student organization
dedicated to the political
involvement and education of the
Chicanx and Latinx community,
received this news in an email from
undergraduates at Yale University
on behalf of fellow student Viviana
Andazola Marquez, one of Andazola
Morales four children. The email
explained that after Andazola Morales
was transferred to the ICE Denver
Contract Detention Facility in Aurora,
Colorado, ICE issued an official order
of deportation on Oct. 13.
It sucks, but its not surprising
that its happening, because it
happens so much, said co-chair of
MEChA Oscar Montiel.
ICE performed a total of 240,255
removals in the 2016 fiscal year
alone 2 percent more than in
2015. These numbers do not include
deportations that took place during
the current administration.
Brenda Gutierrez Ramirez, co-
chair of MEChA, also finds Andazola
Morales story to be terrible but hopes
MEChAs actions and those around
the country will make change.
Im just glad there are a lot of
folks talking about it and signing
petitions and doing everything they
can in order to put light on this issue
of injustice, Gutierrez Ramirez said.
The Yale undergraduates asked
for photos of groups from various
campuses across the nation to show
support for Andazola Morales family
and others who may be in a similar
situation. #FreeMelecio, #Not1More
and #NiUnaMas were some of the
hashtags used to share these photos
and spread the word about the
detention. UCSC MEChA members
met for the photo in Quarry Plaza on
Oct. 17.
Yale students also shared a link to
a petition for the release of Andazola
Morales, aiming to receive 25,000
signatures. So far it has received over
20,000 signatures. Andazola Morales
fundraiser page has raised a little over
$69,000 of the $85,000 goal.
We are here to support in any
way possible, through donations or
signing petitions or taking a picture,
Gutierrez Ramirez said. I dont think
there are the right words to say to UCSC MEChA members pose for a photo to support Melecio Andazola Morales, who was
somebody whose loved ones are recently detained by ICE. The photo was shared on social media to raise awareness about
going through that, but theyre not the injustices of the U.S. immigration system.
alone and were here to support.

Arrests Made at
College Republicans
Meeting
BY SYDNEY GRIFFITH GLADU
Three students were arrested
on Oct. 15 at McHenry Library by
campus police for refusal to disperse,
unlawful assembly, disturbing the
peace and trespassing, said UC Santa
Cruz Police Chief Nader Oweis.
The students were protesting
a College Republicans meeting.
Brandon Lang, president of the
College Republicans, said the incident
began at approximately 6:45 p.m.
when around five people entered the
meeting room.
According to Oweis, library staff
attempted to mediate the situation.
When they felt they could not diffuse
the situation, campus safety officers
and UCSC police were called. Law
enforcement gave the students a
warning to vacate, but three of the
four students present at that point
refused. Sabina Wildman Crown
College representative for the Student
Union Assembly (SUA) Adam
Walker and Miriam Stone were taken
into custody and arrested, Oweis said.
They feel the club being on
campus is an act of violence, said
Maya Novak-Herzog, a Democrat and
fourth-year student who attended
the College Republicans meeting
to debate with people who have
opposing political views. I think that
right now, people are using the word
violence liberally, I think it is time to
get real about what is violence.
Lang approached the SUA asking
for disciplinary action for Wildman.
The SUA voted not to impeach or
sanction Wildman. SUA President
Max Jimenez said in an interview
Langs request was not within the
scope of the SUAs responsibility and
the incident is a reflection of a larger
discussion of national issues like
white supremacy, free speech and
freedom to assemble.
I think personally the best route
the SUA can take is to look at the
situation [as an] issue [that] is beyond
what just happened [at the College
Republicans meeting], Jimenez said.

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 Bear Fire
FIRE
Continues
Santa Cruz Mountain fire burns
300 acres, residents evacuate
BY SEAN D. ROSS
PHOTOS BY BRYANA ESPINOZA
While about 11,000 emergency responders
from throughout California and several
other states are battling to contain firestorms
devastating Northern California, Santa Cruz
County is facing a fire of its own.
The Santa Cruz County fire, known as Bear
Fire, is burning near Boulder Creek, 19 miles
from UC Santa Cruz. While smaller and less
severe than the wildfires burning in Northern
California, the Bear Fire has burned about 300
acres and is at 15 percent containment as of
Oct. 18. At this time, roughly 150 people are
evacuated from the Las Cumbres and Deer Creek
communities.
The fire began as a structure fire on Bear
Canyon Road on Oct. 16 at about 10:40 p.m.
and quickly spread to nearby vegetation. Seven
firefighters were injured, five on the first day
of operations. As of Oct. 18, the fire destroyed
four structures and 150 more are threatened,
Top: The shell of a
according to the California Department of
residents vehicle lies
abandoned, burnt in Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
the Bear Fire. Four When the fuel is this dry, it burns very
structures in the Santa intensely, very quickly, said Cal Fire division
Cruz Mountains have chief Angela Bernheisel. When firefighters got
been destroyed by
here to do their initial attack on the reported fire,
the fire and 150 are
threatened. they really had their hands full until we could get
additional resources.
Middle: A helicopter Efforts to combat the blaze were hindered
flies over the fire area, by steep terrain and an abundance of dry brush
which is almost 20
that acts as fuel. Large portions of the fire were
miles north of UCSC.
Cal Fire employed 12 categorized as dirty burns, which, as Cal
helicopters to scout Fire captain Jordan Motta said, leave behind
the area and pour fire flammable debris such as tree leaves that could
retardant in order to fuel a later fire. The Bear Fire is currently heading
slow the spread of the
north, east and west into dense woodlands.
fire.
Firefighting operations are currently using
Bottom: Smoke filters
through the forest
surrounding the Bear
Fire.
NOR CAL FIRES
The scores of emergency responders in
Northern California battled for over a week to
contain and reduce the number of active fires
in the state. There are now 12 active fires, down
from 22. All red-flag warnings, which indicate
environmental conditions are creating a high
fire risk, are currently lifted throughout the
state. While roughly 34,000 people remain
evacuated, evacuation orders in several areas
are being reevaluated or rescinded, according
to a Cal Fire news release.
As responders begin to assert control
over the fires in Napa, Sonoma and other
Northern California counties, the early stages
of recovery efforts like damage assessment
4 OCTOBER 19
helicopters, air tankers and fixed-wing aircraft
to work around the inaccessible topography.
Wednesday morning, however, emergency
aircraft grounded for about an hour due to an
unauthorized drone flying in the area.
Its a very tight airspace, Motta said. If we
were to strike that drone, it could cause damage
to our equipment, or if that drone were to then
crash it could spark another wildfire.
Evacuation orders were given in the
immediate area due to fire conditions and the
relatively high number of structures threatened
by the blaze. The majority of evacuees, staying
with friends or in nearby hotels, didnt use
evacuation centers in Felton and Los Gatos
but some, like Boulder Creek resident Jeremy
Lincoln, sought refuge there. Lincoln, who lives
off the grid with no electricity, spent two hours
safeguarding his home from the encroaching
flames before finally evacuating to Felton. Many
of his neighbors did the same.
Wed been home for 24 hours before we got
evacuated, Lincoln said. Someone came and
told us there was a fire. My caretaker and my son
manned the hoses, I was filling up quarts of fuel,
rappelling down 50-foot cliffs with my headlamp
on [and] filling up my water pump.
Over 880 personnel, including strike teams
from throughout the state, are fighting the Bear
Fire. Many additional resources and teams were
reassigned to Santa Cruz after working the fire
lines in Napa and Sonoma counties, including
crews from out of state, as those fires are
increasingly under control. For now, residents
are waiting to see what the extent of the damage
will be.
So far as I know my house is still standing,
Lincoln said. You just take it one step at a time
and just face it as you go.
and debris removal are already taking place.
This is not a situation where were going
to wait for all of the fire to be out before we
begin the recovery process, said California
Office of Emergency Services director Mark
Ghilarducci in a press conference. Currently
there is an extensive effort going on, doing
damage assessment and getting a good
awareness of what we need to do and where
we need to get into first.
Of the 77 cellular sites that were damaged
or destroyed in the fires, all but eight are now
functional again. The largest fires, the Tubbs,
Atlas and Nuns fires, are each at least 80
percent contained.

Leaving a Legacy
Commemorating the
Watsonville Canning Strike
30 years later
BY ALLISON TISBE
*Interviews with strikers were
conducted in Spanish and translated
to English.
In the 1985 Watsonville Canning
Strike, the longest national strike
of its time, nearly 2,000 workers
walked out of the cannery. It marked
its 30th anniversary on Oct. 15.
Former strikers, elected officials
and community members gathered
at the Watsonville Senior Center to
commemorate the historic labor
movement that pitted local workers
against Richard A. Shaw Frozen Food
and Watsonville Canning and Frozen
Food Company two of the largest
frozen food companies at the time.
Mayor of Watsonville Oscar
Rios said the strike inspired many
generations to fight for their rights
and the strikers efforts helped define
what Santa Cruz County stands for.
Union representatives saw this strike as
incredibly impactful for Latina women
in Watsonville, who comprised about
85 percent of the strikers.
The strikers helped change the
politics in our city and county, Rios
said to the crowd of about 80.
Local government officials
showed the original documentary Si
Se Puede, It Can Be Done. Afterward,
they presented certificates to former
strikers to commend the strikers hard
work and acknowledge the change
that stimulated the community,
county and nation.
It was very hard. My work was
a part of me and then it was taken
from me, said Clemencia Legorreta,
former employee and supervisor
at the Watsonville cannery for 30
years. There was a great sense of
desperation amongst the workers,
economically.
The companies threatened to
lower workers wages from $6.66 to
$4.45 an hour in order to compete
with cheaper products on the market.
Workers, who were mostly Latina
women with families and young
children, also faced losing health and
vacation benefits.
HISTORY
It was a really challenging time
during the strike. I had a 2-year-old
daughter and the police were going
to detain me because I would take my
daughter to the strike in her stroller,
said Marina Valenzuela, who worked
at the Watsonville cannery for 38
years.
Because of this, Valenzuela
took her daughter to the local child
care center while she was striking.
The financial burden of the strike
restricted her ability to pay for child
care, so Valenzuela volunteered her
spare time to the center.
Strikers said without one
anothers unity and dedication, they
EW
wouldnt have succeeded. During the
GR
19-month strike, strikers kept a sign-
MC
in sheet to keep track of those who
NA
AN
participated.
There was not a single day
during two years that I did not go.
[...] It was a list based on pain and
necessity, Valenzuela said.
A battle ensued between The
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters the union representing
the cannery workers and the
owner of Watsonville Canning and
Frozen Food Company , Edward T.
Console.
After a year and a half of strikes
and millions in debt, Watsonville
Canning and Frozen Food Company
went into foreclosure. In September
1986 the California Department of
Food and Agriculture announced
an investigation into the company
and new ownership was eventually
established in February 1987. After
several negotiations, the strikers
and the company reached an
agreement in March workers
received three-year contracts with
hourly pay of $5.85 an hour plus
benefits, seniority rights and striker
amnesty.
It was a great joy when we finally
won, Valenzuela said. [...] We all
experienced rough times and through
our resilience were able to show the
younger generations the value of hard
work and not giving up.
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 QUARRY REOPENS
But will it
ROCK
BY CHLOE REYNOLDS
PHOTOS BY BRYANA ESPINOZA
AND ALONSO HERNANDEZ
Eleven years and $8 million
later, UC Santa Cruzs Quarry
Amphitheater was transformed this
year from an abandoned pit in the
center of campus to the largest seated
venue in Santa Cruz County. To
celebrate this transition, the Dean of
Students (DOS) hosted a free concert
for UCSC students on Oct. 14. The
show featured live performances
by The Social Club, Bang Data and
Chicano Batman.
While the reopening of the quarry
garnered student interest, the DOS
has no financial plans for hosting
events of a similar nature in the future.
Last year, Measure 67, which would
have provided funding for large-
scale events, did not pass. To put the
$120,000 grand reopening concert
together, the DOS received funding
from the 10 colleges, the on-campus
resource centers, KZSC, Educational
Opportunity Programs, the UC Santa
6 OCTOBER 19
again?
Cruz Alumni Association, the UC
Santa Cruz Foundation and Colleges,
Housing and Educational Services,
said interim dean of students Lucy
Rojas.
Due to the failure of the measure,
the dean of students is advertising
the Quarry Amphitheater as a place
for students to gather rather than
being primarily for events.
I have a lot of hope that it will
become a real center for students
for gathering, community building.
Theres no venue on campus that
seats as many people, Rojas said.
Historically, the structure of the
quarry existed before the university
itself, serving as a mining center
for limestone from 1860-1946.
The Quarry Amphitheater was
constructed in 1967 and served
as a popular hub for students and
large events including concerts,
commencements, protests and
keynote speeches from figures such
as Angela Davis.
In 2006, the university closed the
Quarry Amphitheater due to severe
dry rot which accumulated in the
benches, creating a safety hazard.
Renovation then was put off due
to both financial constraints and a
lack of prioritization of the project,
Rojas said. However, many students
continued to use the amphitheater
until the area was fenced off for
construction in 2016.
Following the millions of dollars
in renovations, the amphitheater
now meets current Americans with
Disabilities Act guidelines, which it
had not when initially constructed.
It is also outfitted with Wi-Fi and a
permanent stage that will be open
for use from sunrise to sunset when Top: The newly renovated Quarry Amphitheater opened to the public on Oct. 14. Bang
events arent scheduled. Data performs the opening act at the Quarry Amphitheater grand reopening concert.
On-campus organizations like The outdoor venue allowed ample room for concertgoers to push toward the front,
leaving the back of the cavernous arena empty.
KZSC, who helped sponsor the
Bottom: Chicano Batman performs at the grand reopening of the Quarry Amphitheater
opening show, already have big plans on Oct. 14. After 11 years and $8 million, the newly renovated Quarry Amphitheater
for the future use of the quarry. hosted The Social Club, a local music group, Bang Data and headliner Chicano Batman.
I would love to see [the
amphitheater] used as a space for
bigger artists to come to Santa Cruz,
said hip-hop director at KZSC and
 QUARRY
TIMELINE OF
THE QUARRY

Amphitheater
opens 1967

Students protest
Vietnam war 1970

third-year student Neroli Devaney. lasted 50 years, so the last thing we

Cesar Chavez
speaks 1973 [...] I would love to see names of
artists who maybe are too big for The
Catalyst, right now thats our only
option. We should utilize the size of
Angela Davis the amphitheater to make it big in
speaks 1978 terms of student interest.
Student groups interested in the
venue will be able to reserve the
venue online, free of charge, provided
9/11 Ribbon they are registered through the Office
Memorial 2001 of Physical Education, Recreation
and Sports (OPERS) or Student
Organization Advising and Resources
(SOAR). Parties not affiliated with
Amphitheater
closes 2006 campus will be charged rates based
on whether they are nonprofit groups.
The DOS hopes to use funding from
outside parties to fund maintenance
Grand of the amphitheater.
reopening 2017 I imagine that [off-campus
rentals are] something we would turn
to for funding. [...] The quarry only
lasted 34 years and it should have
want to see is this space fall apart, but
it requires a plan, said DOS event
and facility manager Jose Reyes-
Olivas.
As far as future events like the grand
reopening are concerned, funding
will rely mostly on collaboration with
other organizations.
This concert was self-
funded, meaning our department
went around to all the college
[organizations] and basically
knocked on doors for money, said
production coordinator for the
Quarry Amphitheater and member
of the Social Club Alberto Reyes. [...]
Concerts take money and I think
its one of those things where if we
want to see them happen on a more
frequent basis, students are going to
have to pass referendums through
[the Student Union Assembly] and all
these other [organizations].

Above: Gabriel Villa, drummer
for Chicano Batman, plays in
front of a lively student crowd.
Top: The colorful light
show bounced off the trees
surrounding the quarry,
creating a unique atmosphere.
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 DANCE
What Does it Take to be on Haluan?
Dancers audition for UCSC hip-hop team
BY AMANCAI BIRABEN
Dancers mirrored one anothers
fluid torso twists or moved with eyes
closed and headphones on, whipping
out sharp movements at the Haluan
Hip-Hop Dance Troupe auditions.
When hip-hop music began blasting,
students organized themselves into
formations for the moment they had
been practicing for.
The teams three co-coordinators,
third-years Kennedy Bagnol,
Stacy Orellana and Sabrina Baos
conducted auditions on Oct. 14 after
leading three evenings of workshops
from Oct. 10-12. By the evening of
the auditions, the coordinators had
made their new team, composed of
50 to 55 members.
Bayanihan, previously known
as the Filipino Student Association,
formed Haluan, the UC Santa Cruz
urban hip-hop team, in 1992. The
team aims to promote diversity and
unite the Pilipinx population on
campus. Haluan primarily competes
in the Bay Area, however this years
team hopes to compete in Southern
California. Last year, the group won
the crowd favorite award at the
Collaboration NorCal Urban Dance
Competition.
The dance groups name, Haluan,
is Tagalog for being of mixed nature,
a principle which drives the teams
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Its such a diverse group of
people, Orellana said. Were all
finding common ground in our
passion for dance. Its really great to
relate to people that are so different
than you, but still find something
that you both love. It really brings
the community together and it helps
create strong feelings of friendship.
Each coordinator choreographed
an original dance to teach at the
workshop, which students learned
for the actual auditions. Haluan
organizes tryouts in this way to allow
for improvement, similar to the
way professional dance tryouts are
organized.
Groups of six performed the
three-piece mix before a brief
opportunity to freestyle, totaling a
10-minute tryout. Orellanas upbeat
movements to Yo Gottis Rake It Up
flowed into Baos lyrical motions to
Alina Barazs Electric, which then
shifted to Bagnols controlled steps
to Daniel Caesars Japanese Denim.
We choreographed our pieces in
certain ways so that each showcases a
certain skill that a dancer may have,
Bagnol said. We tried to be as diverse
as possible choreographically so that
way we could have a full view of the
dancer.
Bagnol, Baos and Orellana
judged the dancers the same way
Haluan is judged at competitions.
ALONSO HERNANDEZ
They rated dancers on a scale of one
to five in two main categories. The
first, execution, is based on body
control, placement and dynamics.
The second, showmanship, is based
on characteristics like confidence
and style.
The coordinators watched for
these specific elements while also
keeping a holistic perspective as
they admitted dancers who showed a
significant amount of determination
and ability to grow.
Fourth-year Kianna Mark joined
Haluan her freshman year. She
We tried to
be as diverse
as possible
choreographically
so that way we
could have a
full view of the
dancer.
Kennedy Bagnol,
co-coordinator
Dancers perform in front of a panel
of three Haluan co-coordinators
during the second round of Haluan
tryouts. The Haluan team has excelled
in competitions across the Bay Area.
During competition season, the team
practices almost every day.
said being a Haluan team member
requires attention to detail and
focus, especially during the end of
winter quarter when Haluan begins
competition season.
[We have] two to three practices
a week when were not in competition
season, from 8-11 p.m., Mark said.
When [we] near competition season,
we practice almost every day of the
week.
Mark trained in ballet from
an early age and feels other
members of Haluan broadened her
understanding of hip-hop in terms
of dynamic footwork and textures
of overall movement.Through
consistent practices, team members
heighten their understanding of hip-
hop technique.
Haluans primary goal is to elevate
the individual abilities of each team
member to tie their movement all
together. Pilipinx cultural values
bleed into the dance troupes
dynamic, Bagnol said. One of the
primary ways this occurs is through
the importance of family, a concept
that holds the team together and
drives its selection of new members.
I believe that everyone in Haluan
is first and foremost on because
they love to dance, Bagnol said.
Throughout the year, our goal is for
Haluan to become a family. So you
come for the dance but you stay for
the family.
Haluan will hold tryouts again at
the beginning of winter quarter. Visit
Haluans website at haluan.org for
more information.
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(Un)safe Spaces
A forward-thinking campus steps backward
BY CHLOE REYNOLDS
As a woman of color on the UC Santa
Cruz campus, I could really use a break
from being reminded of my otherness.
I dont go out of my way to incorporate
race into my day to day, but when white
supremacy stares back at me from a flyer
hanging on the door of a public restroom,
I feel like I am an imposter in higher
education.
By Oct. 6, the Friday of the first full
week of classes, the Office for Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) received 13
hate/bias reports for flyers promoting
white supremacy around campus, said
Campus Diversity Officer Teresa Maria
Linda Scholz. I found two of these flyers,
and there was no telling how many other
people had seen, read and possibly
absorbed their message.
IMPOSTOR The flyers paired traditionally white
propaganda images, such as Uncle Sam
SYNDROME or the nuclear white family alongside
refers to messages of white pride. They are not
overtly racist in their wording, but rather
the feeling play to the nostalgia of societal norms
internalized of the past, when people of color were
by people oppressed and scared into silence.
Theyre all going back to earlier
conditioned moments of time and, a little bit like
by society to Trumps Make America Great Again,
believe they theres the notion that there was this
ideality, good, perfect time that we should
are outsiders. go back to, said Martin Berger, interim
This often associate vice provost of academic
leads to the affairs. [...] And one reason this makes us
uncomfortable is because, at least as far
perpetuation as race goes, it was a terrible time to be
of this notion anything but a white, protestant, straight,
by the very
people
harmed by it.
Christian male. And these [flyers] make
this nostalgic reference back to this earlier
period of time, but not a particularly
good time to revisit if you didnt happen
to be totally within the mainstream.
Telling the white population on
campus to not be ashamed of its privileges
and to take pride in injustices committed
by white people communicates to people
of color that their struggles are not valid
in the world of higher education. People
of color are then told they are crying
wolf or attacking white people when
they encounter very real racism on
campus. This only perpetuates inherent
impostor syndrome felt by people of
color in college.
White supremacy did not emerge
out of 2017 or the new presidential
administration. In America, whiteness
as a concept has been developing since
indigenous peoples discovered a lost and
desperate Christopher Columbus off their
shores in 1492. Thereafter, this entitled
mentality set by colonizers kickstarted
white superiority in North America.
The organization that created the
flyers did so to communicate to white
people that they should feel no shame
in their whiteness. To feel the need to
promote white supremacist rhetoric
is white privilege at its finest. White
privilege is the ability to walk through life
in complete ignorance to societal issues
that are life-changing for people of color.
To communicate to the white individuals
on campus that they shouldnt listen to
grievances expressed by people of color
and instead ignore their privilege is
intentionally divisive.
Flyers with the same message were
found last year, promoting the same
covert white supremacist dialogue. One
hundred and forty-nine reports of hate
and bias incidents on campus were
People of color
are then told they
are crying wolf or
attacking white
people when they
encounter very
real racism on
campus.
received in the 2016-17 school year
alone. According to social media sources,
stickers demonstrating symbols of white
supremacist organizations were put up
on light posts throughout campus.
Sometimes reporting goes up, not
because there are more incidents, which
I think there are in this case, but just
because people are more comfortable
about reporting, said Martin Berger,
associate vice provost of academic affairs.
They think that something will be done,
they think its important to report. So in a
lot of ways more reporting [...] is a good
sign because people are willing to come
forward and make these reports and we
want more dialogue about these issues.
The messages communicated on
the flyers can be very detrimental to
the mental health of people of color,
but technically are not constituted as
hate speech according to both Campus
Diversity Officer Teresa Maria Linda
Scholz and UCSC Police Chief Nader
Oweis. Both the ODEI and the police
department must navigate the lines
of free speech as it applies to campus,
encouraging people to file reports or
delegating the removal of flyers.
Hate speech is protected under
the First Amendment, Oweis said.
There are some forms of speech that
are unlawful. And one form of speech
that is unlawful is a true or criminal
threat, which we would investigate like
any other crime. Sometimes individuals
will commit crimes not knowing that
theyve committed a crime because they
believe it is protected under the First
Amendment.
The fact the flyers I found do not meet
the criteria of hate speech shows what
lurks beneath the surface of this liberal
and progressive institution.
I, as a person of color, will not and do
not feel safe or supported when I hear my
university say its hands are tied. To me,
this emergence of white supremacy this
early in the year is an ominous indicator
of the campus climate in the coming
years of Trumps America. Its clear to me
the voices and hardships of people of
color are not a priority to this campus.

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 COLUMN
The Start of the Queer Legacy
in Hip-Hop of a historically
The evolution
BY DUSTIN CHOTO
Trigger warning: This article
makes references to violence against
the LGBTQIA+ community and
contains sexually explicit language.
For a music genre most
commonly regarded as the least
LGBTQIA+ friendly, mainstream and
underground hip-hop is making a
progressive shift in its subculture by
accepting the LGBTQIA+ community.
This change is making it easier for
young Black artists to find a safe space
in their community without having
to conform to the hypermasculinity
plaguing (mostly male) artists tracks.
Most of the current acceptance
and representation of the LGBTQIA+
community can be attributed to
Frank Ocean, who in 2012 came out
as bisexual through an open letter
on Tumblr detailing the love he had
for another man when Ocean was
19. Although Oceans coming out
wasnt the only factor to the increase
of LGBTQIA+ representation,
gay rappers have since become
more comfortable expressing and
embracing their sexuality in their
music.
Rapper Kevin Abstract of the boy
band Brockhampton, for example,
cited Frank Ocean as one of his
inspirations, an influence that can
be seen in his sophomore album,
American Boyfriend: A Suburban
Love Story. American Boyfriend
is a concept album about Abstracts
personal boyhood, growing up
homosexual and finding solidarity
in a world filled with hate.
Beside openly gay male rappers,
artists like dirty rap superstar
CupcakKe push boundaries with
unapologetically graphic language
in their music, offering intensely
sexual wordplay like, Come get
you a sample, lick between the
camel / Pussy taste sweet cause
I ate my pineapple. By using
such playful yet sexually
explicit lyrics, CupcakKe
rejects typical male
hypermasculinity
found in rap music and
invites hip-hop listeners
to rethink gender roles and
male dominance theyve
grown accustomed to.
Despite being borderline
obscene, these artists never
seek to hurt or offend but rather
seek to empower an oppressed
demographic within hip-hop.
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homophobic genre
Unfortunately, homophobia is
still present in modern hip-hop. On
his latest album, Issa, 21 Savage
drops a few offensive rhymes about
his discomfort with homosexuality.
On its biggest hit to date, Bad and
Boujee, Migos, specifically Quavo,
doubles down on the offensive
language by including sexist and
discriminatory lyrics, usually toward
lesbian women.
This type of explicit bigotry isnt
exclusive to artists studio projects
either. When Chief Keef performed
at The Catalyst last October, he
described his distaste for the current
era of new school hip-hop in a rant
during the middle of his concert.
Although a majority of his anger
targeted new school rappers colorful
hair styles, the Chicago rapper found
it necessary to fire obscenities into a
crowded venue, including shouting
the (other) f-word multiple times.
This is still an improvement in
relation to the violent homophobia
from hip-hops past, particularly in
90s hardcore rap. Since a majority of
the appeal behind hardcore rap was
based on obtaining street credibility
in the Black social hierarchy of the
time, anyone who didnt overtly
present their masculinity was
unfortunately attacked.
The track Stay Out of Bars by
East Coast rapper GZA details his
anger when talking to a transgender
woman at a bar. The song ultimately
ends with its protagonist shooting
her to death with a nine millimeter
handgun. This intolerance of
LGBTQIA+ folks can be attributed to
a lack of understanding of queerness,
which is associated with an absence
of queer presence in rap.
Although not exclusive to the hip-
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MIXTAPE
Queer
Necessities
Werkin Girls - Angel Haze
LGBT - Cupcakke
Jump on It - Big Freedia
New Phone (Who Dis) - Cakes
da Killa
Boom - Le1f
Love - iLoveMakonnen
Wish You Would (ft. Princess
Nokia) - Mykki Blanco
Miserable America - Kevin
Abstract
Jealous of my Boogie - RuPaul
Tear the House Up - Zebra
Katz
hop scene, there hasnt been much
gender diversity outside the typical
binary. Pansexual and agender
rapper Angel Haze is not only an
exception to this rule, they actively
speak out about their mission for
queer representation, commenting
on how queer acceptance led
to their current evolution.
Following the foundation laid out
by traditional queer theory, the
Detroit rapper believes accepting
queerness equates to a more loving
society.
Im glad theres an actual
[person] of color representing
queerness and pansexuality,
someone [...] like me in the
spotlight. You dont want to have
so many goddamned people who
are exactly the same that people
who are inherently different arent
connected to anything, Haze said
in an interview with Out Magazine.
Fortunately, there is a dedicated
group within hip-hop striving
for the same values Haze
shares. Like Haze, other
LGBTQIA+ artists
like Cakes da Killa,
iLoveMakonnen and
Big Freedia aim to
not only advocate for
queerness but they
also aspire to make hip-
hop a more welcoming
environment for all.
Even with many of the
problematic aspects of
current hip-hop, the mere
presence of LGBTQIA+ artists
in the mainstream hivemind is
cause for continual motivation
for a more inclusive music genre.

Courts Must Hold Oil Companies Accountable
Rising seas require changes to environmental law
For decades, oil companies have
tainted waterways through fracking,
spilled hundreds of millions of
gallons of unrefined crude oil in the
ocean and, most damningly, driven
climate change. Oil companies
continually push climate-denying
agendas and fail to assume any
responsibility for the damages they
cause, damages that most strongly
impact marginalized and vulnerable
communities.
To change this, San Francisco
and Oakland filed lawsuits on Sept.
19 against five major oil companies
Chevron, ConocoPhillips,
ExxonMobil, BP and Royal Dutch Shell
for the potential damages caused
by and infrastructural preparation
needed for rising sea levels. The cities
argue these companies knowingly
contributed to climate change
and disregarded harm inflicted on
vulnerable communities. The courts
must put communities and the
environment before profit and use
this opportunity to hold insidious
companies responsible.
These cities and other parts
of the Bay Area have good reason
to be concerned with rising seas.
The Union of Concerned Scientists
anticipates that 14 percent of
Oakland, 11 percent of South San
Francisco and more than half of
Alameda will be chronically flooded
meaning they will experience
flooding at least 26 days per year
by 2100. This flooding will be a direct
result of rising sea levels caused by
increasing global temperature.
As the Office of the City Attorney
of San Francisco stated in a
news release, the oil companies
contributions to global warming
have already caused sea levels to rise
in San Francisco Bay and threatened
imminent harm to San Francisco
and Oakland [...] and this ongoing
conduct exacerbates a problem that
is largely irreversible.
When low-lying areas of cities
such as San Francisco and Oakland
are damaged and uninhabitable
due to rising seas, community
members will be forced to leave
due to environmental hazards and
flooding. However, the damages
disproportionately affect low-income
communities of color, meaning many
residents in these areas will be unable
to repair property or evacuate.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) and the Centers for Disease
Control show that the Oakland
neighborhoods subject to the most
flooding house communities in the
top 25th percentile of socioeconomic
vulnerability. Most of these
EDITORIAL
neighborhoods residents hover at
about 40-50 percent of people living
below the poverty line.
Historically, companies view
costs caused by environmental
damage as externalities, or side
effects of commercial activity not
calculated into the companys
budget. Because of this mindset,
such costs and damages become the
responsibility of the government or
affected individuals. Meanwhile, the
true perpetrators of climate change,
large oil companies, face none of the
consequences and bear none of the
costs.
It is imperative that
courts use these
cases to usher in a
new environmental
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communities over
big business.
Adapting to rising seas requires
seawalls and other infrastructure to
stop or slow the effects of flooding
and protect the people who may be
impacted. It is only fair for companies
causing the damage to foot the bill.
Lawsuits against such oil
companies are part of a growing legal
movement that challenges patterns of
environmental injustice and alleviate
communities of burdens they dont
deserve. In similar litigation, San
Mateo and Marin counties are
also suing to hold oil companies
responsible for the damages flooding
will cause.
It is imperative that courts
use these cases to usher in a new
precedent one that values
vulnerable communities over big
business. The oil companies should
bear the financial burden of the
damages they cause. If the precedent
changes, an increasing amount of
externalities will be justly accredited
to and paid for by guilty companies.
Cases such as these can help
the affected communities and
begin curbing the environmentally
damaging practices of many
companies. While oil companies will
easily ignore the moral and ethical
arguments for changing their ways,
they do care about money. Lawsuits
and forced financial responsibility
encroaching on their profits may be
the incentive oil companies need to
take responsibility for their actions.
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