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UC student regent JesseCheng announced on Mondaythat he has resigned and will bereplaced by student regent desig-

nate Alredo Mireles.Cheng, a senior at UC Irvine

(UCI), has been the ocus omedia attention afer beingaccused o sexual battery earlierthis year by an ex-girlriend.While the Orange CountyDistrict Attorneys ocerejected the case due to a lack o

corroborating evidence, Chengwas ound guilty o unwantedtouching by the UCI StudentConduct Oce on March 10.

Around 20 protesters ralliedor Cheng to resign at the March16 regents meeting in San Fran-cisco. Cheng did not attend themeeting in the hopes o discour-aging such protests.

In a statement made on Mon-day, UC Board o Regents chair-man Russell Gould said Chengresigned or personal reasons,and made no mention o theConduct Oces verdict.

Cheng has maintained hisinnocence since his arrest

on Nov. 4, and has said hisdecision to step down wasnot due to his conviction.In open letter posted tothe UC student regentblog, Cheng called the

case a distraction romother serious student is-

sues, and said his decisionwas made with the best interests

o students in mind.I am stepping down now

because I think it is the rightdecision ... or the studentmovement to move orwardwithout distraction, Cheng said.

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Te United Auto WorkersLocal 2865 (UAW) union which represents nearly 12,000UC academic student employees,including teaching assistants recently elected a new governingparty afer a contested election.Academic Workers or Demo-cratic Union (AWDU) won all 10positions in the unions ExecutiveBoard.

Its the biggest change ourunion has seen, said UCSCgraduate student Sara Smith, whowas recently elected northern

vice president on the ExecutiveBoard.

United or Social and Eco-nomic Justice (USEJ), ran againstAWDU and is comprised omany incumbents rom the

previous Execu-tive Board andcampus brancheso UAW Local2865.

Filib-erto Nolasco,UC Santa BarbaraUAW head chairand USEJ member,said AWDU causedmany problems in theelection, and hopes theunion has the integrity toaddress those issues. Teelection aced poll stationshutdowns, biased electioncommittee members, intimi-dation tactics and suspiciousenvelopes, Nolasco said.

Teres a lot o diverse opin-ions on how to run the unionand these dierences need to berecognized, Nolasco said.

Te new Executive Board heldits rst meeting on Sunday andis planning a meeting open to allunion members this Saturday.

AWDU plans to work withother unions and UC workers, in

addition to osteringbetween campuses w

Local 2865.Now theres a lot

to transorm our unione] thats more eecning stronger contracsaid.

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Its an unusual disagreement.Earlier this year, American studies

aculty voted to suspend admission tothe major beginning July 2011, citingdecreased resources that greatly reducethe capacity o the program to providea quality educational experience orstudents.

However, the Academic Aairs Com-mittee on Educational Policy (CEP)has postponed the nal decision on thesuspension o American studies until

February 2012.Provost or Academic Aairs Herbie

Lee said that according to the CEP, thereare still alternative measures the Americanstudies department can take to save themajor. Lee said among the suggestionsgiven by the committee, the CEP wouldlike to see the major restructured to oper-ate within available resources rather thanbe suspended.

Department chair Eric Porter said thedelay does nothing to improve the qualityo the program.

Te status is the same, Porter said.Te aculty voted to suspend the majorbecause we dont have the adequate re-

sources or aculty to sustain the major, andwe are not getting any additional support.In 2004, the major had 10 aculty mem-

bers. By the beginning o this year, thatnumber had dropped to ve. A decreasingaculty and highly impacted classes aredriving orces behind the deterioration oAmerican studies at UC Santa Cruz.

Te proposal sent to the CEP byAmerican studies aculty allowed or themajor to be reinstated, should additionalresources become available.

Lee said disagreements between theCEP and American studies aculty abouthow to best serve students contributedto the CEPs decision not to take a rmstance on whether the major will be sus-pended or not.

In order to serve declared Americanstudies majors, the CEP is implementinga teach-out plan. Tis will keep the majoror at least two more years to ensure cur-rent students are able to graduate.

Lee said the CEP is hopeul this willgive American studies aculty time to at-tempt alternative measures to preserve themajor.

Fourth-year American studies majorFalyn Davis stated although she acknowl-edges the lack o resources and the highamount o impacted classes, its rustratingthat aculty members voted to suspend themajor rather than nd an alternative.

Te proessors seem so caring andknowledgeable, Davis said. I dontunderstand why they would just let themajor go without putting up a ght.

CEP has proposed running Americanstudies as an interdepartmental major.Tis would allow aculty rom other hu-manities departments to teach in Ameri-can studies without becoming permanentsta. American studies aculty are cur-rently working to transer proessors rom

other departments into American studies.CEP has asked aculty to provide

an update on the status o the major inDecember 2011. Te committee will thenreach a nal decision as to whether themajor will be permanently suspended byFebruary 2012, Lee said.

I dont know what the uture holds,he said. Im cautiously optimistic that wewill be able to keep the major. Tere aregreat sources and ways that we can use tomove orward with this.

Dont Call It a ComebackFinal decision on suspension o American studies postponed

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A Changing UC

by ry Mark-GrifnCampus Co-EditorproilE

nme: Noah Miskaye: Second-yearenvironmental studiesand art majorpecme: One othe 23 UCSC studentsarrested or occupyingthe Capitol, Miskas

journey as a studentactivist has led himto question the statesinvestment in higher

education.seme: I used tothink that voting wasenough.

I you or someone you knowhas been aected by budgetcuts and want to share thestory, contact us at campus@cityonahillpress.com

Student nds purpose in activism

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Most o my best riends Ive met through organizing. Tese are peowho have my back. How many people do you know would be willinarrested with you?

Noah Miska, sec

Noah Miska didnt come tocollege looking to be arrested.

But on May 9, Miska becameone o 23 UC Santa Cruz stu-dents arrested or attempting tooccupy the state capitol building.He said despite being aware othe social justice issues he nowso passionately organizes around,beore coming to UCSC his po-litical activism was more ocusedon environmental causes.

I wouldnt have been ableto tell you anything about theimportance o higher education,

Miska said.When he arrived at UCSC in

all 2009, Miska aspired to workas a lobbyist or clean energy cor-porations. o pursue this goal, hetook an environmental internshipediting the campus ood guide.

I interacted solely with acomputer or hours. It is probablyone o the ew environmentalinternships in which you neverget outside, Miska said. WhileI know activities like that are

important, they are not or me. Ineed to be around people.

Miska said education has beenimportant to him his whole lie,but he did not spend much timethinking about the social issuessurrounding educational accessuntil the UC budget crisis cameto a head last year.

While attending rallies inprotest o the 32 percent eeincreases imposed by the UCregents in early 2010, Miska said,he ound a home in the commu-nity o student activists.

Most o my best r iends Ivemet through organizing, Miskasaid. Tese are people who havemy back. How many people doyou know would be willing to bearrested with you?

Participating in the Kerr Halloccupation in November 2009was a catalyst on his journey tobecoming an active member othe student organizing commu-nity on campus.

Id been to some o the ral-lies beore, but I hadnt actually

been involved in any orm oresistance, Miska said. Protestinvolves saying, I disagree. Butresistance generally involves us-ing your body to stop somethingrom happening. Doing some-thing that radical orced me tojustiy my actions.

Trough researching the UCsystem and its budget crisis,Miska said, he ound hope.

I started learning more abouthow the university is run, andI realized that all o these eeincreases and budget cuts thatincrease class sizes are not inevi-

table, he said.Miska has ound ways toweave his passion or socialactivism with his academics.Earlier this year he organizeda peaceul protest called FreeEducation as a student inransormative Action, a classtaught by UCSC lecturer Chris-tine King. Miska had studentsuse their bodies to spell out thewords Free Education on theEast Field, while a plane ew

over to take photographs.Miska said his experiences at

UCSC have altered his viewpointon the world to such a degreethat he is unsure o what hewants to do afer graduation.

My perception o what isimportant in the world haschanged so drastically that manyo the avenues o work I couldhave imagined mysel going intopreviously no longer seem likeoptions, he said.

He has, however, elt a stron-ger pull towards the arts.

Tere are very ew o mydrawings now that dont includesome sort o social or politicalcommentary, he said.

Miska strives to ensure thathis work remains pleasing to the

eye despite its heavy ocus.

For people to be that commentary, thitsel has to be aestheing, Miska said. I ththe dierence betweeangry message sprawin spray paint and [pIt has to be apparent that you care about wsaying.

Miska sees a conntween his more radicand his artwork.

I think art can becatalyst or social chasaid. When people screative, its a microcdesire to create a newbeautiul world.

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California Budget ProposedMix o tax extensions and cuts consistent with Browns earlier strategy

Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled hislatest budget proposal on Mon-day. Lawmakers have until June15 to approve a budget.

Browns May revision includesa $500 million cut to the UC the same amount that was slatedin his January budget.

Tere is value to come outo predictability, said UC SantaCruz executive vice chancellorAlison Galloway in a budgetconversation with students heldon Wednesday on Browns eortto balance the state budget. Ithis change brings some predict-

ability, that would be an immenseload o our minds.

Brown proposed a budgeto $88.8 billion. In addition, asurprise $6.6 billion in revenueis expected to come in over thenext year. Increased revenue andalready-enacted spending cutshave also reduced the projected

size o the state deficit to $9.6billion.

His new plan still calls or anextension o taxes projected toraise $9.3 billion which are set

to expire in July, and couples thisextension with a $2.6 billion cutin spending. Te taxes them-selves are sales taxes and vehiclelicense taxes that would get afive-year extension. Additionally,a our-year extension on personalincome taxes would go into eectin 2012 i Browns proposal goesthrough.

For the tax extensions to pass,they must first be approved bythe state legislature, and thenpassed by state voters.

An all-cuts budget may stilloccur, which Brown warns, will

hit public education especiallyhard his plan asserts cuts instate unding to the UC in thiscase would be doubled to $1billion.

Based on the governors Mayrevise, UCSC is planning to copewith the $500 million cut. Vicechancellor o planning and bud-

get Peggy Delaney said duringthe conversation with Gallowayand students that absorbing thismagnitude will be deep anddevastating to every aspect o thisinstitution.

Galloway said coping with a$1 billion cut would be unsus-tainable or the university.

UC president Mark Yudo sstatement released Monday inresponse to Browns plan echoedthis sentiment. He said an all-cuts budget would be uncon-

scionable to the university, itsstudents and amilies, and to thestate that it has served or nearlya century and a hal.

Yudo and Galloway haveacknowledged that reductionsin state unding rom an all-cutsbudget would likely result inurther tuition hikes.

Contrary to what someexpected, Browns proposedbudget is a mix o extended taxesand some cuts not nearly asdraconian as some eared. Tecurrent proposed budget adds $3billion to what Brown originally

proposed spending on educa-tion, though this is still $4 billionbelow 20072008 levels.

In an April Q&A, Chancel-lor George Blumenthal andexecutive vice chancellor AlisonGalloway commented on whatthey eel certain cuts would doto the UC system, and UCSC inparticular.

I really dont believe that thecampus can responsibly takecuts o that magnitude and stillmaintain the kind o studentexperience that youve come toexpect. I think that the responses

will have to be systemic therewill have to be a major eort tobring additional money into thesystem, and thatll have to bedone on a systemwide basis, saidBlumenthal o the possibilityo the UC system suering a $1billion hit.

Galloway also made it clearthat the administration was tak-ing the possibility o massive cutsseriously.

Just right now, wpolicies in all the priwith what they thinking to cut, Gallowaywhat were doing righcross-reading those,

unit finds that a servwhich it depended isthat they have been lexpenses that they dipate.

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creation, mirrors Bluopinion o the role osystem, but Blument

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Colloquium: LiteratureUndergraduate Department.Humanities 1, Room 210.9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free.

Film: La Carta: Womenand Violence on theBorderlands. EngineeringAuditorium 101. 6:30 to 9p.m. Free.

Perormance: Te Seagull.Teater Arts ExperimentalTeater. 7 p.m. $11 students/seniors, $12 general. Eventrepeats through 5/22, seearts.ucsc.edu or additionalshowtimes.

Perormance: ChautauquaFestival o Student Teater.Teater Arts Second Stage.7 to 9 p.m. Free. Event

repeats through 5/29, seearts.ucsc.edu or additionalshowtimes.

Film: Dead Ringer.Communications Building,Studio A. 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.Free.

Film: La Carta:CrossdisciplinaryPerspectives on HumanRights in the Americas.Merrill Cultural Center. 7 to9 p.m. Free.

riday, May 20

Discussion: errorizingWomen: Feminicide in theAmericas. College NineNamaste Lounge. 12 to 2p.m. Free.

Perormance: Oresteserrorist. Teater ArtsMainstage. 7 to 9 p.m.$12 students/seniors, $15general. UCSC undergradsreceive one ticket ree withvalid ID.

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sunday, May 22 Conerence: Women, Jews

and Venetians. Humanities1, Room 210. 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Free.

Concert: Electronic MusicStudio Concert Leversand Wheels. Music CenterRecital Hall. 7:30 to 9:30p.m. Free.

Monday, May 23

Lecture: From urangito angier: Creativity,Collaboration, and Critiquein Postcolonial Cinemasby Peter Limbrick.Communications Building,Room 150 (Studio C). 6 to 8p.m. Free.

tuEsday, May 24 Discussion: AIRC Brown

Bag Lunch with AmyLonetree. Ethnic ResourceCenter Lounge. 12:00 to 1:30p.m.

Discussion: Palestineand International Law.Classroom Unit 1. 8 p.m.Free.

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Lecture: ReciprocalAlterities, Questions oPoethics or Dicultimes by Joan Retallack.Humanities 1, Room 210.4 to 5:30 p.m. Free.

Exhibition: Irwin Scholars o2011. Porter College SesnonGallery. Reception rom 5to 7 p.m. Gallery on display

through 6/11. Free. Discussion: Graduate School

Q&A. InterdisciplinarySciences Building, Room221. 5 to 6 p.m. Free.

Perormance: CulturalSolidarity Night. StevensonEvent Center. 7 p.m.

Lecture: Annual CsarChvez Convocation.College 9/10 Multi-purposeroom. 7 to 9 p.m. Free.

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Film: Army o Darkness.Del Mar Teatre. 11:59 p.m.$6.50. Event repeats 5/21.

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Perormance: SantaCruz Beach BoardwalkSeason Kicko. SC Beach

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Scramble Urban ScavengerHunt. Register at LaurelPark. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Art: 16th Annual OpenArchitecture our. Habitator Humanity Santa Cruz.10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $32 admitstwo people.

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Concert: John Craigie,Sherry Austin Band withSharon Allen. KuumbwaJazz Center. 7:30 p.m. $20advance, $24 door.

Perormance: Queer Queenso Comedy. Rio Teatre. 8p.m. $20.

Concert: Wooster, JaredMees and the GrownChildren, Halsted. TeCrpe Place. 9 p.m. $10

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SlutWalk Comes to Santa CruzProtesters march through Santa Cruz to support reedom o physical expression

Cars honked as wet cardboardsigns waved in the air throughoutthe streets o Santa Cruz Sundaymorning. Despite the rain, about100 protesters came out to par-ticipate in SlutWalk Santa Cruz,one o many protests held underthe same name in dierent citiesacross the nation.

SlutWalk is a movementresponding to a statement madeby oronto police representa-tive Michael Sanguinetti inJanuary. In a class regarding rapeat Osgoode Hall Law School,Sanguinetti said, Women shouldavoid dressing like sluts in ordernot to be victimized.

Despite his apologies, thisstatement has sparked contro-versy throughout the nation.

Santa Cruz protesters saidthey wanted to advocate or theidea that women should not beblamed or being victims o vio-

lent sexual crimes solely based onthe way they physically expressthemselves.

Nothing that anyone doesjusties them being raped, ever,said Kristen Watkins, a SantaCruz local who attended theevent. Rape is rape and its neverexcusable.

Slut shaming as it is knownamong the protesters, is a prac-tice activists like Watkins aretrying to discourage. Te term

reers to victims o rape becom-ing the accused due to the clothesthey wear or the general way theypresent themselves. A number oprotests have been started nation-wide, and the movement hasspread to the city o Santa Cruz.

Rape in Santa Cruz hasincreased in recent years. Teamount o rape incidents hasdoubled rom 2009 to 2010, ac-cording the SCPD website.

Te march started in SanLorenzo Park and proceededthrough downtown Santa Cruz.Tere was a large turnout to theevent, despite the drizzly weather.Tis was due in part to organiza-tion through a Facebook group.Prior to the event, the group had955 members attending.

We are asking you to join usor SlutWalk, to make a uni-ed statement about sexualassault and victims rights andto demand respect or all, theFacebook event page read. Youneednt claim the word slut oryoursel whether a ellow slut

or simply an ally you donthave to wear your sexual proclivi-ties on your sleeve, we just askthat you come ... walk or roll orstrut or holler or stomp with us.

Troughout the day, chantslike Yes means yes, no meansno, and Rape is bad, sluts aregood, lled the air.

Jesse Clampitt, who attendedUC Santa Cruz until spring 2010,traveled rom Salinas to make it

out to the walk.Its all about putting sel-

empowerment back to people,Clampitt said. It doesnt matteri you are a man, a woman, atransgender, whatever. Its abouttaking back the word slut andempowering your body and whatyou do, and teaching that rapeis not OK no matter what thecircumstances are.

UCSC third-year Alison

OConnor participated in theevent and shared the sentimentso other protesters.

Im sick and tired o livingin a culture that supports therapist rather than the victim,OConnor said. Te wholeidea that dressing in a positiveway that embraces your emalesexuality or any sexuality thatyou have makes you a slut ... isbizarre.

Participants like OConnorhoped they would get their mes-sage across to the general public,changing the perception o theideas o rape and physical expres-

sion.Barbara Lindsey is a grand-

mother who joined the event.She said she hoped her pres-ence shows how this issue a-ects women o all ages.

Slut-on power or all mygranddaughters everywhere, andmy grandsons, she said. Free-dom or the people [o] expres-sion everywhere.

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Organic arming took thestage at Kuumbwa Jazz Centerlast week when locals came to-gether to discuss Te Future oFood on May 11. Sponsored byUC Santa Cruzs College Eight,Santa Cruz County Bank and thecity o Santa Cruz, the lecturewas one o a monthly series thatexamines community and civicissues.

In this lecture series, weretrying to bring community lead-ers together to address local aswell as global issues, Santa Cruzmayor Ryan Coonerty said in awelcome address to the audience.

Four local agriculture special-ists explained some trends inAmerican ood consumption andproduction. Tey spoke aboutrecent horticulture technologyand ood movements that couldchange the way the world growsood.

Scott Roseman, UCSC alum-nus and ounder o New LeaCommunity Markets, said theUnited States has a monopolized

system o actory arming thatprovides ood or most o thecountry. He said there is a smallbut growing organic armingmovement.

Te current state o the oodsituation is pretty messed up, hesaid. We spend so much moneyon things we dont need, but wewont spend a little more moneyto eat organic.

Films have been made about

the horrors o conventional oodproduction, like Food, Inc. andinternet sensation Te Meatrix.Books have been written aboutthe moral implications o eatingood produced in this environ-ment, like Michael PollansOmnivores Dilemma and EricSchlossers Fast Food Nation.

Maureen Wilmot, UCSCalumna and executive director othe Organic Farming ResearchFoundation, said her biologybackground and work in oceanconservation made her skepticalo arming because o its negative

environmental impacts.We in the ocean community

always saw arming as part o theproblem, she said. However,organic arming is part o thesolution to save the ocean.

Organic arms conserve waterand soil while reducing pollution.Tey depend on natural ertil-izers rather than chemical onesand pulling weeds rather thanspraying them.

Runo rom actory armscan be harmul to the ocean andwater sources or local communi-ties. Some innovators o agri-culture, like Randall Grahm oBonny Doon Vineyard, are tryingnew methods and substances toimprove their products and theland they grow on.

One o the substances Grahmis testing, called biochar, couldaddress global warming concernsand regenerate unusable soil.

Biochar is a kind o charcoalthat activates when mixed withsoil, he said. It makes avorable

minerals available to the plantwhile it increases the productsshel lie and nutritional value. Itslike reverse coal mining.

Another project Randall isworking on is the creation o apolyculture breeding method.Rather than providing a armingenvironment with one type ogrape, Randall hopes to increasediversity in his vineyard and cre-ate hybrids.

We want to create a geneticrange in our vineyards, he said.Were going to see what winetastes like rom a diversity o

hybrid types.Olivia Chiu, a third-year

Oakes student, said she enjoyedthe insights panelists brought tothe discussion.

I liked the message [the pan-elists] sent, she said. Farmingaects not only local communi-ties but globally too. Its impor-tant to consider this right nowbecause a lot o cities are workingtoward reducing their carbonootprint.

Te UCSC Farm has beenthreatened with cuts recently.Wilmot said it is crucial thatsteps be taken to preserve pro-grams at the arm.

One o [the Organic FarmingResearch Foundations] goals is tosee organic arming at every landgrant university in this country,she said. We see arming educa-tion as so important becauseplaces like the UCSC Farm teachstudents to eed the next genera-tion.

Dennis Donohue, a local

radicchio grower and mayor oSalinas, was also on the panel. Hedescribed the Salinas Valley as apatchwork o amily arms.

Wilmot said unregulated useo supermarket ood lingo, likenatural, resh and local,makes it dicult or certiedorganic arms to compete.

Te term organic is the onlyederally certied label, Wilmotsaid. Organic arming is oneo the ew industries asking ormore regulation. Tey want theother labels to mean something.

Roseman said natural as

a descriptor or meat is abusedand thereore meaningless toconsumers. O his own company,he said New Lea is commit-

ted to selling meats ttreated with hormonics, nitrates or other additives.

Its rustrating bedoing it right, RosemBut other companiehalway or not at all the natural label on t

Wilmot said a comeconomic and politicis the best way or into help urther enviroriendly arming pra

We need market and political orces,

said. You need to wrelected ocials and apolitically active andconsumer.

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City on a Hill Press asked UC Santa Cruz athletes from a wide

variety of sport backgrounds about their eating habits, both in

and out of season. The athletes offered advice and encourage-

ment to aspiring athletes who want to improve their perfor-

mance and to students who are seeking a healthier lifestyle.

Sandor Callahan, a senior and trackand eld star, has a passion or t-

ness. o perorm at his peak, Calla-han exercises his diet control as seriouslyas his workouts.

Callahan said he careully monitors hisdiet to make sure it conorms to his work-out schedule. Afer a workout, Callahanimmediately eats a small but nutrient-richsnack to replenish his body.

[Ill have] maybe a peanut butter andapple sandwich with all-natural organicpeanut butter and banana on whole wheatbread, Callahan said. Or the Cli Bar the all-natural, 70 percent organic Cli Bar because thats got the right amount ocalories you need and the right amount oprotein. You want 190 to 300 calories and10 grams o protein within the hour.

o ease into a more nutritious diet, Cal-lahan advised new athletes to try replac-ing junk ood with healthier options in

gradual steps.Its ofen hard to go cold turkey

start with substitution, Call ahan said.Maybe start with what you normally haveor dinner, but instead o white rice, havebrown rice. Have healthy snacks through-out the day instead o chips. Make yourown granola, your own trail mix.

A vigorous, healthy diet must bematched by an equally hearty workout,Callahan said, and athletes should exerciserequently and eat many small mealsthroughout the day to maintain an activemetabolism.

When you start to cut out all yourood, you take away rom your muscles be-cause it slows down your metabolism andyou get sluggish, Callahan said. You needsmaller, more requent meals throughoutthe day. Especially afer weightlifing, itsreally important to eat within the hour.

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For sophomore Jessica Meyer, run-ning is all about balance: not just inthe sport, but in her diet, too.

Te most important part o her diet,she said, is the act that she strives to eatdiverse meals that satisy all o her bodysneeds.

My diet is about balance, Meyer said.Its about getting in the nutrients that the

body needs.Specically, she cites protein andvegetables as necessities in every meal,while gluten and dairy products should beavoided. In the days beore meets, she de-aults to gluten-ree pasta with resh veg-gies and chicken. Its a meal that covers allher bases, allowing her to get lean protein,

greens and carbohydrates all at once.On the morning o a meet, she chooses

to go with simpler oods. Less heavy oodslike ruit dont weigh her down, insteadgiving her body the energy it needs to goout and run.

While the cross country team is only inseason or less than hal o the year, Meyermade the point that runners really cannot

take a break. Since o-season trainingdoesnt dier too much rom the type oworkout runners use while in-season,the diet o a runner doesnt get much o abreak, either.

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I you want to eat anything you want and nothave to worry too much about the consequenc-es, sophomore Austin Brown has a solution or

you: join the rugby team.Te rugby diet is not a very strict one, Brown

said. Probably no ood is o-limits during theseason.

Tat sort o reedom doesnt come without acost, though. Brown says the heavy consumption oood is only possible because the rugby workoutsare so demanding.

In particular, rugby players tend to load up onprotein, as building muscle is essential to theirsport. In addition to meat-heavy meals, Brown

said, protein shakes are certainly a viable option orsomeone who is looking to get into rugby shape.

I personally dont [use protein shakes], Brownsaid. But there are a lot o guys that do becauseits cheaper than normal ood. A protein shake ischeaper than a steak.

However, Brown said, a bulky diet alone wi ll notmake a rugby player.

Rugby isnt a sport just about being strong andt, he said. It comes to a lot o dierent athletic[body] types, so practice CrossFit stu as well.

As a junior and a captain on the womenswater polo team, Chelsea Henry said expe-rience has taught her to maintain a rigorous

eating regimen in the o-season to keep her bodyprepared or the next seasons challenges.

I cut back I denitely dont eat as much inthe o-season, and I shouldnt, because Im notburning as many calories a day, Henry said. Iwork on portion control Ill eat a tiny little bit osomething, then think, I shouldnt eat the rest o it,because Im not about to swim ten thousand yards.

Henry said that during the season, water poloplayers have to adopt an unusual eating pattern toaccommodate their practice schedule.

Because o practice time, I eat at a dierenthours than most people would, Henry said. Our

afernoon practice is 2 to 4 [p.m.], so during seasonI always have to eat an early dinner. Ten Im goodor the rest o the evening, so I cant really eat late atnight.

Henry said sticking to a healthy diet can be achallenge, even or an experienced athlete. Whensel-control ails or her, she uses physical exerciseto make up or it.

Tats why I exercise I have a huge sweettooth, Henry said. Tats why I orce mysel towork out almost every day, even in the o-season,because Im really weak when it comes to havingsel-control with some ood.

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Soccer players need energy. With a solid 90minutes o cardio on game days, it is impera-tive players structure their diets in a way that

provides them with the uel to keep going or theduration o the game. Tats why senior EricaWheeler-Dubin makes sure she stays hydrated andstores up carbohydrates in the days beore games.

Usually beore games we try to have pastanights as a team, Wheeler-Dubin said. We meettogether at a players house and have pasta, somesalad, and a dessert like cookies.

And when it comes to the morning o the game,Wheeler-Dubin chooses to pack light. She staysaway rom heavier oods, insisting it is easier or

her to go on a relatively empty stomach with onlylighter oods that pack high energy, like ruits.

I dont like a heavy meal in any way, Wheeler-Dubin said. Maybe an egg or two, or oranges, butreally nothing heavy.

But aside rom game days, Wheeler-Dubin said,almost anything goes.

During the season I kind o allow mysel to eatwhatever I want because o how hard Im working,Wheeler-Dubin said. I know that i its not thatgreat or me, Im going to work it o.

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A World with More BirthdayColleges Against Cancer raises over

$21,000 in Relay or Lie

by a Hess-MatsmotoSports Editor

Cancer never sleeps.Tis was the motto o the 2011

Relay or Lie, a 24-hour cancerawareness event and undraiser.Te relay, which began at 10 a.m.Saturday morning, was the thirdtime that a Relay or Lie hasbeen hosted at UC Santa Cruz.

Ever since the rst Relay orLie in 1985, millions o people cancer survivors, amilies andriends o the victimized, andothers still across the nationhave been inspired to do thesame, raising hundreds o mil-lions o dollars each year or theAmerican Cancer Society.

On Saturday, hundreds opeople gathered to help the causeby either raising unds, running,walking or by motivating otherswho looped around the OP-ERS East Field track. Openingalongside the NCAA mens tennisregional tournament and againstclouds that threatened to turnor the worse and l ater would turnout or the relay waspleasantly higher than expectedby some.

Rohan Prabhakar, a third-

year student volunteer with theSanta Cruz chapter o the studentorganization Colleges AgainstCancer, said he was pleased withthe amount o people who haddecided to join the cause.

Tings turned out really well,considering the weather, Prabha-kar said. We had well over 300450 registered participants beorethe start, and with the number opeople that have passed throughso ar, Id say were up at around600 people.

Many had personal reasons tobe there. Mimi Stroud, a second-year with the Student VolunteerCenter relay team, was motivatedto participate afer the death oher ather when she was 12.

Ive always wanted to becomeinvolved, Stroud said. Tere isa history o cancer in my amily,and, well, when my ather died ithad a tremendous impact on mylie. Im glad Im out here today I think its worth it.

While the sun was overhead,

participants and passersby gath-ered reely about the relays orga-nization bazaar. Tere, the sweetscent o reshly baked cupcakeswas met with the harsher hint orubbing alcohol. Relay teams soldeverything rom henna tattoosto handcrafed bracelets. Whilesifing through the goods andservices rom one display table tothe next, shoppers also enjoyedlive perormances rom groupsincluding Grupo Folklorico andthe Indian Student Organization.

Flitting about rom tents toorganizers and back was ourth-year Colleges Against Cancerpresident eji Kapadia, check-ing to make sure the relay wentswimmingly.

Last year we elt like teamswerent interacting enough,Kapadia said. We put in a loto time making sure to promoteunity and interaction this year.

Having already put in 1418hour days preparing the eventthe previous week, Kapadia saidshe was determined or this yearsRelay or Lie to be nothing shorto a success.

eji has been relentless inworking on this event, volunteerPrabhakar said. We were wor-ried when so many o the originalounding members o [the UCSCchapter o Colleges AgainstCancer] graduated, but shes putcountless hours into making thishappen.

And it shows.In 2009, UCSCs rst Relay or

Lie raised roughly $10,000. Lastyear, about $26,000. While thetotal amount or this year wontbe announced until Friday, ejiprojected this years relay at over$21,000.

Te symbolic gesture madeby the relayers to carry on orthe entire 24 hours held truethroughout the night. Even at 4a.m., as the storm rains and coldwinds punished the relayers some without poncho or coat tospeak o they could still beound making their rounds aboutthe track.

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by Ptt WatsonDriving into the Santa Cruz Mountains,

it is ofen saer to ocus on the winding roadahead than to look around you. But through theorest to either side o the highway is disperseda vibrant community o viticulturalists andvintners involved in a renowned wine industry.Winemaking in the Santa Cruz Mountains

started in the mid-1800s when homesteadersplanted vineyards where patches o the redwoodorest had been logged. Santa Cruz mountainwines rose in global prominence and in the1960s and 1970s the regional premium wineindustry took o.

In 1981, areas rom Santa Clara, SantaCruz and San Mateo were classied as the rstmountainous American Viticultural Area. Teappellation, a dened geographic area in whichvines can be grown, is very diverse. Te changing

elevations, Pacic Ocean, San Francisco Bay andwarm inland al l contribute to microclimates,which allow vineyards to produce surprisinglydiverse grapes.

o learn more I traveled to Muns Vineyard,which is situated 20 minutes east o Highway17 near Loma Prieta at 2600 eet. Teir highelevation keeps them above og and allows themto grow cool-climate grapes like their popularPinot Noir. Almost entirely a vineyard, Munsprocesses its grapes into wine at wineries aroundthe summit area.

Te next week I visited Hallcrest Vineyards

in Felton. Situated lower down at 400 eetbetween large slopes to the west and east, it ismuch older than Muns. Hallcrest was one o thelargest wineries in the Santa Cruz Mountainsin the 1940s. In 1987 the Schumacher amilybought the site, revived the vineyards and startedproducing popular wines rom grapes across theappellation.

Tere are many vineyards, ranging rom largeproductions to backyard projects, and over 70wineries in the mountains.

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Foodtography Inspires CreativFood blogs bring wildest culinary dreams to lie

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ts lustul, its sinul, its absolutely and atrociously American. Bacon, cheese, chocolate, but-ter and doughnuts have seemingly been eatured in more Internet photos than supermodel GiseleBndchen at her nest. Food blogging has reached a new height in the past ew years, thanks to the

sharp rise in social networking, and has captured gluttonous appetites across the nation.A quarter o all photos shared on social media sites are ood-related, according to the research o

digital agency 360i, but people are almost never in the pictures. Only 10 percent o hundreds o photosobserved in a 360i ocus group included human beings. In combination with the Internet photographyrenzy, oodtography has made a mark on blogsto a point where numerous blogs dedicated purelyto showcasing ood have been created and havegained enormous popularity.

We proudly present: a guide to theood website movement that will eitherleave you ravenous or nauseous.

Similar to Yelp.com, this website allows peopleto search or yummy oods by location. Ontop o allowing you to look at delicious ood

photos, the website provides the location andrestaurant, including the name o the dish. Flag-ging tools such as nom it and want it allowpeople to rate the dishes. Tis website is not onlyappealing to look at, but also ecient, as it allowsa much more in-depth review o a restaurant byspecically rating individual dishes. Te usual

snarky pretentiousness ound in restauis thankully nonexistent in this site, bbloggers who upload their yummy nddoing it to show o their gastronomic or their ne taste buds. Tese olks simood and just want to share it with the ect or anyone with a specic craving,is a oolproo tool that allows people torestaurant knowing exactly what they even looking at the menu.

his website is or serious, hardcore ood-ies. Anyone who uses this website is simplydoing it to look at ood. Tere are no in-

structions as to how to obtain these dishes, as mosto the photos are snapshots o homemade oods.Tere are no recipes, no rating system, and cer-tainly no directions on how to gain access to theseheavenly bites. While it is rustrating to the hungryperson who can do nothing but simply stare atthese oods, there is a down-to-earth warmthabout the collection o photos as it reminds you oipping through your old photos o past birthdays,

eaturing hal-eaten slices o your momder honey Earl Grey tea cake with buttrosting. Tere is a connection that youlooking at these homemade dishes a busy mom taking all day to create heters avorite German chocolate cake obirthday, or a proud husband spendingslaving away to make his wies avoriteanniversary. Te pride and admirationjumps o the page and inspires the viethe next big step o experimenting in tto create something just as unique.

his blog was created by two people who de-cided to post photos o the most gluttonous,attening, heart-stopping ood creations

imaginable. Te blog has gained extreme popular-ity in the past ew years countless people havecontributed to the site and posted their own gro-tesque cholesterol masterpieces or people o theworld to east their eyes on. Te blog consists o

such culinary monsters as a KFC pie, aand mashed potato parait, a winkie cencased in strawberry Jell-O, a bacon bbourbon bacon pecan pie, a bacon mugwith cheddar cheese, ried cookie dougbutter-beer. Te blog displays enough obacon dishes to make even Paula Deenhead in disapproval.

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Its very rare to seeood being made ino you and to look cook in the eye a restaurant you do

ally get that.

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Valerie Luu doesnt work at a desk.

Underneath a orest o skyscrap-ers, between the lamp posts andre hydrants o San Francisco, Luu andothers cook and serve ood on the citysstreets.

Afer graduating with a bachelorsdegree in sociology rom UC Santa Cruz,Luu wanted to be her own boss, and didntwant to go to graduate school immedi-ately, so she decided to head to one o theworlds biggest bustling centers odiversity San Francisco.

I do dishes rom my childhood, shesaid. So basically, I recreate dishes that Ienjoyed growing up with.

Luu runs a small pop-up restaurant a temporary eating acility that pops up

in a neighborhood called Little Knock.On an April night she is grilling up streetood with Katie Kwan, owner o pop-upKitchen Sidecar, in their joint venture,Rice Paper Scissors (RPS). Tey are serv-ing up pt bnh m buns, sweet stickyrice and tapioca drinks outside o AmoebaMusic on Haight Street, in a collaborativeevent with Cambodian-pop group DengueFever. Afer the band nished their set,Luu and Kwan rushed to meet the afer-show crowd outside with woks, grills andred stools. Amid all the ood, people andmusic, Luus at home.

Start-up entrepreneurs like Luuare ocking to cities across the United

States to try their hand at buildingsmall businesses in an industry that hasrelatively little start-up costs and is ueledby Facebook and witter. With a hope anda tweet, vendors like Luu and Kwan headinto the city with trucks, tables and grillsto make a living.

Phil Carter, a UCSC alumnus eating atAmoeba, said street ood is easy to like.

Its something dierent, and its quickand its easy, he said. It supports people inthe community. People like that and wantthat.

Now more than ever, pop-uprestaurants and ood trucks are thriving.Many cater events, have a strategic routeand serve unique, gourmet ood. Tesehometown businesses, whether in a truckor behind a table, are a good exampleo the alternative ood revolution thatis occurring in the Bay Area, as well asseveral other major U.S. cities.

And or good reason. In 2007, the Foodand Agriculture Organization, an agencyo the United Nations, estimated thatroughly 2.5 billion people eat street oodevery day worldwide. One in our peoplehad visited a ood truck in the previous sixmonths, a 50 percent jump rom the year

beore, according to an American ExpressMarket Brieng report in July 2010. TeNew York imes recently wrote an articleabout the San Francisco UndergroundMarket, a monthly event in which pop-upscollaborate together, and highlights thisever-growing trend.

Besides the struggles o running a smallbusiness, street ood vendors ace other big

challenges. Food trucks and pop-ups mustcarry all the cooking supplies they needwith them. As they are mobile businesses,they have to strategize their locations, howofen they tweet, and when to collaborate.

Its dicult, Luu said. Its made mebecome a perectionist, because you needto be on your shit, and you need to knowwhere everything is and what needs tohappen beore you do it.

While Luu and Kwan collaborate orRPS, and other pop-ups work side-by-side

at the San Francisco Underground Market,ood trucks are also nding that its helpulto come together.

Many in the ood truck communitygathered or round two o SJ Eats: A Mov-able Feast on May 7, a San Jose conven-tion-estival o 20 ood trucks, live musicand, according to its Facebook page, over1,600 oodies.

An entire street in San Pedro Squarewas closed or the event, with trucks lin-ing the sidewalk. It was advertised almostentirely through its online presence onFacebook.

Ryan Sebastian, owner o ice creamood truck reatbot, helped organize theevent and said most meals street vendorscook are ready to eat, have small portionsand are very niche.

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thing thats really good, and people ollowyou anywhere or it, he said.

Amir Hosseini, owner o Curry UpNow, an Indian ood truck also present atthe event, said being online isnt necessary,but denitely helps.

We started o pushing Facebook andwitter to reach out to our an base, hesaid. Were in a mobile industry, so ourcustomers need to know where we are.

He said being online helps, i onlybecause its ree.

Were on witter and Facebook, and

we dont spend money on advertising,because every time we post something itsviewed 5,000 times, he said. Denitelymost o our trac comes rom witter.

Hosseini explained that at the sametime, however, its usually ones dish thatmakes one successul.

Its all about your product, he said.With ood trucks at an event like this,youll get a lot o people who are actuallyoodies, who will wait in line or an hourto get good ood, who are going to try a loto dierent things.

Despite the growing popularity o streetood, pop-up restaurants are technicallyillegal. Unlike ood trucks, most pop-upsdo not have a business license or healthpermit.

Sec. 184.81 o the San Francisco Munic-ipal Code states mobile ood acilities maynot operate without a permit rom thehealth department and re marshal. Likerestaurants, ood trucks and pop-ups bothneed to pass numerous health inspectionsto run legally. Tey are highly regulated bythe city in which they operate, and to belegal they must pay over $1,000 in ees.

Cabana Daves Gul Coast Catering, aCaribbean-Cajun style catering company

based out o the East Bay, opened its rstood truck several weeks ago. Owner andhead che David Victor said it has beenun so ar.

Its new and exciting, he said. Youknow, everybodys gotta eat, and its coolto be able to talk and interact with yourcustomer.

He added that he is araid or pop-uprestaurants.

Us ood trucks, we have to pass healthregulations, get business permits, rent outour spaces, and pop-ups dont, he said.

Someday theyre going to end up hurtingsomeone.

Many customers dont see the risk,however. Luu said she thinks street ood isthe saest ood there is.

Its very rare to see your ood beingmade in ront o you and to look yourcook in the eye even at a restaurant youdont really get that, she said.

Andrew Strader, Environmental HealthServices inspector o Santa Cruz County,said these risks are present but easilyminimized.

Te risks associated with street oodare the same as those at home, he said.Tese guys are trying to set a workingkitchen up, and they have a couple hoursto [do it], so theyre hustling. It kind o justdepends on the individuals and how muchood saety training they have, and howmuch emphasis that they put on that.

While they are subject to the samelegal and health regulations as anyother restaurant, Luu said nes andpunishments are scarce.

I eel ortunate to live in a city wherethese things happen, she said. Te cityin a way kind o allows it to happen theyre not cracking down and custom-

ers are supportive and want it. Tere is alot o underground ood going down inthe city, so not everyone has a permit. Noteveryone is working out o a commercialkitchen. Tere is a precedent set that itsOK or now, or OK until someone getssick.

Te New York imes article reportedthe Te San Francisco UndergroundMarket helps pop-ups get around theseregulations, since it is a club.

Te underground market seeks toencourage ood entrepreneurship by

helping young vendors avoid roughly$1,000 a year in ees including those orhealth permits and liability insurance required by legitimate armers markets,Patricia Leigh Brown writes in the imesstory. Here, where the ood rave call it a crave was born, the marketorganizers sidestep city health inspectionsby operating as a private club, requiringthat participants become members andsign a disclaimer noting that ood mightnot be prepared in a space that has beeninspected.

While street ood in the Bay Area isbooming, Santa Cruz has seen very little.Apart rom a ew Spanish ice cream cartsand hot dog stands, not much exists.

Gary Willett, o Garys Old FashionedSnappy Dogs, is one o the ew street oodvendors in Santa Cruz. He will have beenat the corner o Younglove Avenue andMission Street or ve years selling hotdogs and sausages come Sept. 19. He saidpart o the lack o street ood in SantaCruz has to do with the citys zoning laws.

Te cities have all dierent l aws, Wil-lett said. In Santa Cruz you have to be on

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The petite girl clad in tight-tting black is the sameheight as the dumpster

shes climbing into. Luckily, halthe dumpsters lid is alreadylifed back, so she doesnt have toworry about drawing attentionwith the clatter o swinging backthe heavy hatch top.

With both hands expertly

placed along the dumpsters rim,she lowers hersel into the abysso the ve-oot-tall metal recepta-cle. She emerges with a backpackull o loaves o bread. She raiseshersel out the same way sheclimbed in with a jump. Tedumpster dive is a success.

With limited budgets, studentsare orced to satisy their stom-achs with alternative methods tothe routine trip to the grocerystore. Starving students arent justa myth. For many students at UCSanta Cruz and colleges acrossthe country, struggling with hun-

ger is a day-to-day real ity.Tird-year literature majorRoy Lopez occasionally turns todumpster diving when his undsare low.

Its like survival o the ttest,Lopez said. But instead o hav-ing good traits to survive, i youhave money, you can survive.

According to CNN Money,rising ood prices led 44 millionpeople to poverty since last June.Between January 2010 and Janu-

ary 2011, bread rose 4 cents perpound, ground bee rose 16 centsper pound, cheddar cheese rose42 cents and coee rose 61 cents.

In addition, those who cantaord to eat healthily may acelong- and short-term physicalimpediments. According to theSkidmore College website, poornutrition can cause people to eel

lethargic and depressed and canlead to diabetes, cardiovascular

disease, hypertension, osteoporo-

sis and iron deciency anemia inthe uture.Food and housing are ac-

counted or in the UndergraduateStudent Cost o Attendance/Stan-dard Budget every year, accord-ing to UCSCs Financial Aid andScholarship Oce.

Based on the 20102011survey results and a standardizedmethodology or all UC cam-puses, UCSC assumes a studentliving o-campus will spend

$10,437 on ood and housingthis school year. In nine months,a student is expected to spend$1,159.67 on ood and housingper month.

In comparison, Lopez spendsaround $790 on ood and hous-ing per month. Rent is $490 amonth, and he budgets or about$50 worth o ood a week. But

sometimes he breaks his budget.I end up spending more just

because I get hungrier than I

thought I would, Lopez said.UCSC nancial aid directorAnn Draper said in her experi-ence, students do not usuallyseek advice rom the nancial aidoce about aording ood. Moreofen, she said, students say theystruggle with nding a job.

While nancial aid coversLopezs tuition, hes nancially in-dependent and pays or rent andood when he has the money.

He cuts costs and minimizes

his bills by opting not to own aphone or car.

Lopez earns cash by sellingcans and small used technologi-cal devices he nds. His trustytool is Craigslist, where he sellsthe items and nds temporaryjobs perorming unskilled l abor.

Over a span o ve to sevenhours on campus, Lopez gathers

about $10 worth o cans, whichlls two huge trash bags. Aferexchanging them or money, hecan eat.

From there, I usually go toBurger King or aco Bell or Mc-Donalds, because those are thecheapest places, Lopez said. Iusually get the value meal. Ill getthat three times a day, breakast,lunch and dinner, i need be.

Lopez said he realizes astood is not the most nutritiousor cost-ecient way to eat, so hecooks when he has the provi-sions.

What Ive been doing re-cently is stealing groceries romrader Joes, he said. Im hoping[the ood will] last me a littleover a week because I got mostlyingredients ... I can make morethings, instead o eat one thingand then itll be gone. Knowinghow to cook or yoursel reallycuts down on the amount omoney you spend on ood.

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am Cew: For seven years, the Salvation ArmysFood Pantry has provided ree bread andpastries Monday through Friday. Once amonth, amilies and individuals are allowedone bag o non-perishable items like cannedtuna and macaroni and cheese.

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w: CalFresh is the new name or the FoodStamps program.

w Qfe: College students qualiyi theyre working more than 20 hours perweek, are approved or state or ederallyunded work study, are responsible or achild under six years old, or are a ull-timeenrolled single parent and responsible or achild under 12 years old. Tey also must bebetween the ages o 1849 and enrolled inschool hal- or ull-time.

when ree ood providers are noteasily accessible.

You have to steal because youneed ood at certain times o theday, and the ree options arentalways available, Lopez said.Tere are only certain timeso day the church can give youthings.

Lopezs ood supplier o choiceis the Salvation Army on LaurelStreet.

For seven years, the Salvation

Armys Food Pantry has providedree bread and pastries Mondaythrough Friday. Once a month,amilies and individuals are al-lowed one bag o non-perishableitems like canned tuna and maca-roni and cheese.

Nothing is lef by the endo the day, said Denise Acosta,social services director or theLaurel Street Salvation Army.

She noticed students comeand go with the school year.

We do have a lot o students,but no more than homelesspeople, Acosta said.

On campus, Lopez utilizesthe dining halls even thoughhe doesnt have a meal plan. Hestands outside and asks studentsgoing in i they can guest-swipehim in.

Occasionally Lopez will try toget swiped himsel by pretendingto have a meal plan.

Its easier when its a student[swiping you in], Lopez said.

Scott Berlin, director o Din-ing and Hospitality Services atUCSC, said the dining halls tryto control the number o studentssneaking in.

Someones going to pay or

that eventually, Berlin said. Forus, that someone is someone on ameal plan.

Berlin said dining halls cannotdonate lefover ood because,according to health laws, itsillegal to reuse ood that sits outand is sel-served.

In any case, the dining hallsdo not have any lefovers to giveaway.

Were very ecient, andthat helps keep the meal plansat a lower cost because we dontwaste, Berlin said.

Tird-year transer ShireeRezendes said she also strugglesto get enough to eat. She, too, re-sorts to asking random studentsor guest swipes into the dininghalls.

I hate it. I do eel like a beg-gar then, said Rezendes, a ull-time student who holds two jobs,as a yoga instructor and a serverat a restaurant.

Lopez and Rezendes both saidthey eventually get swiped in.

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has to pay or car insurance, bikemaintenance and leisure activi-ties with no nancial assistance.She currently lives with someonewho owns a trailer, but is in theprocess o looking or a place tolive.

Ive been independent since Imoved to Santa Cruz, Rezendessaid. My grandma gives memoney when she can. Im goingto be asking her or a loan or thisquarters tuition.

Since she works 2025 hoursa week combined rom her twopaid jobs, she is a possible candi-date or Caliornias ood stampprogram, recently renamedCalFresh.

According to the magazineWashington Monthly, 1,500 col-lege students are receiving oodstamps in Sacramento County,where two years ago only 700were.

While CalFresh is [oodstamps] new name, the programhas existed or 40 years and helpssingle people, seniors, students

and amilies with little or noincome to buy ood, accordingto a CalFresh statement providedby Debora Friedman, CalFreshoutreach or the County o SantaCruz Human Services Depart-ment.

Tird-year Pearl Cruz* startedusing ood stamps when shequalied or the program sixmonths into her pregnancy withher now three year-old daughter.

I had no money, Cruz said.I remember going or a week onpeanut butter and jelly sandwich-es ... I obviously needed help.

According to the Caliornia

Food Policy Advocates, 28,871people are eligible or oodstamps in Santa Cruz County, but65 percent dont receive them.

Most local stores and armersmarkets accept the CalFreshdebit card.

Now its like a credit card,Cruz said. Te only peoplewholl know [its a CalFresh card]are the people on ood stampsthemselves. Otherwise, peoplethink its a debit card.

Cruz remembers using oodstamps with her stepmom whenthey were more like coupons that

were ripped out o a booklet andstamped.Tat was embarrassing, Cruz

said. Extremely embarrassing.According to a CalFresh act

sheet, college students are eligibleor CalFresh i they work morethan 20 hours per week, are ap-proved or state or ederally und-ed work study, are responsible ora child under six years old, or area ull-time enrolled single parentand responsible or a child under

12 years old. Tey also must bebetween the ages o 1849 andenrolled hal- or ull-time.

Friedman said nancial aiddoes not disqualiy a studentrom receiving the programsservices.

You could be on a ederal orstate work-study program as apart o your nancial aid and thatcould make you qualiy, Fried-man said. We work with thenancial aid oces at both UCSCand Cabrillo to make sure theymake those reerrals or students,even [those] on nancial aid.

However, Cruz and her amilyare running into problems. Herhusband attends Cabrillo Collegeand is not on work-study becausethe college does not oer it. Asa result, he does not qualiy or

ood stamps under this guideline.Tey told me the only way

hed qualiy or ood stamps is ihes on work-study, Cruz said. Iyou dont have work-study, yourescrewed.

Now Cruz, who is employedthrough work-study, supports herdaughter and husband and hasanother child on the way.

Family Student Housing(FSH) oers a couple o resourcesCruz, a FSH resident, takes ad-vantage o.

FSH day care provides reebreakast, lunch and two snacks,

and Cruz said she is thankul herdaughter is ed healthy ood.

Meals [there] are very nutri-tiously proportioned, Cruz said.

FSH hosts a Second HarvestFood Bank ood pantry that pro-

vides ree ood to theEvery rst and third o the month, the oocated in FSH, providprotein, bread, cerealood to those who sh

Beore the doors op.m., a line already trthe side o the small ates building and sprthe parking lot. Te cabout 40 is made up young adults, babies ers and elderly men adressed or the weathjackets.

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Westside location every distri-bution serves an average o 80people.

Cruz said the ood the pantryprovides can be challenging tocook with.

Not that Im ungrateul, buta lot o the time there are thingsyou cant make meals out o,Cruz said.

Although the ood pantryprovides items like ruit, onionsand carrots, Cruz wishes theyhad more meat.

Its harder or the kids, Cruzsaid. Tey dont want to eat onlyrice and beans or potatoes.

Lester, who was a singlemother in FSH hersel at onetime, said the ood pantry doesnot advertise, and amilies andindividuals know about the dis-tribution by word o mouth.

Teyre kind o reerred to usrom various groups that knowwhen theyre the most needy,Lester said.

Te ood pantry primar-ily serves students in FSH, andLester said they do not have theresources to accommodate manymore people.

Were kind o at capacity atthis point, so it would be di-cult or us to take many morenew people on, she said. Justin terms o the ood that we pay... compared to i we bought it

somewhere else. Also in terms insize o the space, were runningout o room.

Te ood pantry relies onFSH residential assistants, staand some volunteers rom the

community to help set up anddistribute the ood.

Other universities recognizeand cater to the issue o oodinaccessibility among students.UCLA has a Food Closet thatoers donated ood and toiletriesto students at no cost.

UCLA fh-year studentAbdallah Jadallah helped startUCLAs Food Closet in January2009.

Id see students eating onlyonce a day or eating only at acoBell, Jadallah said. Sometimeswe ocus a lot on helping thecommunity, but we orget about

our own students.Because o networking and

media attention, the Food Closetgets lots o canned goods, dona-tions rom hotels and even somecatered ood.

Jadallah said the students whorequent the Food Closet are notonly getting ed, but are eatinghealthier too.

Even though there are orga-nizations and resources on ando college campuses that supportstudents ood accessibility, oodsecurity is still an issue.

Cruz is currently running out

o ood stamps or the month,and has to space out the ood shedoes have. She has to wait vemore days to get the next monthsood stamps.

Its hard, Cruz said. Do weput gas in the car? Do we have toborrow money rom someone?You dont know how much youreactually going to be spendinguntil it happens.

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Id see students eating only once a day,

or eating only at aco Bell. Sometimes weocus a lot on helping the community, butwe orget about our own students.

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Friends o the CommunityAgroecology Network (FoCAN)invited 10 high school and col-lege students rom rural commu-nities in Mexico and Nicaraguato UC Santa Cruz to raise aware-

Food Systems Week at UCSCSixth annual event held to support sustainability and environmental justice

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ness about their rural liestylesthis week. Te guests came todiscuss problems they ace andhow their relationship with thecommunity o Santa Cruz hasimproved their livelihood.

FoCAN is a student organiza-tion at UCSC created to supportthe Community AgroecologyNetwork (CAN), and is devotedto CANs mission o spreading

awareness o rural communities.FoCAN presented the kicko totheir sixth annual Food SystemsWeek on May 16 with the Fairrade Marketplace, a conglomer-ate o local ree trade vendorsthat support sustainability andare dedicated to spreading aware-ness o environmental justice andair trade. Food Systems weekalso included a FoCAN meeting.

Stephanee Souza, Fair radeMarketplace organizer or Fo-

CAN, said Food Systems Weekwill help make Santa Cruzslocal vendors a more integralpart o the community.

Te hope o this event isor UCSC students to get a eelor the work these [local reetrade] organizations are doingor sustainability, Souza said,and what they can do in ourcommunity and internationallyto support sustainability andair trade.

Te Sustainability Council,a unding organization thatprovides unds or sustain-ability organizations at UCSC,contributed $3,000 to thisevent. Souza planned the Fairrade Marketplace to not justinorm the UCSC communityabout sustainability, but a lsoree trade.

Free trade cuts down thetraditional trade markets thatare set up by taking out themiddle man so that the peopleon the bottom can receivemore money or their work,

said Elizabeth Scudero, a UCSCstudent and representative o theLatino community on campus.

Om Gallery, a local store thatprovides handmade Asian Fu-sion lamps and Chinese silk and

bamboo lanterns, participates inree trade with its manuactur-ers by working and negotiatingdirectly with them, said PhillipManzanares, part owner o thegallery and participant in the Fairrade Marketplace.

Te six leaders o FoCAN andseveral volunteers meet weeklyon campus and plan events tohelp urther CANs mission.

CAN is part o a partnershipwith the AgroEco Partner CoeeCooperative, a group o localcoee armers located in CentralAmerica. With this partnership,coee is provided to the Santa

Cruz coee roasters through onlyone importing middle man. CANalso provides internship and eldstudy opportunities or peoplewho are interested in sustainingrural liestyles.

CAN provides social justicebased on building a sense ocommunity in these communitiesso that they can maintain a sus-tainable livelihood, said LizethGomez, outreach coordinator or

FoCAN and CAN inHeather Putnam,

director o CAN, desSystems Week as an will hopeully bring and action toward su

and ree trade by proSanta Cruz communerent outlets and teahow to get involved.

In a project with agoal, over the past spGomez helped CANcommunity garden aschool so that the schbe able to grown its oetables.

Putnam said the lness o arms, armervegetables sometimeAmericans ashamedbackgrounds.

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America are inundatsocial media that tellprocessed ood-makyouth] orget about lPutnam said. HavinLatin students convethe Santa Cruz commlead to healthy ood and ood leadership own rural communit

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I am not a nugget.Beginning the week o Earth Day,

PEA2 PEAs youth division hasshipped packages o stickers containingthis slogan alongside a picture o a cartoonchick to more than 100 college campusesnationwide, including UC Santa Cruz. Teorganizations goal or the Million StickerMania campaign is to spread more than

one million stickers across the UnitedStates.PEA2 college campaigns and outreach

manager Ryan Huling said in an emailthat this campaign was a un way to bringattention to a serious issue.

Every person who sees a sticker andconsiders going vegan could save morethan 100 animals a year by simply leavinganimals o their plate, Huling said. Tecampaign is a un and lighthearted wayto talk about a more ser ious issue, andstudents walk away with the importantmessage that eating meat means eatingsomeone, not something.

Huling said the campaign has beenvery successul so ar. He has received

overwhelming positive response romcolleges across the nation about the e-ectiveness o the Million Sticker Maniacampaign.

PEA2 coordinated with Banana Slugsor Animals, an animal r ights organizationat UCSC, to spread the stickers aroundcampus.

Virginia Hanrahan, a second-yearenvironmental studies and businessmanagement economics double majorand member o Banana Slugs or Animals,said the campaign was all about spreadingawareness.

Hopeully people will look at [thestickers] and draw the correlation between

the cute little chicken and the ood theyeat, Hanrahan said. Its really to getpeople to look into it and make a changein their lives.

Hanrahan has helped pass out thestickers at Meatless Monday dining hallevents and tabling. She said the UCSCdining halls have been helpul and coop-erative with the campaign.

Scott Berlin, director o dining andhospitality services on campus, said in theseven years he has worked with the dining

halls at UCSC, there has been an increasein vegan and vegetarian options availableto the students. Huling said across thenation, vegans have drastically increasedin numbers.

Berlin said the UCSC dining halls re-spond to students and their eating habits,and ofen work with sustainability groupsand Banana Slugs or Animals on theirmeal choices.

I think its the combination and thecollaboration, Berlin said. Studentgroups work on the educational piece, andthen dining halls oer alternatives roma culinary standpoint to make vegetarianand vegan options taste good.

Hanrahan said education was a main

reason why the Million Sticker Maniacampaign was brought to UCSC. She saidshe believes change is made at the level oa person deciding to become vegan andto positively impact the environment and

animals lives.I these million stickers are passed out

and make it around, Hanrahan said, Ithink it will denitely raise more aware-ness and make people think about theirdiet and what they support.

Hanrahan said with less and l ess stu-dents eating chicken and meat products,the dining halls would have to respond.Tat is exactly what the dining halls atUCSC have been doing, Berlin said.

Its really all about what our student

needs are and what the studenhe said. So i more students wently eating vegan, then we wowith more options or them. Tspeak with their ork rom tha

tive.Berlin went on a vegan diet

see what it is l ike or students an to eat at the dining halls. Hreally enjoyed working with Bor Animals on this campaignthe educational message that tto the student body about eati

Its educating students to mormed choice, Berlin said. Wyou options, but you really hayour own choice.

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Hopeully people will look at [the stickers] and draw the correlation between the cute lchicken and the ood they eat ... Its really to get people to look into it and make a changlives.

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Community Chest

On July 26, UCSC student Amandaimoney will be embarking on a tripthrough the University o Caliornia Edu-cation Abroad Program to Ghana. Whilestaying in Accra Ghanas capital sheplans to help the local reugees and villag-ers as best she can, meanwhile studying atthe University o Ghana, which is 10 milesnortheast o the capital.

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z() e e g?imoney: As o right now its my ownproject Ill be working with both sher-ies in Accra and in rural villages. Ghana isvery popular or digital dumping as well,mostly computers, but they come rom allover the world.

Chp: w e c uCsC?

imoney: Well, at the momentIm really active in Collegeens core theme o social

justice and community. Im plan-ning on making a blog while abroad

to turn into a complementary documen-tary and share some o the things I learn aswell as some o the culture I live through.

Chp: h ee e e ce c e eeece?imoney: Im excited or it. A lot o peopleget nervous about not being accepted I like the idea o working on a cleanslate and being challenged to live in thatculture. Also I hear that American womenget proposed to on the streets pretty ofen,so Im excited or that might just tie theknot there.

Chp: wee e e e cec

ee cme m?imoney: Its like being a new kid at therst day in school. I was always that onekid that never really connected with thesociety around me but always seemed tohave things gured out. When I see people

who need my help, I just want to connectwith them and help them however I can.I have a great lie and everything I need. Ijust want to share that.

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imoney: I eel that the Congo is one othe most challenged places in the worldright now. Ghana takes in a lot o reugeesrom the Congo, and since A: Im a womanand B: Im American, I eel as though Iwouldnt be able to do as much or thepeople in the Congo directly other thandraw lots o attention to mysel. Tis isthe best place or me to go and help thosepeople.

A series that takes a closer look at some o UCSCs nest

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d dm:Digital dumping is the act o trans-porting used, scrapped, broken orotherwise unmanageable electronicdevices to parts o the world that sifthrough the waste in search o valu-able materials or reusable parts. Teaction degrades the environment inareas like Ghana, China and India,turning nearby water sources intopoisonous pits, and harms the healtho those working at the waste sites.

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industrial or residential prop-erty [to sell ood on the street],whereas in San Jose you can bealmost anywhere.

Food trucks that ollow theproper legislation do exist inSanta Cruz, and pop-ups canexist i they are in some sort ocommunity event, like a armersmarket, Strader said.

Te problem with settingup anywhere is when you set upjust anywhere theres no consid-eration or trac, [or] whetherthey are blocking access, Stradersaid.

Street ood is nothing new,though. Its a cultural phenom-enon, one that has its roots incity slums, taco trucks, amiliar

hotdog carts in New York, andor Luu, in rural Vietnam.

I get a lot o recipes rom mygrandmother, and in Vietnam itsjust a way o lie, she said. Itsabout learning about my culturein a way thats interesting to me,its a way [that] I can really delveinto it and speak about it.

Monica Wong, one o theowners o Bay Area Vietnameseood truck Little Green Cyclo,said her business relates to Asiaas well.

Street ood is popular inAsia, she said. But here were

highly regulated, [so] its on amuch cleaner, organic level.Andrew Tai, one o the

volunteers at S