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A Changing UC

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nme: Brittney BevelaquaMj: Philosophy/history pecme: Teavailability o upper-division courses sheneeds or her majors isdecreasing.seme: “Tephilosophy o adwindling education.”

I you or someone you knowhas been aected by budget cuts and want to share thestory, contact us at [email protected]

Passion or philosophy remains strong as department dwindles

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“It’s like pulling teeth to get an increase in units.Maybe I’m an education masochist trying to do all

these things at once.”

— Brittney Bevelaqua, third-year philosophy andhistory major

Tird-year transer studentBrittney Bevelaqua wants to be aphilosophy and history proessor,run or Senate and own her owncoee shop.

However, she can’t teachphilosophy i she can’t even learnabout it hersel.

As a transer, she has scram-bled to make contacts withproessors and get major require-ments out o the way.

Te philosophy department’sloss o three proessors at the be-

ginning o the quarter threatensher love or the subject. Her pas-sion or learning and broadeningher philosophical perspectivesis not limited to her own educa-tion. She is concerned or theeducation o her ellow studentsand the quality o the philosophy department.

“It complicates students’[education] because they’re notgetting what they’re paying or,”

Bevelaqua said. “It complicatesproessors’ [work] because they can’t teach the youth who want tobe the uture.”

Bevelaqua discussed why shewants philosophy to be a part o her own uture.

“I want to teach philosophy because it can explain not only events, but inner monologuespeople toil with,” Bevelaqua said.

Te dwindling exposure todierent proessors’ viewpointsand interpretations leavesBevelaqua worried or the educa-tional quality o the philosophy program.

“When you’re stiing educa-tion, you’re stiing a person’suture and what they love,” shesaid.

While her own educationalexperience is threatened, shemaintains enthusiasm or the

subject. She appreciates the di- verse responses to philosophicalquestions, compared to those inmath and science.

“You can approach [phi-losophy] with so many dierentanswers,” Bevelaqua said. “Tat’swhy I love it.”

Bevelaqua exudes adorationor the subject as she explainshow her opinions on the Englishphilosopher John Locke changedafer what she was exposed to atUCSC. It is experiences like thesethat make her appreciate thequality o education she has re-

ceived and the relationships shehas developed with proessors.

Bevelaqua is taking twoupper-division classes in allquarter o 2011. She noticed theupper-division classes oered inthe all were cut in hal, rom sixto three, and ears the coursesoered in the ollowing quarterswill be classes she has already taken.

Bevelaqua says the major is

a cycle where ourth-years arealways rushing until the very endo their academic careers to en-roll in philosophy upper-divisioncourses. Younger students arethen lef with a limited course variety to choose rom.

Now scarce resources alsothreaten the learning experienceso philosophy majors.

“When you only have threeproessors teaching, you don’thave a ull depth o perspective,”Bevelaqua said.

When she is unable to registeror classes through regularenrollment, Bevelaqua said shemust utilize her personal skills toget the courses she needs.

“I make lasting and positiveimpressions so I can create somekind o clout with them so I ...can be granted with their grace o letting me take the classes I love,”

she said.She recognizes aculty mem-

bers are doing everything they can to help their students, such asgiving out permission codes. Un-ortunately there’s only so muchproessors and lecturers can do,Bevelaqua said.

Philosophy’s limited course o-erings leave Bevelaqua question-ing her ability to double-major.She said she wonders i she willhave to drop her history major inorder to graduate with a degreein philosophy.

“It’s like pulling teeth to get

an increase in units,” Bevelaquasaid. “Maybe I’m an educationmasochist trying to do all thesethings at once.”

While Bevelaqua is doinganything to help her cause, shewonders i the administration isdoing the same.

“Would they add anotherteacher i they could?” Bevelaquaasked. “Or would they just takethe cut there?”

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Heavy applause erupted as the 10 newly elected Executive Board members o theteaching assistants’ union, UAW Local

2865, were introduced at the rst statewidemembership meeting on Saturday.

Following a contentious election, all10 Executive Board members come romthe Academic Workers or a DemocraticUnion (AWDU) slate.

“Tis was probably twice as big asany meeting we’ve had in the past,” saidExecutive Board president and UC Irvinegraduate student Cheryl Deutsch. “It’s theonly venue where members get to makedecisions.”

In order to make any decisions,meetings need to have quorum, over 100members in attendance. Deutsch said they have never beore achieved quorum intheir local’s history.

Holding at least one statewide meet-ing a year is mandatory, according to theUAW bylaws. Executive Board memberswant to hold them twice a year, alternating

campuses.As excited As hit the tables in the UC

Berkeley Boalt Law school classroom tocheer or their new ocials, members o the opposing party, United or Social and

Economic Justice (USEJ), did not share thesame level o enthusiasm.

UC Davis head steward and USEJmember Xochitl Lopez said organiz-ers gave only two weeks’ notice or themeeting, and violated by-laws. UCB is nolonger in session, even though all campus-es are supposed to be when the statewidemeetings are held.

“Te meeting was problematic,” Lopezsaid. “It was called to disenranchisepeople rom our slate [USEJ] specically.”

An estimated 130 members attended.Around eight were USEJ members, andthe rest were rom AWDU. Northern UCcampuses are known to have a higherAWDU membership and southern cam-

puses tend to have higher USEJ member-ships. Deutsch said members rom thenorth were over-represented, as the meet-ing was held at UC Berkeley.

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Soon-to-be UCLA graduate studentand USEJ member Sayil Camacho wonthe most votes or the UCLA head stewardposition, but was voted out o oce at themeeting because she was not an enrolledstudent. Camacho was accepted by UCLA

in January and is starting class in all 2011.“I’m not just going to hand over my

position because ... they say I can’t partici-pate,” Camacho said.

Camacho received emails she said wereaccidentally orwarded by elections com-mittee member and UC Santa Cruz gradu-ate student Adam Hefy. She said elec-tions committee members are supposedto remain unbiased, but in the emailsHefy discussed her elegibility to run withAWDU members.

“It’s clear i I had been on the AWDUslate my eligibility wouldn’t have beenquestioned,” Camacho said.

UCLA AWDU members initially ap-

proached Hefy regarding Camacho’s eli-gibility and he said he intentionally madethat inormation public by putting it on ablog and on Facebook.

“I encouraged people to get back to me

with eedback and concerns,” had easier access to AWDU pebeing rom UCSC.”

Hefy acknowledged his symAWDU and said the majority tions committee are aligned w

Executive Board president Deutsch said she told attendinmembers that as dicult as it been, she hopes they were notby parliamentary procedure.

Te next statewide meetingheld at a Southern Caliornia Deutsch said she thinks attendincrease.

“It was a great eeling to achquorum,” said Brian Malone, Ugraduate student and ormer csteward. “It’s just something thhappened] ... Even though statmeetings are required, they wseriously.”

Despite Camacho’s situatiociates the interest o union me

“Having two slates is a goodCamacho said. “It means peopinterested.”

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Cmpd b TEvent CalendarCaMpus

thursday, May 26• Art: Irwin Scholars Gal-

lery. Porter College SesnonGallery. Free. Irwin Scholardisplay up through 6/11.

• Perormance: Chautauqua

Festival o Student Teater.Teater Arts Second Stage.7 to 9 p.m. Free. Event con-tinues through Sunday. Foradditional showtimes, visitarts.ucsc.edu.

• Perormance: Orestes error-ist. Teater Arts Mainstage.7 to 9 p.m. $12 students, $15seniors & general. Event con-tinues through Sunday. Foradditional showtimes, visitarts.ucsc.edu.

friday, May 27• Workshop: Writing Eective

Resumes and Cover Letters.

Bay ree Amah MutsunRoom. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Free.

• Meeting: Academic Senate.Stevenson Event Center. 2:30to 5 p.m. Free.

saturday, May 28• Film: “Paranormals,” directed

by Spencer Fortin, writtenby Sam rillo. Media TeaterM110. 5:30 p.m. Free.

• Discussion: “Music andGreek Drama: History,Teory, and Practice.” 8:30a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Free.

• Benet: Dance or Japan.Cowell/Stevenson DiningHall. 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. $5.

sunday, May 29• Discussion: “Music and

Greek Drama: History,Teory, and Practice.” 8:30a.m. to 1 p.m. Free.

tuEsday, May 31• Humanities Undergraduate

Research Awards. Humani-ties 1, Room 210. 10 a.m. to1 p.m. Free.

City

thursday, May 26• Concert/Benet: Brenda

Wong Aoki’s Kabuki Caba-ret — A Japan Relie Benet.Kuumbwa Jazz Center. 7 p.m.$20 in advance, $23 at door.

• Film: “Christine.” Regal Cin-emas 9. 8 p.m. $5.

• Concert: Indian Giver, Glit-ter Wizard, Moccretro. TeCatalyst. 8:30 p.m. $8 inadvance, $10 at door. 21 andup.

• Concert: Blammos, TeGroggs, Te Atom Age. TeCrêpe Place. 9 p.m. $8.

friday, May 27• Perormance: Te Imagine-

a-Nation o Lalachild. PacicCultural Center. 8 p.m. $12in advance, $15 at door.

• Concert: Kraddy, Mochi-pet, Rastatronics, SelectorScience, Drop Bear. TeCatalyst. 8:30 p.m. $20 inadvance, $25 at door.

• Concert: Lydia Loveless,Steven Griswold. Te Crêpe-Place. 9 p.m. $8.

• Film: “Jurassic Park.”

Del Mar Teatre. 11:59p.m. $6.50. Event repeatsSaturday.

saturday, May 28• Concert: Santa Cruz Blues

Festival. Aptos Village Park.11 a.m. to 7 p.m. $65 general,

$25 children. Event repeatsSunday.

• Perormance: Te Educationo Lala Girl. Pacic Cul-tural Center. 2 p.m. $12 inadvance, $15 at door.

• Pink Prom 3-D — A BenetDance or the Avon Walk orBreast Cancer. Santa CruzMoose Lodge. 7 p.m. to 1a.m. $10 in advance, $15 atdoor.

• Perormance: Te Emancipa-tion o Lala. Pacic Cul-tural Center. 8 p.m. $12 inadvance, $15 at door.

• Concert: AZA. KuumbwaJazz Center. 8:30 pm. $18 inadvance, $25 reserved.

sunday, May 29• Perormance: Cabrillo Col-

lege Spring Dance Concert.Cabrillo Crocker Teater. 3p.m. $7–12.

Monday, May 30• Film: “Te Big Lebowski.”

Te Crêpe Place. 9 p.m.

tuEsday, May 31• Concert: 7 Come 11. Te

Crêpe Place. 8 p.m. Free.

wEdnEsday, Jun• American Red C

Blood Drive. Capmunity Center. 1p.m.

• Presentation: “EyReports rom Egestine: Peoples’ Mand Popular Resthe Middle East.”Green Grange. 7$5–15 sliding sca

• Concert: Te AlbLiquid Indian. TPlace. 9 p.m. $12$15 door.

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An arrest has been made thisweek in the assault o Santa Cruzresident Bryan Stow. Stow is incritical condition afer beingassaulted by two people afera Giants-Dodgers game in LosAngeles on March 31.

Stow is currently at San Fran-cisco General Hospital where hewas transerred rom LAC-USCon May 17. Community supportor Stow and his amily has beenstrong since the assault.

Many ollowing the case wererelieved this week to hear anarrest has been made.

On Sunday, Los Angelespolice arrested 31-year-oldsuspect Giovanni Ramirez, whois currently booked on suspiciono assault with a deadly weapon.

Te Stow amily expressedgratitude to the LAPD or its“hard work on this case,” on awebsite devoted to supportingStow. Te LAPD had more than20 detectives serve over 6,000hours on the case, consideringmore than 630 leads, accordingto the Los Angeles imes. TeLAPD has been publicizing a$250,000 reward or inormation,leading to the arrest o the twomen responsible or Stow’sinjuries.

However, the Stow amily showed dissatisaction with the

response at Dodger Stadiumwhen they led a lawsuit onuesday against the Dodgersteam or negligence, premisesliability and alse imprisonment,among other things.

At least two others are

believed to have been involvedin the attack, including anothermale perpetrator and emaledriving the car in which they ed.

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Last weekend, echRaising— a local group that promotestechnological collaboration andinnovation — held a three-day symposium where community members gathered to “share ideasand build them,” according to

echRaising’s website. Tis is therst event the two-year-old grouphas held.

On Friday night, 35 pitcheswere made, which were laternarrowed down to eight demoswith multiple members, includ-ing UCSC students. Tese demosormed teams to meet theirobjective: to create a portiono a larger idea by the end o the weekend and present it tocolleagues at the symposium onSunday.

“We were overwhelmed,” saidMargaret Rosas, a member o

echRaising’s oundi“[Te event] exceedetations.”

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ity and several other areas, according to thTen on Sunday, all tregrouped and preseinnovations.

Rosas said she spomany people at the eexpanding urther ondent population romrelationship with meSanta Cruz area.

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on Sunday included awebsite project manatool” called “All ogean “augmented realiting game” called “blaLike Augmented Maya “clothing brand sizFacebook” called “Siz

Rosas said she wasurprised with the suevent.

“People were alming it,” Rosas said. “Itexciting weekend.”

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Tis spring season eatured37 divisions spread across eightsports, with over 150 teams vy-ing to be the champions o theirdomain. Now only a handul o games remain beore the seasoncomes to a complete close.

Friday, “B” Basketball League,Div III•

May 27: eam Bageera (2-3) vs. riple-E (3-2) (East GymCt1) at 4:00 p.m.

• May 27: Which Way Did Tey Go? (2-3) vs. 3-Peat (5-0)(East Gym Ct1) at 5:00 p.m.

• May 27: asd (3-2) vs. Mon-stars (2-3) (East Gym Ct1) at6:00 p.m.

Friday, “B” Basketball League,Div IV• May 27: Pound own (5-0)

vs. Te Abusement Park (3-2)

(East Gym Ct2) at 4:00 p.m.• May 27: Te Air Ballers (1-4)

vs. Heavy Hitters (3-2) (EastGym Ct2) at 5:00 p.m.

• May 27: Stop it! (3-2) vs. Sau-sage Monster (1-4) (East GymCt2) at 6:00 p.m.

Tursday, “COED” SofballLeague, Div V• May 26: Manitees (1-3) vs.

Te Miller Lowlies (3-1-1)(East Field F1) at 5:00 p.m.Tursday, “COED” SofballLeague, Div VI• May 26: Te Flying J’s (1-4) vs.

Wounded Soldiers (2-3) (EastField F1) at 6:30 p.m.

• May 26: Te Bombers (2-3) vs.Te Backyard Bangers (5-0)(East Field F2) at 6:30 p.m.

• May 26: Where my pitches at?(4-1) vs. Te D Squad (0-5)(East Field F3) at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, “COED” SofDiv VII• May 27: Big Bang

“Winning” (3-2) F1) at 4:00 p.m.

• May 27: Tunder vs. eam Sausage2) (East Field F2)

• May 27: Smang itTe Sea Cow Ann

4) (East Field F3)Friday, “COED” SofDiv VIII• May 27: SASS (2-

Wrecked’em (3-2F1) at 5:30 p.m.

• May 27: CaliorniPatrol (0-5) vs. JU(4-1) (East Field Fp.m.

• May 27: Cup CheTunder Treats Field F3) at 5:30 p

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While it may be dicult toenvision a time when the notori-ously liberal town o Santa Cruzactively supported a war, it isprecisely this sentiment that theSanta Cruz Museum o Art andHistory (MAH) will be remem-bering. Te MAH, along with theMcPherson Center and the UCSanta Cruz History o Art andVisual Culture (HAVC) depart-ment, will be presenting “OurTreads o Allegiance: WorldWar II in Santa Cruz & Abroad.”Te student-created exhibitionwill run rom May 28 to July 17, and First Friday on June 3oers ree admission along withcomplementary live music andrereshments.

Te MAH is providing a spaceor UCSC students enrolled in athree-part Museum ExhibitionsHAVC class series to utilize theskills they’ve developed in theirclasses to create an exhibition.

“Tis is our chance to showo all the hard work we havedone throughout the year, andwe would like you to enjoy it aswell!” reads the student-created

“Our Treads o Allegiance”Facebook page.

As young Santa Cruzans en-listed and were shipped overseasto ght in World War II, theamilies they lef behind rationedood and materials, using couponbooks displayed in the exhibit.Dierent uniorms, photographsand other World War II memora-bilia will all be on display as “OurTreads o Allegiance” holds trib-ute to the war eort that broughtSanta Cruz together decades ago.

Carol Wilson, a third-yearStevenson student, discussed therelevance o the subject.

“What our exhibit hopes toaccomplish is showing the inter-connection o the community,”Wilson said. “World War II wasa time when everyone workedas one to help the war eort —everyone was a part o it. Tequilt and the dierent uniormsare iconic.”

Students enrolled in theMuseum Exhibitions class seriesinvestigated several prominent

local World War II amiliesor the exhibit. Te renbethamily was especially generous,

donating both the uniormWilson mentioned and a journaldetailing the amilies’ experiencesduring the war. As part o theclasses’ eorts to make theexhibit more interactive, excerptsrom the journal will also beavailable as audio recordings.

“We want people to beengaged and have things to do,”said ourth-year Porter studentBrendan Arenas. “So some o thepieces incorporate audio, and inother parts people will use theirhands. We incorporated a loto interactive elements into theexhibit.”

Te HAVC students alsoacquired a large quilt. Temulticolored quilt, composed o embroidered squares, was a smalltoken o home on the battleshipwhere it was eventually taken.Rachael orres, a ourth-yearStevenson aliate, ound specialsignicance in the quilt.

“Mothers and wives embroi-dered their names on this quilt tosend overseas,” orres said. “Tedates really connect the exhibitto the time period or me. Whenyou see 1942 on the quilt youknow you’re looking back into

history.”Te project itsel is an inter-

esting glimpse into an importantpart o our nation’s past, but theHAVC students who worked onthe exhibit also gained valuableexperience.

“Tis is exactly what I wantto do with my lie,” Wilson said.“I want to be a registrar at amuseum.”

But Porter ourth-year Arenaspointed out that working inmuseums isn’t or everyone, andthis is why the HAVC programprovides such a meaningulexperiences.

“Tere are very highrequirements to become acurator,” Arenas said. “You needa Ph.D., and might not makeenough money to pay back theinvestment. It’s not somethingI’m sure I’ll be able to do, so thismight be the only time I canreasonably curate an exhibit. I’llalways remember it.”

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13 Student Artists Receive Irwin ScholarsTop artists awarded $2,500 prize, exhibition o winning art

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Kelsey SpencerChelsea WareEllia Sarah DuhartKirsten SpoonerRichard DesantoLuke WilsonSakura Kelley Luis FloresOlivia Healy-MirkovichBela MessexLeslie TompsonJoseph LaiRaphael Cornord

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For Luis Flores, art is morethan just pretty pictures.

“Art has become my voiceand I don’t plan on ever silenc-ing mysel,” said Flores in anemail to City on a Hill Press.

Flores is one o 13 studentsrecognized with the 2011 IrwinScholarship or their artisticexcellence.

Each student awardedthe William Hyde and SusanBenteen Irwin Scholarshipreceives a $2,500 prize. Te

scholarship has been awarded toexceptional artists to representUCSC’s art department since1986. Tis year’s recipients’work draws rom numerousmedia, including painting,photography, printmaking,sculpture, installation anddigital media.

“What really is special aboutworking with these [students] is

when they show me somethingor give me a perspective thatenlightens me to a way o seeingthat I never would have expe-rienced on my own,” said ElliotAnderson, aculty advisor andassociate proessor o electronicmedia. “Tese are engaged,creative and intelligent studentswho have something to tell allo us.”

Flores said the scholarshipspurred him to reexamine hiswork.

“When I rst ound out I hadgotten the scholarship, I wasecstatic and, more so, apprecia-tive. It wasn’t until I started

getting my work together or theexhibition that I started eel-ing a bit sel-conscious,” Floressaid. “But afer talking with thepeople closest to me, I realizedthat I needed to produce work that was important to me andthat I elt strongly about.”

Luke Wilson, who ocuseson sculpture, was also recog-nized or the award.

“Winning the Irwmoving, exciting anding, but most o all I it as an obligation toscale and intensity oWilson said. “I eel sand validated by theadministration, and new pride behind evbeen doing or the sh

Each artist drew cto the world around created their work intheir environment. Fis photography, and touches on issues suring immigration, earecently, concealmen

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“I’m probably going to rollmy ankle today,” laughs a manwearing sweatpants and a track

jacket. He is obviously enthusedabout the prospect, and so iseveryone around him.

Te crowd is mixed — teen-agers who look like they’ll be

back in their high school classesthe next day stretch alongsidemen with stubble and women inNorth Face jackets. Beginnerswarm up next to seasoned vet-erans. Everyone is jubilant, andthey show their enthusiasm by leaping rom parking bulkhead

to parking bulkhead.Afer a ew minutes o cre-

atively using small concrete bar-riers to stretch and get ready, thecrowd — hailing rom Berkeley,

Oakland, San Francisco, Sacra-mento and o course Santa Cruz— looks around or a leaderto show them what to do next.Calls o “Where’s Nico?” beginto replace the staccato rapport o sneakers on pavement.

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Nico Moe, a recent UC Santa Cruzgraduate, doesn’t disappoint, boundingdown the Oakes steps only seconds aferhis name is called. Laughing and wearinga lemon-yellow -shirt that reads “parkourconnections,” Nico shepherds the crowdthrough Oakes and up the string o stairsthat lead to the College Eight plaza.

Although most students complain theirway up these steps, these people are di-erent — they run up the concrete stairson their hands and knees or vault overthe handrails just or the challenge. Tesepeople are parkour artists, or traceurs, andthey see the structure o the UCSC campusdierently.

Parkour, simply put, is the physicaldiscipline o moving rom one point toanother with the most ecient movementspossible. Te challenge is that things tendto be in the way. Tough it’s dicult to pindown when parkour started, most agreethat it was popularized immensely in the‘80s and ‘90s by David Belle in France.Te institutionalization o parkour is onthe rise, with gyms popping up aroundthe state and organized groups gaining

prominence. Some practitioners think that swapping out concrete walls and rusty handrails or trampolines and gym matscan only help the sport, while others swearby the sport’s urban roots.

Tese meet-ups, known as parkour“jams,” take place once a month at vary-ing locales and draw parkour clubs romaround the Bay Area and Central Coast.

Events like these are representative o theexplosive growth o organized parkour,and parkour websites like Worldwide Jamand Planet Parkour act as congregatingpoints or a sport that is truly global in itsappeal. Parkour Planet, or example, usesGoogle Maps to help isolated parkour art-ists nd one another and practice together.

Michelle Human, a representative orthe Santa Cruz Sports Central GymnasticsLearning Center, thinks parkour is on itsway to becoming a more recognized sportand acknowledges the useulness o park-our gyms in that process.

“Tey [parkour artists] must develop asystem o rules and skills that can be usedinternationally — their own language, i you will, just like any sport,” she said. “Ithas been a while since we have been ableto watch a edgling sport emerge, like theamazing rise o snowboarding. I’m really enjoying watching the process.”

As ar as the Santa Cruz “jam” goes, the

rules are airly loose: More expparkour artists attempt dicuand others take the initiative tthem. It’s a little bit like the bagame Horse, but with no pena

Tough gyms may be useubeginner parkour artists, perho the appeal o parkour lies in“everyman” aesthetic — there’gear required, and you don’t hmember o any special club toFew things are easier on the wconcrete wall and some enthu

“Tere’s no specic clothingto you,” said ourth-year Renoo the ounding members o thCruz Parkour eam.

Nims, who started the teamyears ago with UCSC graduatethere’s something about parkopeals to a wide variety o peop

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said. “People are walking to classes, goingto work. Tey don’t see the world aroundthem as this place to play — they’ve grownup. Te world around me is a playground.Santa Cruz is really good or that. Tereare a lot o people who are children atheart, and it’s really good or them [to doparkour].”

Tough onlookers might be conusedas they watch parkour artists haphazardly navigate urban landscapes, practitionerssay there is a great deal o skill and train-ing involved.

“Parkour is very much like a martialart — it's about 30 percent physical and 70percent mental. Parkour isn't just aboutbeing able to do cool moves and jump overstu. It's about the mindset you have whendoing it, about keeping the ow and mov-ing eciently with as little wasted energy as possible,” said Jacob Pernell, ourth-yearstudent and Santa Cruz Parkour eammember.

Pernell said parkour is as much a stateo mind as a sport.

“It's about encountering challenges, ob-stacles and ears, and then being strong inyoursel so that you can work through andconquer these things,” he said. “Tere'sdenitely a huge philosophy behind theart o parkour, and this philosophy can beapplied to every other aspect o lie.”

Parkour is not a simple sport — thereare multiple sub-categories within thesport, with parkour and “ree-running” o-ten being mistaken or the same thing. Tenebulous history o how exactly parkouroriginated doesn’t help, either. However,some practitioners say the distinctionbetween the two is unnecessary.

“Tere’s the internet denition thatparkour is eciency, and ree-running is‘tricking’ (showing o elaborate acrobaticmoves), but I like the denition that theounders have gone out with recently —that there is no dierence,” Nims said. “In

each o them, the goal is to have completemastery over your body’s motion. We’re alltrying to do the same thing. We’re all aferthe same goal.”

Tough a Youube search or parkourtends to bring up images o Europeanteenagers navigating the burned-outhusks o Soviet bloc apartments with wildabandon, the sport is denitely evolving tot more regimented practices. Te UCSCcampus is perectly suited or cooperativecreative movement and the members o the Santa Cruz Parkour eam know it.

Artem Chelovechkov, a member o theSanta Cruz Parkour eam, said there aredenite benets to training with others.

“Te main reason to train with othersis the creativity that comes out o it andyou can help motivate each other,” he said.“Parkour is about sel-improvement andgrowth, and working with others makes itan ecient and un kind o sel-discovery.Working in a group can help you measureyour own improvement and learn romothers, see the grey walls, rails, trees andstairs in a new way.”

Tough there may be more structureto the group today, with organized groupscoming rom miles away to participate inmonthly “jams,” Nims’ experience withparkour was less regimented.

“Most o my riends had done [par-kour] or a while — they also loved this[video] game, Mirror’s Edge,” Nims said.“I got sick one day and decided to play it.I got this sense o reedom rom it, and Ithought, ‘My riends do this. I want to dothis in real lie.’”

Te representation o parkour-like ac-

tivities in popular media is on the rise. InElectronic Arts’ Mirror’s Edge (released inlate 2008), players control a character whois orced to navigate a dystopian urbanlandscape using only her acrobatic skillswhile evading police state orces. Reality shows like G4’s American Ninja Warrior,which is currently lming in Los Angeles,also bring this once-obscure sport to theoreront in popular youth culture.

Tis increased visibility may also havesomething to do with the growth o g ymsthat oer parkour classes and clubs thatmeet regularly to train, like the Santa CruzParkour eam. Vargas Academy in ScottsValley now oers parkour classes or allages, with videos on their site showingchildren ricocheting o oam-padded par-kour bulkheads. Gone are the days whena search or “parkour” on Youube only brought up grainy handheld-camera shotso urban decay and European teenagers.

empest Freerunning Academy,another parkour gym in Los Angeles,released a video o its Mario-themedpractice area — complete with ball pit andbrick-patterned oam blocks — set to adubstep soundtrack, snagging almost 3million views on Youube rom the timeo publication.

In Santa Cruz, parkour has becomemuch more organized than when Nimsand Moe ounded the team two years ago.

“I’ve actually started teaching a gymclass in Santa Cruz,” Nims said. “I don’twant to be elitist, but I think the best way to learn is to be outside. raining solely in the gym, you get this sense o comort,that you’re indestructible. raining in thegym and outside, you’ll see progress.”

Nims’ opinion o gym training ismixed.

“Out here, you can’t change anything.Out here, you need to adapt to the envi-ronment. In a gym, you’re creating yourown challenges and moving stu around,”he said. “It’s not a worse way to train, butit’s a dierent reality. I you want to useparkour useully in a world where youcan’t change the acts, you need to adapt to

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the reality o, ‘I can’t move that wall.’”Despite the growth o organized

parkour acilities, Nims said the utureo parkour lies in a personalized blend o organized group training and solo experi-mentation.

“It’s all very individual,” he said. “Peo-ple I teach can do moves that took a yearto learn in just a lesson or two. I wouldsuggest that people nd a community thatthey can train with, but match that withtheir personal training. You want to learnyour own style and what your body iscapable o.”

Michelle Human o Santa Cruz SportsCentral Gymnastics Learning Center saidshe looks orward to watching parkourgrow as a sport, but people engaging inparkour aren’t necessarily competitive.

“I look at their practice the same way anyone would ‘practice’ the things they

love to do,” Human said. “People ‘prac-tice’ chess, poker, weight lifing, reading,riding bicycles, et cetera, or the pureenjoyment o the activity. Others train tocompete.”

Te Santa Cruz Sports Central Gym-nastics Learning Center is where Nimscurrently teaches parkour, and is also

where the UCSC gymnastics team trains.Human thinks training in a group envi-ronment is helpul or developing parkourskills.

“Tere is support and usually a ground-ing energy when engaging in an activity with a group as opposed to simply being‘on your own,’” Human said. “As with any physical activity, there has to be a respector the danger involved. Practice allowsor the body and mind to develop thatunderstanding o movement and its limits.When you practice with others — espe-cially regularly — the collective reasoningpower brings in new ideas or ‘old’ prob-lems and can oer the ‘voice o reason’ i someone is not quite ready or a new skill.”

In the College Eight plaza, Moe tries tobe that voice o reason, jokingly admon-ishing the gathered crowd or not warm-ing up properly.

“I know no one likes to run, so we’lldo some non-running warm-ups,” Moeshouts rom a crab-walking position.Laughter rises rom the crowd. Tey hadalready been running and vaulting orclose to 20 minutes, and Moe’s call tostretch comes o as a little afer-the-act.

As members o the collected parkour

teams do jumping push-ups down theCollege Eight steps and ramps, an olderparkour artist who introduced himsel briey as James coaches a younger boy inproper warm-up orm. Afer a ew minuteso this, the boy gets distracted and asks i he can look at James’ iPhone.

“We’re watching reality — it’s cooler,”

James replies.People passing by seem to a“Everyone who sees you is

you,” yells a bearded passerby.Te parkour team laughs, s

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At any given moment lastSaturday, Oakes Lower Lawnwas packed. Sixteen raternitiesand campus organizations wereserving up lunch to attendees

rom 12 to 6 p.m., and nine di-erent dance troupes perormedon stage. Members o the campuscommunity all came togetherto celebrate diversity within UCSanta Cruz.

Tis year’s MulticulturalFestival, “Rhymes, Rhythmsand Roots: Solidarity TroughAction,” was the 32nd annualevent, and according the UCSCCampus Events Calendar, 1500were estimated to attend.

Event organizer Diana Gamez,a rst-year psychology and LatinAmerican and Latino studiesmajor, said she was happy with

the way the event turned out.“We had a very good turnout

this year,” she said. “I had no ideawhat to expect. It was denitely alearning experience.”

Coordinated by Student Orga-nization Advising and Resources,the estival sought to bringtogether and promote awarenessamong all dierent races, ethnici-ties and cultures through the best

ways possible: ood, music anddance.

Members o one o the largeststudent ethnic organizationson campus, the Indian StudentOrganization (ISO), danced inBollywood, East Indian hip-hopand Bhangrā styles.

Harbir Mahal, a second-yearproposed sociology and globaleconomics major and ISO mem-

ber, danced Bhangrā, a tradition-al olk dance rom Punjab, India.

Mahal said that dancing in thestyle o Bhangrā helps her holdon to her culture.

“It helps me with connectingto my roots,” she said. “It keepsmy culture going. When I hearthe music, I can’t help but move.”

Students walked across theeld, some tasting and tryingout dierent dishes while otherssat in ront o the trussed-upstage and watched the myriad o dances presented throughout theday.

Tird-year sociology majorNancy Chai said the audi-ence this year was much morepumped to be there.

“All the ood to share andexperiences to learn about,” shesaid, “I like them all. It’s sad thatits only a one day cultural ex-perience when it should be year‘round.”

Some members o the ChineseStudent Association (CSA)

danced hip-hop undname “No Access Allormer and third-yeaogy major Kelvin Chthey were so named ball the dance groups,hard to nd a place t

“We practice anywcan,” he said. “It’s ungood way to relieve sever you’re on stage,

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Los Mejicas perocan olk dance, with perormers dressed inayarit costas, large multi-colored dresseo Sabrosura danced bachata, merengue aAmerican rap and poin traditional Chines

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Te event ended wperormance by Carnpost-Latin rock and reaturing Damdara, aing rom Brazil. By thconcert, the crowd ohad made a conga linon stage and raucousabout bananas.

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Why the class o 2011 shouldn’t be depressed

As I write this, I’m just three weeks shy o my college graduation. My inevitable existential crisis,having started sometime in April, has been in

a state o ux or weeks now — am I excited, nervous,nostalgic or just over it? One thing, though, is certain.For the remaining days o my collegiate career (and or aslong as I can hold on thereafer), I am putting up a mentalblockade.

I have erected these walls to keep out a specic, but very insidious, enemy: the onslaught o New York imesop-eds, Hungton Post blogs and USA oday or CNNpolls saying that I, a soon-to-be college graduate, amdoomed. Doomed to a new lie o mediocre Craigslist jobpostings, minimum wage work and a humiliating drivehome rom college with a Volvo ull o the same stu Idrove north with our years ago.

According to a source that I am not particularly ondo right now — a consulting rm called wentysomethingInc. — 85 percent o this year’s college graduates willmove back in with their parents due to a sub-par job mar-ket. By this measure, it seems like I should orget abouthearing the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance” tune ongraduation weekend and expect something a little moredepressing as I walk down the aisle. Perhaps Radioheador Je Buckley would be more appropriate. At least that’swhat I eel I’m supposed to believe.

My purposeul rejection o this media-inducedmalaise isn’t a state o denial, but rather a declaration o independence. I’m distancing mysel rom the idea that Iam a member o this supposed “lost generation.” Te onewho checked all the boxes to get into college (SA tutor-ing, athletics, volunteering), ullled all the requirementsonce they arrived (general ed, choosing a minor, writinga thesis), and yet has emerged on the other side empty-handed.

Te problem, to me, is that this view o college asan assembly line — where you take classes, build yourresume and reach June with a job oer and an engraved

invitation to middle-class lie — is entirely outdated. What aboutthe part where yound out what you’repassionate about do-ing? Where you decidenot just what you wantto see change in theworld, but also gure out a way to make it happen. Tatkind o thing, it would seem, is limited to reshman yearidealism.

In my time at UC Santa Cruz, I have met countlessindividuals who are indeed qualied enough to be hiredby any number o companies, agencies or rms. But moreimportantly, I have met people whose ingenuity, passions,unique talents and problem-solving skills make them

qualied or a number o jobs that don’t exist right now,

because the class o 2011 has yet to create them.Now, I am ully aware that in six months to a year, I

may be proved utterly wrong with a healthy serving o humble pie. It’s exceedingly obvious that things out thereare tough. I have spent the past ve months interningalongside college graduates who, let’s ace it, are ready tomove rom the intern cubicle to the payroll. But thosesame people are also building a skill set and developing apassion or something that is more than just a paycheck.It may take us all a while to get to where we’re going, butwhen we do, I’m condent what we will nd will be less o a career and more o a calling.

In addition, moving in with one’s parents, ideal, is a lso not the end o the world. It may mnot making enough money to rent an apartmdoesn’t mean you’re an utter ailure. Did you minor event in 2008 when a ll those wealthy inbankers and Wall Street executives — who noa great job the day they graduated rom their establishment — crashed and burned and tooworld down with them? Te whole idea o anbracket as the ultimate barometer o success iground these days.

While money is certainly not insignicantcomes to our post-collegiate success, it’s just ntom line. Irritatingly, the aorementioned Newand Hungton Post articles’ amiliar story obeing orced to move home seems to end therdoes it say what these individuals are doing. Pand non-prot jobs are on the rise, applicatiograms like Americorps and Peace Corps haveand laptop-ueled entrepreneurship can be obmany a coee shop. I’ll give you one guess as doing that meaningul, albeit less lucrative, w

not those investment bankers.So while my pre-graduation status may me

not be entirely qualied to give it, here is my the class o 2011: Boeing, Goldman Sachs andprobably not going to call you, but that’s not na setback. I there’s one thing we’ve all learnedit’s that this world has plenty o problems, mawere caused by the ormer generation. Don’t lthat you might have to live with your parents your resolve to x those things, to pursue youand to stake out a meaningul lie that resembyou’ve always wanted.

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Te problem is that this idea o collegeas an assembly line — where you takeclasses, build your resume, and reachJune with a job oer and an engravedinvitation to middle-class lie — isentirely outdated.

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he Playboy Club and Pan Am airplanes. Tese arethe habitats women will soon occupy on television.Te new shows start this al l, but they’re both set

in the 1960s.Hollywood knows how to work a decade. Just look

at “Mad Men,” AMC’s award-winning drama about theMadison Avenue advertising culture.

Te show’s set and costumes are meticulous — mosto the props actually come rom the time period they aremeant to recreate, and the dress is impeccable, rom men’sskinny ties to women’s corsets.

And the attitudes towards gender match the scen-ery. Te men on the show have the upper hand in every regard. Tey can sleep with whomever they want, striveor any job they want and general ly treat women howeverthey want, just so long as they keep up a certain appear-ance. Te show’s women, on the other hand, ace many

more obstacles and nd struggles even in their victories,such as when “Mad Men” character Peggy — advertisingrm Sterling Cooper’s rst emale copy writer — acesunabashed sexism while trying to do her hard-won job.

But that’s not to say “Mad Men” leaves its emale char-acters out in the cold. In act, many ans and critics alikeagree that the women’s stories are what make the show.Tey’re all vastly dierent, compelling, dynamic charac-ters whose plot lines show the diculties women aced inthe 1960s and still ace today. Te show is a testimonialto a history too ofen overlooked. Te world “Mad Men”depicts is horribly sexist, but the show itsel is remarkably

equal and possibly even eminist.

And unortunately,that’s still somethingworth noting. Becausewhile not many shows areovertly sexist, true emaleperspective and characterdevelopment are hard tond on primetime television.For every “Mad Men,” thereare shows like “House,” whichocuses on a primarily malecast and viewpoint. For every “30 Rock,” there is a “wo and aHal Men.” Yes, both o the lattershows eature women in the cast,but they ail to delve into what thosewomen go through in their lives.Tey serve as romantic interestsor the men, and not much else.

And a lot o the shows thatdo attempt or claim to representwomen don’t do much better.What does it say that the programwith the highest number o emalecharacters on television right now is the “Real House-wives” ranchise?

Tere are some shows with great roles or women —

“Te Good Wie” and “Bones” come to mind, among aew others — but they’re still ew and ar between.

Tis lack o representation is no surprise, given thestatistics. Women made up only 17 percent o all writersin the entertainment industry in 2009, according to theWriters Guild o America. It’s utile to expect a team o mostly male writers to be especially competent at comingup with complex emale characters. o the credit o “MadMen,” a number o women have won Emmys or theirwork writing on the show.

Hollywood has taken note o this success. Te majornetworks announced their new pilots or the all season a

couple o weeks ago, and a ew shows stood oto cash in on Mad Men’s nostalgia-ueled hyp“Playboy Club” and ABC’s “Pan Am” ocus o

Playboy bunnies and ight attendants in thOne cannot judge a book by its

a V show by its promotional pobeing said, it’s worth noting thatrom “Playboy Club” ocus pretton particular emale anatomicalbunnies’ aces — when they’re shall — reveal no emotion more cosexual desire and a willingness toTe ight attendants o “Pan Amconservatively dressed, but the ppower structure remains the sam

women literally standing a ew ethe male pilots.

Still, it remains to be seenthe writers or these

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than that. It’s easyate a ’60s-themed world

and inequality, but people who act“Mad Men” know loving the sho

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dealing with an increcartoon o her postce by male cowormakes her — and tnice to watch.

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Women made up only 17 percent o allwriters in the entertainment industry in 2009, according to the Writers Guildo America.

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Do you ever head downtown on Friday nights? Work late? Tese options began to look dim or UC Santa Cruzstudents living on campus when cuts to the Night Owlservice were decided on by city bus service Santa CruzMetro, eectively ending all public transportation afermidnight. But with a recent pledge rom APS, the NightOwl services might still have a chance.

In September, the Santa Cruz Metropolitan ransitDistrict (SCMD) board o directors decided that alteringand eliminating several bus routes was necessary to coun-ter the Metro’s growing decit, which currently numbersover $3.8 million. Such cuts include reducing trips onroutes 3 and 4, as well as terminating route 13 entirely.Te Night Owl service, buses 16N and 19N, which stopon the UCSC campus, have received cuts as well.

Te Metro’s nancial situation is no joke. From 2007to 2010, the Metro has lost over $4 million in operatingrevenue, and by 2012 it anticipates a service reduction o 12 percent through these cuts.

While the campus community certainly understandseeling the strain o the poor economy, eliminating publictransportation past midnight in a college town like Santa

Cruz would have a dierent kind o cost. Te Night OwlService is used by many students and residents o the city alike, who need to get home saely. Without a sae, soberride home, travelers in the city will be put in dangerousand potentially lie-threatening situations. Te Night Owl

Service is currently the only orm o public transportationavailable past midnight in Santa Cruz, and i the Metrodiscontinues service to those who need it, riders will haveto nd other ways home — either calling a cab, walkinghome or driving drunk.

An unexpected savior has been revealed in the lastew days, however. Larry Pageler o UCSC’s ransporta-tion and Parking Services (APS) has put out a statementpledging APS’ commitment to take overthe Night Owl Service.

Only students would be allowed toride, and APS would have to cut themajority o their Day Core routes or theprogram to work. However, this planshould be ully supported. Both the 16and 19 cater primarily to students anyway,and this would be a great step orward inkeeping students sae.

I students are orced to walk homepast midnight, these risks are likely to in-crease. According to the Santa Cruz PoliceDepartment website, which partnered

with CrimeMapping.com, there were 272cases o assault in the last six months —assaults in and around Laurel Street, astreet on several bus routes, numberedover 13. Without a bus, many will choose

not to go downtown, which would also reducrevenue or Pacic Avenue businesses.

o not have a ully operational bus servicein a college town is absurd. O students’ ees, toward city bus transportation. Hopeully, wihelp, this important service will be maintaine

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What does it mean or a society to be unable toread and write eectively? Teoretically, alldevelopment and intellectual advancement

would be incommunicable, and our society would ace a

bleak uture.Tat is precisely the situation the United States may

ace i current trends and statistics continue to show ewerand ewer college students have the ability to read andwrite eectively by the time they graduate.

Te New York imes recently reported that in onesemester, 32 percent o students selected or a study didnot take classes that required more than 40 pages o read-ing per week, and 50 percent o them did not take classesthat required 20 pages o writing over the entire semester.Tey also reported that the students they ollowed studiedless than hal the amount o time ull-time students in the1960s spent studying.

It has become apparent that secondary institutions areless rigorous — but why? Secondary institutions have be-come the new high school equivalent. Many students can-not get a good job straight out o high school anymore.Tis means there is more o an emphasis on studentsgetting through college solely to earn a degree instead o on the educational opportunity college can provide.

Even students who are interested in coming to collegeto get a stellar education are implicitly encouraged to getthrough college as quickly as possible, as ees and tuitioncontinue to rise. It has become harder or the averageamily to aord to send their aspiring student to college,at a time when it is absolutely necessary to get a collegeeducation to be competitive in the job market.

Tis leads to increased class sizes and even less empha-sis on each student’s learning experience. eachers aren’t

capable o teaching such large classes eectively, andsome have switched rom papers to multiple-choice teststo maintain their workload. Tis doesn’t only meanoverwhelming work or the teachers. It also means

that students get less out o their education today than they did 50 years ago.

We should commend the UC Santa Cruz administra-tion, however, or changing the school’s GE system tomake sure every discipline includes a writing-intensiverequirement. Tis will ensure that students graduate withthe skills they need to be condent in the job market.However, this change comes in the wake o the demise o narrative evaluations, an element o a UCSC educationthat has set the school apart since its ounding. No longerdo students receive direct eedback and explanation tosupplement the grades they’ve earned, urther shifingpriority rom the learning experience to a grade and GPA.

At commencement, it would be deplorable to seestudents who look back on their years at collegeand say, “Tat ew by too quickly,” or “What didI learn while I was here?” Instead o regrettingtheir choice to attend college, students shouldlook back on their experience and know they learned everything they imagined they wanted towhen they started college, and the system they paid into was worth the money they spent.

Emphasis on education at secondary institu-tions should be the highest priority, instead o thedegree students are awarded at the end o theirdecreasingly rigorous years at college. Students willcome to college and know they will attend, learnand eventually graduate with something more valu-able than a piece o paper: an education.

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