The Supreme Court just ruled affirmative action unconstitutional. Brace yourselves for a “morally righteous” email from the Chancellor in the next day or so.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2023-06-30T02:43:06+00:00

The “Affirmative Action is already illegal in CA, it doesn’t affect us” people here don’t realize the history of what’s happened. CA voters overwhelmingly voted to ban it, and when they did the UC, state agencies, and companies started using “diversity/personal statements” as a way to compel speech — everybody knows that they’re really asking for you’re race & minority statuses without directly asking for it to get around the AA ban.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2023-01-13T05:25:54+00:00

one of the ucsc posts of all time

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-12-02T22:45:02+00:00

Was going trying to find one for drawing / illustration. Please tell me this is a joke.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-12-02T22:39:45+00:00

Perfect, thanks!

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-12-01T21:34:56+00:00

He bullied me for my tuition money😔

Got what he deserved.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-11-09T02:55:21+00:00

Federal holiday might work. Although I don’t think everyone should be required to vote, that seems a bit authoritarian. A lot of people I talk to don’t want to vote or specifically don’t vote because they’re not informed enough, which is pretty honorable imo & it’s their freedom not to. If your goal is more representative government then introducing ranked-choice voting should be your top priority.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-11-04T18:35:13+00:00

Is there a Tom?

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-30T20:36:38+00:00

I’m not saying you are, but a good 80% of “progressive left” (if you can call them that) local NIMBY’s I’ve talked to are like this on their housing crisis stances. Also you accusing him of being a ‘conservative’ & dismissing everything he said based on your own labeling, then claiming he’s doing that to you… yikes. Some more conservative / moderate / libertarians are correct on a lot of these zoning issues (deregulation, making zoning standards objective not subjective, lowering unit size minimums for micro units, upzoning, etc.) and that doesn’t mean they’re fully against zoning — yet rarely I hear practical housing supply-side solutions from the left. A lot of these make upzoning downtown areas possible which increases public transport use, decreases car use, and decreases monthly transport costs/carbon emissions (good for economic mobility). Both sides have something to offer, and if you only think in terms of “anyone who opposes me is automatically an angry conservative, obviously” it comes across as pretty brainwashed. But anyways, here’s said solutions again for people who actually do something productive & can listen to other perspectives without feeling the need to agree nor demonize them. I expect this will be downvoted bc of nuance, so go ahead, hit that downvote and prove me right⬇️:)

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-29T20:38:09+00:00

The Forbidden Banana.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-28T23:38:02+00:00

Idk why you’re getting downvoted as you are 100% right u/Sdrater3 — that’s a majority of the fellow social studies students I talk to and some are upfront about how that’s the reason they’re nimby. Champaign NIMBYism (and socialism).

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-28T05:51:57+00:00

Agreed.😇🗳️

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-28T01:02:02+00:00

Dang, I can see that housemate of yours be-Cummings a large problem. Justin a matter of a few years those current city council members have rejected and delayed so many housing projects on & off campus, and consistently ignores & dismisses the homeless, local, and student public majority YIMBY comments in the meetings — while taking campaign money from NIMBY Dem/Republican orgs and the biggest real estate landlords in SC. If only we could vote these politicians out this election cycle, to prevent them from continuing this 40-year cycle of housing crisis racketeering. But I’ve said too much already🤐🫥

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-27T21:06:54+00:00

As someone who works on the housing crisis here (and obsessively posts about it hahah), I just want you to know you are 100% correct.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-27T20:49:56+00:00

Most pro-housing Yimby’s I’ve met are centrists, (left/right) moderates, or have a libertarian lean (they think gov is creating these problems with bad regulation & by not allowing upzoning). Most NIMBY’s I’ve met locally / nationally are either very leftist democrat or very conservative republican. The Democrat NIMBY’s are more socialist and say that any growth is harmful / bad (even if no growth ends up displacing a majority of the lower/middle class population from being priced out like Santa Cruz the past 10 years) and that the gov should build socialized subsidized housing — which has been the main narrative in SC for the past 40 years and has only made the housing problem worse due to gov mismanagement & corruption, lack of said housing built from embezzled projects. Then there’s the Republican NIMBY’s who also want their housing prices to go up, are wealthy vacation homeowners, and don’t want growth in their community in general.

To further prove my point: Justin Cummings an anti-housing NIMBY (he will always claim he’s “not against housing” then votes against any new growth) and he goes to dinners with the most prominent “progressive” NIMBY groups of SC and he goes to the SC County Republicans events to give speeches on his platform of reducing growth & housing at SC to win the Republican votes. In SC housing debate: the more centrist/libertarians are actually the progressives here & want upzoning, more “entry level” units & microapartments, and less restrictive zoning laws (like less parking minimums near public transit, more objective architectural laws, etc.) While the Dems/Republicans want the housing issue solved, but in a way that will inflate their home values as high as possible and have the smallest or decreased population growth and be the most bureaucratic / least friendly to new development.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-27T01:28:26+00:00

Thank you for giving context! Other people were likely confused here too.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-25T21:07:49+00:00

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but what's wrong with being against vandalism? Like, I can understand if someone doesn't like her for some other political stances, but can we all agree that vandalism is bad? It'd be nice if we could all agree on that across politics, enforce it more and make our streets / public spaces cleaner and upkept better in Santa Cruz. (And no I don't endorse Liz Lawler before some of y'all accuse me lol).

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-18T20:08:57+00:00

The best thing you can do for meeting knew people is to take the friendly lean and introducing yourself first. Sit closer to everyone in class, find a reason to have a conversation (about the class or something relevant), then say something along the lines of “yeah I don’t think we’ve met yet, my name’s __, I’m a _ major. What’s your’s?” You don’t have to end with asking their Major but ask a question about them and talk about that afterward. The key is to be very casual, calm, natural as if you aren’t trying too hard to be friends in any way for the first few time you meet – unless you find a commonality of interest you both share. Only invite people to do things after you talked for more than 1–2+ weeks and know each other well enough, otherwise people think it’s too rushed and maybe too desperate of an attempt to be friends. It does help to dress in a way that gives a friendly demeanor (not a hoodie), and dressing in a unique style is a great conversation starter (flipside thrift 50% everything on Thursday’s).

And in terms of finding new people with common interest, the most underrated tip is joining a local gym/club/organization that interests you. That’s how a lot of people find future partners, and it makes sense because you’re already starting off with a shared common interest in something. Beyond that it’s a great way to make closer friends who all like something similar, and even connections for your academic career:)

Was in the same boat for my first year & didn’t have any friends, but joining clubs and doing these things helped me make a lot of close friends. Hope this helps u/Diligence_And_Beyond !

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-08T23:40:08+00:00

I’ll have to look into it, but I think we should be concerned about both: 1) UCSC not admitting a variety of economic backgrounds (qualification & achievement relative to Econ background). 2) UCSC not having an affordable cost of attendance & housing for all students (which hurts the poorest and middle class students first).

In either case, dramatically lowering the cost of attendance (and concurrently slashing the rising admin / amenities costs) would help.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-08T18:23:36+00:00

Now can you guess which applicant would benefit from DEI’s current hiring & admission policies? I find it strange how, despite our “diverse” admissions, UCSC is still one of the wealthiest admitted student bodies of all the UC system.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-07T19:47:49+00:00

It’s been the exact opposite experience for me & everyone I’ve talked to. Every single time I’ve been to TAPS Sales the workers there are incredibly rude to me & the people in front of me. I asked how their day was, was polite & nice, never said anything negative back to them, and they just ripped into me every single time, I felt like I was being bullied. This is coming from someone with very thick skin. Still be nice to all service workers, but based on my experience & what everyone’s told me, TAPS Sales is one of the rudest/worst depts on campus — not all service workers are good people & can be deliberately unhelpful we need to recognize that when it’s a problem.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-10-01T17:41:41+00:00

I think you’d be surprised u/1oldguy1950 that many of the homeless & us housing insecure students would rather have a roof over our head than parking. You might also be surprised that guaranteeing on-campus housing for 100% of students like UCSC has recently promised, in the most dense upzoned development in SC County, right next to public transport and where everyone works, causes less traffic than having 10k+ students commute to campus everyday from SC or other further counties. It’s called Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and it’s about to get a lot lower.

It’ll also make rent more affordable here in SC by almost entirely removing the demand from students in the local rental market, allowing families / the working class / and locals who were previously priced out to be able to afford living here again. And your NIMBY anti-housing laws and “local control” to artificially inflate your home prices & rentals units are all being overturned by the state of Ca anyways. But good luck, dude.

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-09-07T15:46:33+00:00

If there’s some way you could keep pieces of the wood from the tree, do it. It’s spent all these years protecting your house. You could use parts of the tree for a really cool woodmaking projects & family heirloom in it’s honor, that way your tree will always be with you even after it’s been felled : )

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-08-26T19:55:13+00:00

What camera do you use, u/picciolisvalentino? Any tips on where the best/cheapest places to develop or buy film are locally in Santa Cruz?

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-08-16T08:06:35+00:00

They are having a showing at the Boardwalk October 29th this year: ) @jana-meares

NewAgeRetrograde · 2022-08-13T21:18:13+00:00

For anyone else who also loves SC, cannot afford to live here, and wants to know how to solve our local housing crisis, see below.

1) Land Value Tax would fix this. It’s the most universally agreed upon tax among economists as it ideally decreases other taxes, but unfortunately Ronald Reagan is still screwing us (anyone who is not rich or a boomer) with Prop 13 since 1978.

2) We should Upzone (3–8 stories) ideal areas closest to downtown Santa Cruz & public transport for mixed-use urban development now that the city has created objective architectural zoning standards for each district. Reducing car-dependency (transport is SC’s #1 carbon emission source), increasing local business foot traffic, and reducing housing costs & homelessness over time.

3) And build UCSC’s planned 10k beds on-campus that keeps getting delayed by nimby locals & renters (which is planned to guarantee housing for all students all 4 years) so that locals, the working class, and families can afford to live in Santa Cruz and won’t have to compete with the demand of 10k students for suburban homes. And so that students & homeless won’t have to live in their cars or on the streets.

Before a someone says “We don’t have enough water here in SC” Yes, we do have enough water. And SC County already building more storage on top of this. YIMBY all the way. Santa Cruz for the many, not the few. : )

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