“The Shamanic Bones of Zen” - Interview with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel by John Malkin (May 19, 2022) “The Shamanic Bones of Zen” Embraces Indigenous Roots and Rituals By John Malkin --- “The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing…
KZSC is excited to announce that STS9, a Santa Cruz-based electronic band, is set to perform August 12th and 13th in the Quarry Amphitheater located within the UC Santa Cruz Campus. Tickets can be purchased at the links below! Links…
Tricking Power Into Performing Acts of Love: New Book Celebrates Playful Disruption of Dominant Paradigm By John Malkin --- Shepherd Siegel’s new book “Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love: How Tricksters Through History Have Changed the World”…
By Charlie Erdman On June 11th, the UFC will host its sixth Pay-Per-View of the year, UFC 275. The action will take place in Singapore, marking the UFC’s first Pay-Per-View event in Southeast Asia. The fight card is stacked with…
Written by Charlie Erdman After two years of missing the playoffs, the Golden State Warriors are back in business. The Warriors began their playoff push with a dominant series win against the Denver Nuggets. Following their first-round win, the…
Written by William Coolidge For the NBA and basketball world, and similar to the phrase my friend wants to get tattooed on his chest, "This Is It". Sticking to the NBA though...there are only two teams left standing in the…
By William Coolidge As of this writing, the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors have yet to begin their battle against each other in the Western Conference Finals, game 1 of the series is tonight. Unlike the Eastern Conference,…
By William Coolidge This time of year is bittersweet for me...on the one hand, we're approaching the end of the playoffs with four high-caliber teams remaining, duking it out with each other in hopes of advancing to the biggest stage…
By Charlie Erdman On May 7th of this year, the UFC will host the highly anticipated pay-per-view event UFC 274 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Footprint Center. Headlining the action is the stacked lightweight division's championship fight between current…
By Mia Duisenberg If you are at all into country or folk music you are going to want to read this, but if you are too lazy to read, simply go listen to Ian Noe on Apple music or Spotify…
By William Coolidge The second round of the playoffs has commenced and last night, the Phoenix Suns won the first game of a best of seven series against the opposing Dallas Mavericks. The final score was 121-114, but the game…
By Remington Plischke UCSC’s Climate Coalition hosted a rally for Earth Day last Friday, inciting enthusiasm among the student body for climate action. They offered teach-ins through the day, free to the whole community, on a variety of climate-related…
By John Malkin The Santa Cruz Mission was established in 1791 and by 1793 a pan-tribal rebellion burned down some of the structures. In 1812 a native woman named Yaquenonsat led the assassination of Father Andrés…
On April 9th of this year, the UFC will host its most anticipated Pay-Per-View of the year, UFC 273. The action will take place in Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Headlining the card is the…
Just as it seemed the Warriors were finally overcoming years of being injury-riddled-- in fact, James Wiseman, Draymond Green, Iguodala, and GP2 coming back was the main topic of my last article--the Dubs suffered some sizable blows. First and foremost,…
Written by Kate Marsden I started listening to Yellow Days (the musical alias of alternative music star George van den Broek) in high school and his gravelly, pining sound became a part of the soundtrack…
By Charlie Erdman The first day of March Madness started yesterday and it began like it always does, with massive upsets. The biggest upset of them all was 15th seed Saint Peter’s taking down Goliath 2nd seed Kentucky. The Kentucky…
By John Malkin Dr. Viviana Beatriz MacManus is the author of “Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars.” The book was released in 2020 by University of Illinois Press and discusses the history of gender and…
It’s been almost three weeks since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have concluded. One certainty that hasn't come to end is the excellence of Chloe Kim. Officially a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Chloe Kim is making history at only 21…
By Sebastian Gonzalez Watching Dinosaur Jr. perform has always been at the top of my list of must-see live acts, so when it was announced that the band would be playing the legendary venue The Fillmore in San Francisco for…
PEACE IS EVERY STEP: IN MEMORY OF THICH NHAT HANH By John Malkin A version of the following story was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on February, 17, 2022, based on an interview with Thich Nhat Hanh in 2002…