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P. 4 2011-12 ADMISSION NUSHOW 23 PERCENT INCREALATINO APPLICANTSby Laurel Fujii

P. 5 UCSC ALUMNI SEEK MPERMANENT TRIBUTE FORTUCSON VICTIMby Kara Foran

P. 6 EVENTS CALENDAR

P. 7 SAFETY IN NUMBERS:ESTABLISHES VOLUNTEERPROGRAMby Stephanie Meade

P. 9 FIGHT IN ARGENTINA FEATURE WATSONVILLEWORLD CHAMPIONby Elizabeth Arakelian

P. 10 HOMELESS SEEK REFEMPLOYMENT THROUGHGARDENINGby Kara Foran

P. 15 SANTA CRUZ ART LEASHOWCASES LOCAL TALENby Gareth Rees-White

P. 16 AN OUTSIDE DISCUSTHE AMERICAN STUDIES Dby Gareth Rees-White

P. 17 THE URBAN DILEMby Blair Stenvick

P. 18 EDITORIAL: FEBRUAR

THE SEASON OF GIVING

P. 19 EDITORIAL:TRANSNATIONAL ADOPTEUNFAIRLY KEPT IN THE DA

P. 20 WHO THE HELL ASKECompiled byMichael Mott & Sal Ingram&

SLUG COMICSby Muriel Gordon

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P. 12 THROUGH OUR LENSby Morgan Grana

P. 8 SURFING TOURNAMENT SHOWS OFF LOCAL SPORTS CULTUREby Elizabeth Arakelian

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Number of Latino Applicants Rises 23 PercA 25-percent Latino population would qualiy the school or additional unding

By Laurel FujiiCampus Reporter

Te number o Latino ap-plicants to UCSC rose 23 percent

or the 20112012 school year,according to the website o theUniversity o Caliornia Oce othe President.

As o 2009, UCSCs Latinoand Chicano students made up18 percent o the undergraduatepopulation, while the percentageo applicants was 21 percent.

I UCSCs Latino populationreaches 25 percent, the schoolwill be recognized as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI).Tisdesignation provides schoolswith grants and support services.

Its a source o revenue that

would be very, very helpul, saidPatricia Zavella, proessor oLatin American and Latino stud-ies (LALS) and department chair.

O 26,136 rst-year UCSCapplicants rom Caliornia, 27.4percent were Latino. Tis is 2percentage points ewer than thenumber o Asian-American ap-plicants, according to the websiteo the University o CaliorniaOce o the President.

Michelle Whittingham,associate vice chancellor oenrollment management anddirector o admissions, iscertain UCSC will receive thedesignation.

Tats going to be realexciting, not i, but when we getthere, Whittingham said. Itllreally be potentially the next yearor two.

Tird-year LALS major ChrisCuadrado is looking or morethan just an increase in theenrollment o students o color.Cuadrado, an active member inEl Centro, the Chicano LatinoResource Center, said he wouldrather the university do more toencourage the involvement ostudents o color on campus.

For the university to reectthe population, the universitysresources need to be available tothe general population, he said.

Currently, all the ethnicresource centers the ChicanoLatino, Arican American, AsianAmerican/Pacic Islander, andAmerican Indian resource cen-ters are located on hal a oor.

Tis is where the HSI recogni-tion comes in.

I were able to become aHispanic-serving institution,that will be a really good thing,Zavella said. Whatever resourceswe get to work with Latinostudents will ree up resources or

other students. Its one o thosewin-win situations.

I a university with HSI rec-ognition wants to implement orimprove a program, the U.S. De-partment o Education providesmoney and instructions on howto do so.

Lets say we decide we reallyneed to work on writing, and wewant to write a proposal or awriting program, Zavella said.Tey would have very clearguidelines o what that wouldlook like, how much moneytheyre willing to allocate and

how it will be used. Tere wouldbe very clear reporting mecha-nisms that [ensure] UCSC usedthe unds correctly.

Zavella is on the team draingup a proposal or UCSCs appli-cation to become an HSI.

Weve had one meeting soar, she said. Were trying tobrainstorm what are the issueswe need to think about. What arethe problems that Latino studentsace? What are the resourceson campus? And where are theweaknesses? Where do we needto identiy where we could applyor programs that would helpstudents?

Currently, UC Merced andUC Riverside are HSIs.

Whittingham credits manyactors or the increased Latinoapplicants. Not only did morestudents identiy their ethnicityon the application, but UCSCreached out to more students.

UCSC is trying to recruitmore non-Caliornia residentsor scal purposes, Whittinghamsaid. Increasing the numbero non-residents would raiseUCSCs income. Due toCaliornias budget cr isis and

education cuts, the state can onlypay or 11,000 UCSC students.

Our primary mission isserving the state o Caliornia,Whittingham said. But be-ing a top-tier, world-renowneduniversity, we denitely want tooer learning opportunities orstudents not only rom Caliorniabut well beyond.

Non-Caliornia residentsare not displacing Caliornia

residents, because the school hasthe physical capacity or morestudents, she said.

Te admissions oce usednew methods to urther inormprospective students both in and

out o state.Tese included College Week

Live, a virtual col lege air to letinterested students talk to UCSCaculty online.

Many UCSC students also

went back to their hito promote the unive

Weve reached a people that we werenreach beore, Whittisaid.

PATRICIA ZAVELLA, professor and chair of Latin American and Latino studie

that UCSC is well on its way to gaining recognition as a Hispanic-serving inst

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Scholarshipto Honor AlumnusKilled in ArizonaFinancial aid intended to beneft social sciences students

By Kara ForanCampus Reporter

UCSC alumnus Gabe Zimmerman wasone o six people killed during the recentshooting in ucson, Ariz. A social sciencesscholarship has been proposed at UCSanta Cruz in honor o Zimmerman andhis dedication to social justice.

Zimmerman was a congressional aideto Rep. Gabrielle Giords (D-Ariz.),

who was holding a public orum the dayZimmerman was atally shot. A gunmanopened re at the crowd gathered in ronto a Saeway, critically injuring Giordsand atally wounding Zimmerman.

A community memorial took place Jan.13 to pay respects to Zimmerman, butUCSC alumni are seeking a more perma-nent tribute to Zimmermans lie. FormerUCSC student Jonathan Klein proposed acommemorative scholarship in responseto the Arizona attack.

Im hoping that students that come toUC Santa Cruz like I did, like Gabe did have the opportunity to learn about whatGabe did, what happened in ucson, andto be helped out nancially, Klein said.

Te scholarship will aid undergradu-ates in the social sciences. It is intendedto provide nancial support to politically-minded students working in social justiceand public service.

What I hope that people gain is abetter understanding o the time and e-ort that it takes or somebody to be parto a democratic process, Klein said. Itssomething people dont think about on aday-to-day basis. Gabe Zimmerman gavethe ultimate sacrice or democracy, as ihe were a soldier in battle.

I the Gabriel Zimmerman ScholarshipFund reaches endowment, the scholarshipwill continuously and annually provide

nancial aid to social sciences students.Between $15,000 and $18,000 has beenraised, but $50,000 is needed to endow thescholarship.

Joop Rubens, UCSC associate directoro development, handles unding or theschool, and is working with donors or theGabriel Zimmerman Scholarship Fund.

Weve had over 250 responses, Rubenssaid.Im hopeul that by the end o themonth I can cal l Gabes parents and tellthem that we will able to endow the schol-arship.

One o those responses was rom UCSCalumnus Jon Carnero. Carnero now worksin New York, but reached out rom acrossthe country aer hearing about the loss oa ormer UCSC student.

o see such violence take place [inucson] was jarring, Carnero said. Tatswhen I realized, What can I do?

Carnero spoke to his boss about donat-ing to the Zimmerman Scholarship soit can reach endowment. Te companyagreed to match donations dollar-or-

dollar up to $500.I would like to see it support students

so that they can continue their educationwith the vision o going into public serviceand make a positive impact on society,Carnero said.

Carnero is one o many people re-sponding to the tragedy.

Alex Clemens, another UCSC alumnus,is contributing his marketing contacts tothe scholarships cause. Clemens is grab-bing media attention or the Zimmermanscholarship along with Klein and Rubens,hoping to attract more donations.

Rubens expressed enthusiasm or stu-dents like Zimmerman.

[Gabe] was part o the Global Inor-

mation Internship Program, Rubens said.Any time I meet people here on campuswho are very intelligent and very drivenand very eager to work around socialchange, theyre part o this program. Teyalways impress me. It wasnt a surprise thathe was one o these students. Clearly hewas a very impressive individual.

Aer Zimmerman received his bach-elors degree in sociology rom UCSC in2002, he received his masters in socialwork at Arizona State University. Te Ari-zona State University Gabe ZimmermanSpirit o Service Scholarship has also beenset up in Zimmermans honor.

In terms o it aecting campus lie,

I think i this scholarship can show thatsomething so tragic can turn into some-thing that gives us hope or many, manyyears to come i we can endow it thenthats amazing, Rubens said. You guysshould be proud that you go to a schoolthat Gabe graduated rom, that peoplelike Jonathan and Alex graduated rom. Imean, you guys are them.

For more inormation, contactJoop Rubens at [email protected]

or (831) 502-7275.

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Events

Event CalendarCampus

THURSDAY, JAN. 27

Living Writers Series.Readings by lecturers LindsayKnisely, Emily Carr, IngridMoody and Maureen Foster.Humanities Lecture Hall 206. 6p.m. Drop-in bicycle maintenance.East Field House, next tooutdoor basketball courts. 2 to 5p.m. Free. Workshop: Vegan Cooking.Village Communal Kitchen. 5 to8 p.m. $20.

FRIDAY, JAN. 28

Bone marrow donorregistration drive. estingprocess consists o cheek swabwith Q-tip. College Nine,Namaste Lounge. 11 a.m. to 4p.m. Free.

Global Game Jam 2011. 48-hour video game developmentevent. Baskin Engineering 2,Room 180. 4:30 p.m. Free. Signup atggj.soe.ucsc.edu. Film: Air Guitar Nation.Cowell College, ApartmentCommunity Room. 8 to 9:30p.m. Free.

SATURDAY, JAN. 29

Workshop: Edibles & Me-dicinals. Merrill College, BaobabLounge. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $20.

Lecture: Douglas Brinkley:Change: Mobilizing the His-torical Narrative. HumanitiesLecture Hall. 7 to 9 p.m. $3 or

students, $12 advance generaladmission, $15 at door.

Sports: Mens basketball vs.Pacica University. West FieldHouse. 7 p.m. $1 or UCSCstudents, $2 aculty and sta, $5general admission.

MONDAY, JAN. 31

Womens sel-deense. Courseheld every Monday or six weeks.East Field Center, Martial ArtsRoom. 3 to 5 p.m. Free.

TUESDAY, FEB. 1

Writers Society. For studentsinterested in creative writing.Meetings every week. KresgeWriting Center. 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2

Exhibition: Public Spaces byUCSC proessor emeritus ChipLord. Porter College, SesnonGallery. 5 to 6:45 p.m. Free.

Lecture: Dianne Aigaki: TeDream o the urquoise Bee.Kresge own Hall. 7:30 to 9 p.m.Free.

Film: 50 Faggots. Docu-mentary ollowed by Q&A withdirector and two cast members.Porter Dining Hall. 8 p.m. Free.

o volunteer, contact HelenAldana at [email protected] Zioulas [email protected].

City

THURSDAY, JAN. 27

Workshop: Studio Lighting.Community elevision o SantaCruz County. 12 to 4 p.m. 18 andup. $20. Concert: Or, Te Whale,yphoon, ape Deck Mountain.Te Crpe Place. 9 p.m. $8.

FRIDAY, JAN. 28

Concert: Overtone. KuumbwaJazz Center. 7 p.m. $12 in ad-vance, $15 at door. Concert: Railroad Earth. TeCatalyst. Doors open at 8 p.m.,show begins at 9 p.m. 16 and up.$20.

Concert: JP Harris & Teough Choices, Te LonelyHearts. Te Crpe Place. 9 p.m.$8.

SATURDAY, JAN. 29

Perormance: Rhythms o Cul-ture. 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. $12 or

adults, $8 or children under 12. Amikaeyla and relawny RoseCD Release Party. Kuumbwa JazzCenter. 8 p.m. $15. Perormance: Local improvgroup Freeall. Broadway Play-house. 8 p.m. $12. Concert: Santa Cruz CountySymphonys Strictly Classical.Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. 8p.m. Prices vary.

Concert: Andrew Bird. RioTeatre. 8 p.m. Sold out. $25. CYH Presents: Dan P & TeBricks, Te Inciters, Kepi Ghou-lie. Te Crpe Place. 9.pm. $8.

SUNDAY, JAN. 30

Perormance: Rhythms oCulture. Pacic Cultural Center.2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. $12 or adults,$8 or children under 12. 2011 Bridal Expo. CocoanutGrove. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $7. Show: Dinner at the

Tompsons. Te Crp.m. $5.

MONDAY, JAN. 31

Concert: Lizz WriKuumbwa Jazz Cent$25 in advance, $28

27th Annual Mart

King Convocation. SCivic Auditorium. 7 Free. Film: Never-EndTe Crpe Place. 8 p

Concert: GravelroGroggs. Te Crpe P$7.

TUESDAY, FEB. 1

Concert: LA Riotsreaty and MinnesotCatalyst. 9 p.m. $17 Ages 18 and up. Valirequired. Concert: 7 Come Crpe Place. 8p.m. F

WEDNESDAY, FEB

Concert: Apex MaGetaway Girl. Te Cp.m. $8.

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Police IntroduceVolunteer ProgramCitizens to assist police orce behind the scenes

Te Santa Cruz Police De-partment is launching a newvolunteer program in conjunc-tion with the city o Santa Cruz.Te latest in a series o additionsto the police orce, the programintends to bring the communityand the police together withthe common goal o upholdingpublic saety.

Te volunteer applications,which are available online to

members o the community overthe age o 18, can be submittedvia e-mail, ax, or delivered byhand to the CitySERVE Volun-teer Program Oce on CenterStreet. Volunteers can choosethe length o time as well as the

time o day at which they planto volunteer. Kevin Vogel, SantaCruzs chie o police, said that18 applications have alreadybeen submitted.

City council member Daviderrazas works closely with theSCPD volunteer program.

One o the things I was inter-ested in was encouraging volun-teerism within the city, errazassaid. During [my] campaign Imet with a variety o public andelected ocials to talk abouthow we could get more peopleengaged in public service.

Te volunteers will be trainedby already paid administrativeworkers at the police department

to do clericalwork.Output inthe ocewill godown duringtraining, butas soon as thevolunteers begin,output will increase,Vogel explained.errazas said that theprogram will save money in thelong run.

Were looking at havingvolunteers out there doinglower level police work thatactually has a net positive e-ect on the budget, errazas

said. Tat was the purpose o

this to get people out thereworking on things that need tobe addressed and to not takeaway time rom scheduled policeocers work to do the publicsaety enorcement that they werehired to do.

Vogel plans to urther developthe program and keep optionsopen or prospective volunteersHe said that volunteers will beexpected to do a minimum o 12to 16 hours o work per monthin order to make the volunteersworthwhile and cost-eective.

We are going to intervieweach one o them and nd out

where their interests lie, Vogelsaid. We might actually discoverother things that we can havevolunteers do.

Bill Christie is a localdentist who has spent many yearsvolunteering at the SCPD as achairperson or Santa CruzsCitizens Police Review Board,coordinator or Santa Cruz Citi-zens Police Academy, and willbe the rst volunteer or the newSCPD volunteer program.

We all know theres going tobe a challenge with the nancing,the resources that the police de-

partment has access to, so one othe things I suggested to [Vogel]was to get a volunteer programgoing and he already had that inmind, Christie said.

Te inspiration or the volun-teer program was the CitizensPolice Academy, a program thatallows citizens to learn about thework the police department does.Citizens have the opportunityto drive police cars, use rearms

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Sports

Colored jerseys dot thewater. Jack Johnson plays on thespeaker system. Te smell o salthangs in the air.

Te Surng America PrimeSeries tournament coincidedwith the Martin Luther King Jr.memorial weekend. Te eventtook place at Steamer Lane, a

sur spot on West Cli Drive.Large tents popped up near thelighthouse to serve the event.

Te Prime Series, whichis run under the sanctioningbody o Surng America, wasounded by Andrea Swayne andGreg Cruse. Te invitation-onlytournament is where the bestamateur surers in the nationgather to compete or a spot onthe national team. Te event isrun in our-person heats. Boyscompeted in under-18, under-16and under-14 groups, and girlsin under-18 and under-16groups.

Swayne, who is also thebeach marshal, kept track o thescores at the tournament. Everyew minutes, seemingly typi-cal teenagers in act the bestamateur surers in the nation approached Swayne, perchedunderneath one o the tents. Stilldripping wet, they checked theirscores and which bracket theyhad been placed into.

One o the teenagers was

bleach blond Willie Eagleton, a16-year-old who attends SantaCruz High School. His ather, asurer as well, got him into thesport our years ago, and nowEagleton surs every day beoreand aer school.

I started out at Cowells andnow I sur at the Lane, Eagletonsaid, observing the surers in theocean through his black Oakleys.It is unique to be able to sur atall right point breaks.

Swayne commented on thelocation as well.

Santa Cruz is a classic loca-tion to run the contest, she said.It is a nice way to showcase thetalent.

Cruse, who also serves as di-rector o all aspects o the event,said that it takes a lot o work toput together a tournament likethe one at Steamer Lane. Sincethe event is invitation-only, themajority o the work is gur-ing out who will be invited toparticipate, he said.

He also handled sponsorshipand advertisement. Not wantingthe major energy drink compa-nies marketing to the compet-ing teenagers, he sought out thesupport o the Caliornia MilkProcessing Board, and was ableto get Got Milk? to sponsor theevent.

Swayne said that the group oparticipants are highly competi-tive but also good riends.

Friends on the beach, butnot in the water, Cruse joked.

Cruse and Swayne said theprogram promotes good sports-manship and winning or losingwith good grace.

Cruse, a surer o 42 years,has noticed an evolution in thesport as o late, as more moneyhas owed into the event.

You used to just go sur andhave un, but now it is beingtreated like a serious sport, hesaid.

He has seen the youth begin

to incorporate more intensetraining, including stretchingbeore surng and cardio, to stayin shape.

Te competitors take surngextremely seriously, Swayne said.

Tey are ocused, she said.Some even have private coach-ing. Many competitors are onindependent study and are worldtravelers, going to Australia,Indonesia and Costa Rica.

Many o the current amateurstandouts are rom surng ami-lies with a long history o surngtravel.

Its addicting, Cruse said osurng. You eel like your gillsdie out i you dont get in thewater.

As the sun started to sink andthe tournament ended or theday, cars still lined the streetswith their windows down andsurfoards poking out the backwindows.

Tis is sur culture and asCruse says, it is as much a sportas it is a liestyle.

By Elizabeth ArakelianSports Reporter

Surfng America Prime Series showcases young talent

Youth Tournament Makes Wav

YOUNG SURFERS (topleft, right) catch waveSurng America Prime Surf Competition on Mowhile Santa Cruz local Willie Eagleton (above), discusses his semi nal heat. The under-18 eveheld on the waves off West Cliff Drive. The conwhich features the best young shortboard surfecountry, ran from Jan. 15 through 17.

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Local World Champion Boundfor Argentina Carina La Reina Moreno to box undeeatedchampion or frst fght in over a year

Carina Moreno has beaten sixpeople unconscious.

In act, at her job, knockingout her opponents is the ulti-mate goal. Moreno is a our-timeworld champion boxer with a21-2 proessional record.

And this Saturday, she willbe traveling rom her home inWatsonville to Argentina to ghtYesica Yolanda Bopp, whose titleswith the World Boxing Associa-tion and World Boxing Orga-nization are at stake. Bopp hasa proessional record o 13-0 (5

KOs) and most recently ought inAug. 2010. Moreno has not hadan ocial ght in over a year.

Her sabbatical, however, wasinvoluntary. In her most recentght, Moreno endured one oonly two losses in her career.Anabel Ortiz deeated the cham-pion in their ght in Mexico.

Rick Noble, Morenos man-ager and trainer, said Moreno didnot receive a air ght and there

was a hometown decision. Nobleand Moreno wanted a rematch,

but the ght never happened.Were over it at this pointNoble said, shaking his head.We spent too much time hunt-ing this girl down and it neverhappened.

Several other ghts had beenset up but ell through as well.

Moreno has also been recov-ering rom a shoulder injury. Teghter said she has been dealingwith immense pressure in hershoulder, probably due to repeat-edly throwing her hook too ar.

Aer receiving a cortisoneshot rom her doctor, she tonedher training down or the past

ve months. Noble said thatalthough they had no control othe time o, Moreno is now hun-grier or a ght because o it.

Morenos trainers are con-dent in her ability, despite thesetbacks. Albert Romero, one oMorenos trainers who was oncea proessional boxer, said thatMoreno has all the tools to winthe ght. He said she is ready todeliver a knockout.

A knockout is a coveted ac-complishment in boxing and

Noble lights up at the suggestiono Moreno delivering one.Your goal [as a boxer] is to

render your opponent uncon-scious and beat them into sub-mission, Noble said. Very rarelywill you see a boxer quit.

Noble explained Morenosstyle as aggressive.

She is a pressure-type boxer.She throws a lot o punches, shedoesnt get hit, and she is quickon her eet and with her hands,he said.

Moreno said that she is suc-cessul because o her ability toadjust.

I can box, but I can brawlas well, she said. When I ght,I eel my opponent out and seewhat they will do, and then Idecide.

Moreno has been prepar-ing or the ght by working outseven days a week and takingsupplements provided by VictorContes brand Scientic Nutri-tion or Advanced Conditioning.

Conte is the ounder and

owner o Bay Area LaboratoryCo-operative, which is notorious

or its ties to Barry Bonds steroidcontroversy.Noble said Conte is now clean

and supplying Moreno withquality, steroid-ree supplements.

Tis Saturday, Moreno willght a boxer who, at 26, is threeyears her junior. Noble said aproessional emale boxer peaksat approximately age 24 to 30. Hesaid that although Moreno mayhave peaked physically, she is awiser and smarter boxer thanbeore.

As Moreno has gotten olderand transitioned rom an ama-teur career to a proessional one,

she is more patient with eachshot, she said.

And, despite growing older,the intensity she brings to eachght has not waned.

Every ght, whether its atitle ght or just a tune-up ght,are all the same or me, she said.

Tis mentality has contrib-uted to Morenos internationalsuccess. o her, becoming aworld champion was a natural

progression.My goal was alwa

world champion in thclasses, she said.Moreno is currentl

thirds o the way thertory in her upcomingallow her to reach hergoal.

While Moreno niwork out session by spa ew rounds with a peyes have the ocus ohunting its prey.

When I step in thjust zone in on what isme, she said.

She doesnt see theand photographs o h

cesses covering the waNoble-Moreno Boxindoesnt see the young ing on the side o the watching her throw eaShe doesnt see her tralyzing every move shechoice punch she thro

She only sees her gthis Saturday in Argenwill only see Yesica YoBopp.

By Elizabeth ArakelianSports Reporter

PROFESSIONALBOXER Carina LMoreno, a Watsonative, warms uptraining session. is currently the wchampion in her wclass.

SPARRING, or practiceghting, is one of the

best ways to train. Whensparring, the participants

wear larger gloves andheadgear in order to

focus more on techniqueand their tness, rather

than trying to determine awinner in the ght. Here,Moreno spars against a

male competitor.

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Tis utopian oasis is where the

Homeless Garden Project enablesthe homeless to accelerate theirpath to a secure lie. For LauriGirard, who has been working atthe garden since March, the gar-den is a gateway to sobriety, jobsand a second chance at stableliving. Despite the people millingabout the HGP store, Girardsits composed over her wreath-making station, recalling her lieup to the homeless project.

Ten addiction nally con-quered her otherwise unctionalliestyle. Her physical appearancemasks her past, one with a amilyand career as a ormer lab techni-cian who has dealt with alcohol-ism and drug addiction since theage o 16.

Im really surprised Im alive,Girard said.

Girard spent years strungout on heroin and alcohol, prettymuch living under bridges andbuildings ... a pretty savage lie-style, she said.

Girard was homeless orve years in Reno beore giving

sobriety another attempt in Santa

Cruz. She joined Sober Living toovercome addiction, but had or-eited her job qualications dur-ing her years o unemployment.Girard was jobless indenitely.

All my amily thought I wasdead, she said. [I thought,]How am I supposed to supportmysel now?

Girard joined the HomelessGarden Project and credits theinitial 10 months at the HGPwith helping her combat thedecades o substance abuse thatunraveled her lie.

What I ound out rom work-ing here is its way more thangoing out and doing arming,Girard said. Were like a amily.We support each other through alot o struggles.

Te HGP celebrated its 20-year anniversary last October.

Te project provides atherapeutic work environmentor about 20 homeless candidatesannually. Tey re-enter theworkorce by gardening at theserene Natural Bridges Farm,

where organic goods are sold.Enabling the homeless to workin a sober, supportive andpurpose-driven environmentis how the Homeless GardenProject conronts the issue ohomelessness or willing andsober individuals.

Te struggling economy is anadditional barrier or homelessrecovery. Te 2009 Santa CruzHomeless Report indicates that4,624 people are homeless inSanta Cruz. Tirty percent cited

job loss as their primary reasonor homelessness. Te HGP llsthis employment void, nanciallycompensating its trainees withminimum wage in its year-long

program.Te Homeless Garden Project

was co-ounded in 1990 by PaulLee, a ormer philosophy, reli-gious studies and history o con-sciousness proessor at UC SantaCruz. He and co-ounder, PaigeSmith the ounding provosto Cowell College started anorganic garden at the university.

When the university intro-

duced the use o chemicals andertilizers on campus agricul-ture, Lee and Smith moved theorganic garden o-campus. Teythen decided to use the garden tobenet the homeless communityin Santa Cruz, transorming thegarden into the outreach pro-gram it is today.

Te program serves anddepends on the community vol-unteers, interns, customers andtrainees who orm strong bondsthrough the work, according to

the Homeless Gardens website.Tis strengthened communitybreaks down the proound senseo isolation experienced by manyhomeless people.

Individuals plant organic veg-etables, ruit and owers at theNatural Bridges Farm on WestCli. Te workers spend part otheir work hours making driedower and herb wreaths to sell tothe community.

Te Womens Organic FlowerEnterprise joined the HGP in1994, extending the jobs o theworkers. HGP participants grow

owers and herbs thainto wreaths to the co

Farm supervisor RCohen said becominHGP team is competlimited slots and higtions. Not just anyonat the garden peopcommit, she said.

Its kind o like wparents, in a weird wsaid. We dont wantthem what to do, buttrying to look out or

when were hiring pelooking or individuagoing to t, people ththat place, that arentlash out.

Te workers at thbe serious about worgarden and the HomShop. Supervisors scspective trainees to ethey are committed tand have goals in miuture.

Matt Guerrieri hateered at the HomeleShop and the arm o

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Natural Bridges Farm is just ve minutesaway rom the Saeway on Mission Street,but its a million miles away rom industry,

school, trac and stress. Te middle o thisthree-acre retreat is lush with owers, quiltedwith elds o newly-planted strawberries andgoverned by a arm cat, which brushes past myleg with a welcoming purr.

The way you make [an environment] safe is not to have a cop on every its to populate an area. The way to make Pogonip a safe place for eis to [utilize] it, Primack said. And what better way then with a progthe Homeless Garden Project that brings people from throughout the cto Pogonip to enjoy it, to be there, to observe.

Mark Primack, board president of the Homeless Garde

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so he knows what it takes or ahomeless person to turn their liearound.

Te people who do sign uphave to sign up with an under-standing that theyre going tobe here or a year, Guerrierisaid, and that they are intent onchanging their lie or the betterand getting out o homeless-ness. Tats a requirement. Noteverybody lives up to that. I theydont, then theyre asked to leavethe program.

Te Homeless Garden pro-vided 10,448 hours o paid jobtraining in 2009, but those hourswere only given to 21 people, be-cause there is not enough spaceor money to accommodate anymore workers at the arm.

Money is the HGPs biggesthurdle. Combined unding romthe city and county constitutesless than 5 percent o the gardensbudget. Te HGP sta workshard to make up the remaining95 percent through sales anddonations.

Te garden sells crop sharesto the community, which allowsresidents to pay to plant and har-vest their own crops at the armor have the trainees do the workor them. In 2009, crop sharesand store sales constituted 25percent o the projects revenue.

Te gardens annual holiday storeis a big breadwinner. It raked inabout $50,000 this winter.

Donations constitute the resto the HGPs unding, but noneo these revenue streams suce.

Te project costs $400,000a year but survives on only$300,000, HGP board presidentMark Primack said. Heemphasized the exhaustion ounderpaid and overworkedemployees trying to keep the

organization aoat.While the garden may not

solve the homeless plight, itmakes an impact. Te projecthelps people like Don Lessard,who has a roo over his head butneeds a place where he can tran-sition back into the workorce.

Lessard volunteers at thegarden nearly every day. Aermoving to Santa Cruz romNorth Carolina, Lessard began ajourney that he calls his sab-batical. Reerring to his am-ily history o mental illness, hesaid that or him the garden hasoered a change o pace and anewound community.

I you serve your communityhere, you may be the one thatreceives the best benets,

Lessard said.While many HGP workers are

homeless, there are also manylow-income or previously home-less trainees.

Lessard has a roo over hishead, and is not part o thetrainee program but requentlygoes to the garden. He is in atransitional period o his lie andchooses to volunteer at the gar-den to stay happy and calm.

Tis is my medication,Lessard said, tending to someowers. I come here and itdoesnt matter i Im working

with a bunch o people, orstrangers, or the regular crewthat I know really well, it relaxesme completely.

Te Homeless Garden Projectsupports Girard by oering hera rsum-building job that helpsthem learn job skills such aspunctuality, teamwork and horti-cultural training or agriculturaljobs.

A history o homelessnessmakes job-searching challenging

or many. Tirty percent o re-spondents in 2009 cited job lossas the primary reason or theircurrent homelessness, accordingto the 2009 Homeless Census andSurvey.

Being out o work or yearsand having no address hindershomeless people in a competi-tive job market. Te HGP helpsits workers break through thestigma o being homeless andadjust to having an occupation.

You dont think o a personthats educated, has a career, hasa good job, ending up homeless,Girard said. Its really hard to getemployed ... Tats why this placeis phenomenal. Its an asset tohave a pass to come here.

Girard is currently one o anannual 20 people involved in theHGP a sliver o the Santa Cruzhomeless population.

While the project has grownover the last 20 years, it cannotourish without nancial back-ing. HGP slots are limited dueto unding and space, two issuesthat the projects board membersare all too amiliar with.

Members o board o directors

deals with the constant nan-cial woes, serving as mediatorsbetween the Homeless GardenProject and the city.

Board president Primack is aormer city council member whohas been on the HGP board or12 years. Primacks day job is asan architect, but he devotes hisvolunteer time to the homelessgarden.

Primack criticized peoplesapathy towards homeless people.He said that society orgets thathomelessness represents peoplein struggle and not just a buzz-

word.Its like any other issue,Primack said. It becomes po-liticized, the people become ob-jectied. When youre there, andeverybodys engaged in planting,digging and harvesting theyreall people.

Girard said that when she washomeless, she essentially ceasedto be what society denes as aperson.

What makes me sad is they

dont see the person behind [theaddiction], she said. Its veryhurtul to be out there on thestreet and have people look atyou in disgust, because you are a

human being.Te Homeless Garden Project

oers a place where homelesspeople can receive the help theyneed to reverse their situation.

People come to us and agreeto show up each morning our orve days a week, train, do work,Primack said. And when theycome and theyre ed healthy or-ganic ood that theyve learned togrow and they relearn the habit

o showing up, thatsment.

Not only does theront homelessness inmanner, but or Prim

what makes Santa Crworth moving to.

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Im really surprised Im alive. [I was] strung out onheroin and alcohol, pretty much living under bridgesand buildings a pretty savage lifestyle.

Lauri Girard, Homeless Garden Project trainee

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THROUGH

OUR LENSWords & Photographs by Morgan Grana

Into the ValleyAfter a long drive I stepped out of the car, and could immediately fee l the cold snow through my Van

Yosemite National Park has plenty of snow to offer, and overall it is difcult to take in the whole par

As the morning fog quickly disappeared, I began my day of traveling around the park in hopes of n

together all the aspects of it. The beauty of this park led me to see and capture nature in a new way

two days I was in Yosemite I found myself constantly admiring all the trees, the waterfalls and the g

of the larger landscapes. Towards the end of my trip, I walked off of a small path and found myself c

alone, and looking around, I felt small. I lost myself at Yosemite. There, I became lost in a natural spalso learned to take my time in capturing the small details in life and placing them into the larger p

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modated [all individuals].Primack works passionately

to move the Homeless GardenProject toward a more eectiveuture.

What we need to do is be onPogonip, Primack said. And thecity and the county need to help

us get there.Pogonip is a 614-acre

greenbelt between UCSC andHighway 9. It weaves scenictrails down to an open meadowsurrounded by lush orest. Plansto move to Pogonip have beenin place since 1998. Te HGP

plans to occupy 12 o those acresin about ve years, which wouldgive the garden our times theamount o land it currently oc-cupies.

Bureaucratic paperwork andthe long process o city backingmake the move to Pogonip chal-lenging. But this plan is a step uprom the three acres o garden atNatural Bridges that HGP cur-

rently works with.Te city is concerned about

drug use at Pogonip, as the SantaCruz Police Department doesnot have the unding to patrolthe area.

Te way you make [anenvironment] sae is not to have

a cop on every block, Primacksaid. Its to populate an area.Te way to make Pogonip a saeplace or everyone is to [utilize]it.

Cohen also looks orwardto an increase in participantsand emphasized how importantit is that homeless people beprovided the necessary tools tond their purpose.

I would love to see not onlyhow to write a rsum ... but Iwould love to either plug our

trainees into another programor have a workshop, or hiresomeone to teach people how todiscover what they want to do,she said. Walk them throughresearch, walk them throughhow to look or a job, walk themthrough how to apply to college.

Cohen has only been withthe Homeless Garden Project

since June, but since then shehas learned how debilitatinghomelessness can be. Many othe people who come to thegarden have trouble acquiringthe mindset needed to transitionback into society.

Teyve seen a lot, she said.

A lot o their lives have notbeen great. Tey tend to not geteasily bruised by something thatmaybe would aect us as much.In some ways thats good, but itsalso kind o sad to me. Teyvebeen on survival mode or solong that they dont know howto even dream or think about,whats tomorrow?

In order or the HomelessGarden Project to reach a l argersphere, unding and support areimperative. HGP workers insistthat moving to Pogonip will helprevive HGPs attempt to solvehomelessness, but a larger realmo action is needed or such awidespread issue.

Its not a solution to theproblem, Primack said. Itssimply helping people who are inthe problem.

Te Homeless Garden Project

does not solve homelessness italleviates the problem or many,while urging community mem-bers to engage themselves in anational issue.

In your own mind, in yourown heart you can eel [thegardens] denite eects, said

Lessard, while, as i onpack o ducks waddledpatch o owers. Its h

For Lessard its therGirard its a second chagarden drives Girard tlie she thought she woget back.

Ive gained back mter, Girard said. Shesjust had a baby, so Im mother. Ive missed heschool graduation. Iveher wedding. Shes willme another chance.

Te garden has madsible or Girard to simuously renew her educarecover. She recently grom the phlebotomy pCabrillo College, with reattaining the lab techshe previously held or

Ive never had a jo

beore, Girard said. Itsanctuary. Its really thout there. I spend a lotlooking around in amubecause Im not all oganymore. I took a lot oor granted beore I behomeless.

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In a League of Their Own

Te Santa Cruz Art Leagueslatest exhibit, Local Essencedrew artists rom all across thecounty last Saturday.

Te exhibit, one o two sched-uled to showcase the artwork omembers o the League, saw an

eclectic collection o both art andartists.

Te art league is now 91years old, said . Mike Walker,

one o a group currently nomi-nated to become acting directoro the League. Tere used to bestrict rules or who could get in,but over the last 40 years a truecommunity has grown.

Dressed in homemade Aricangarb, nonchalantly sipping a glasso wine, Walker leans against theLeague building.

Walker greets yet another as-sociate and riend, beore sayingwith a laugh: Constant interrup-

tions are a pattern o lie aroundhere.

Friendly passing encounterssuch as this are common and

typical at the Leagues exhibits,which have served not onlyto highlight but support theburgeoning Santa Cruz art com-munity. Te art communitysintimacy is clearly evident, saidDenise Shaw, a teacher attendingthe event.

Events such as this are popu-lar as [Santa Cruz] has a strongcommunity o artists, Shaw said.Here they can all come togetherand socialize.

Te crowd, described by boardmember Josephine Espinosa asaveragely sized or such an occa-sion, sizes up at around 50.

Saturdays reception to LocalEssence was not bound to anyparticular theme, leading to adiverse selection o works. Teworks ranged rom portraitureand water-colored landscapes tomore surprising items, such asswan-themed pottery work andWalkers magnet-based collages.

Among the more unex-pected works eatured is RonCooks Dolgeville Autoharp,a ully working replica o the

1895 instrument. When askedwhy he had submitted this piece,Cook shrugged and said that hehad played autoharps, so just

Santa Cruz artists display Local Essence

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Reporter

thought [hed] try maIn, Cement Ship

Panther Beach andSolitude, three pieceinspired by the sameour sun-kissed coastartist ound their owinterpretation. One idetailed photo, one aand the other an abstare rom local artiststogether in the SantaLeague members gal

Te Leagues ree shows have increasedlarity, shown by bothtion attendance and nsubmissions. Walkera younger generationwill be drawn to the ranks. Tis, in turn, wthe organizers goal tmuseum-like levels tion, Espinosa said.

As Walker said: Wknow it, or give a uca community.

LAST SATURDAYSEXHIBIT Local Essence featured Ron Cooks Dolgeville Autoharp, a fully working replica of the 1895 instrument.Santa Cruz Art League show, open to the public, featured a variety of themes and media.

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So what exactly do you do?

My reply, as usual, is highly eloquent: I study Americans? As expected, this draws a

somewhat unwarranted and unwanted snort oderisive laughter.

Te scene is one o countless going-away parties. Tequestioner, one more rom an endless line o concernedriends and amily.

People I talked to just didnt understand. Why couldI not just be a good child and ollow in my siblings oot-steps towards geology? More importantly, why would I,an Englishman, want to study Americans?

Id give the easy answer. Many international studentsinitially chose American studies at their home institutionsbecause the major includes a year abroad, o which I amslowly nearing the halway mark.

Yet, while the year abroad is certainly appealing, in away it overshadows the true value o American studies:Under the banner o one subject, a student may study awide variety o topics.

Simply put, ew other majors at UC Santa Cruz oer sobroad a selection as the recently threatened department.

And now that the community studies departmenthas been suspended or two academic years, Americanstudies is the only remaining department to oer studentsat UCSC a way to ocus their attentions on Americanculture.

But the true tragedy is that by shutting the doors onthe department, the university is also potentially shut-ting the door on uture international students. In thegrand scheme o things, this may seem like an insig-nicant loss. However, or a university that prides itselon its student diversity, the closure will be elt, because itwill cause a substantial loss o an intriguing section o thestudent population.

Te departments curriculum is dynamic i in someway a subject can be connected to the American experi-ence, it can be part o the American studies major. Tehistory and culture o jazz? American studies. Te West-ern, both the ctional and historical varieties? Americanstudies. In-depth explorations o authors such as Markwain? American studies.

Had there not been an American studies departmentwhen I rst applied to UCSC, the school would neverhave been so high on my list. Te one actor unique to

UCSC as opposed to the other schools I looked into UC Santa Barbara, my second choice, or example wasthat it had the department.

It was hard enough to leave my lie over 2,000 miles

away, without the added stress o developing my own ma-jor at another university which did not oer an Americanstudies program. For this simple reason, I chose UCSCover other campuses, and have since discovered otherinternational students studying here who did the same.

I have had such incredible experiences in this strangelittle city learning to sur (badly), living in a redwoodorest, and simply experiencing a dierent culture romthe ground level. It pains me that, come next year, otherswill be deprived o this due to the campuss selective cut-ting o expenses.

Tat American studies is to be dealt a death blow asother departments are allowed to continue to exist is sim-ply maddening. Te move is indicative o UCSCs patterno shedding that which makes it unique, in avor o themore traditional majors.

A university is supposed to provide opportunities,but the suspension o American studies does theopposite. Without the major, uture students will losethe ability to study an almost entirelyinterdisciplinary subject,and prospectiveabroadstudentswill losea draw

to discoverSanta Cruz.

By cutting Americanstudies, the university has cut oneo its best draws to international students.As such, the loss o this subject not onlyprevents homegrown students rom learn-ing about their own culture but also rom interactingwith those rom other countries. It seems ironic, but itis through American studies and these interactions that students may just learn that there is more to theworld than America.

Americans Have Culture ToSuspension o the American studies major hurts international students and Americans alike

By Gareth Rees-WhiteArts and Entertainment Reporter People I talked to just didnt und

Why could I not just be a good cand ollow in my siblings ootstetowards geology? More importanwould I, an Englishman, want toAmericans?

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Whats more important: civil rights or the per-ect pair o pants?

Tats the question I was grappling with asI walked into Urban Outtters a couple weeks ago, intenton spending the gi card Id received or Christmas.

Upon entering the store, I was reminded, as I alwaysam, o high school. Te rst Urban Outtters in Sac-ramento citys limits opened when I was 15, and I wasinstantly taken with the retail chain.

Compared to the American Eagle polo shirts and Ber-muda shorts that my riends and I had so proudly beenwearing beorehand, Urban Outtters oered somethingew teenagers can resist: an edge.

Among all the skinny jeans, colorul annels andironic books, there was a youthul and progressive magic,and it elt undeniably hip. Maybe thats eye-roll-worthynow, but who among us did not pledge allegiance to aparticular brand or style in our youth? Skinny girls withjagged bangs wore Hot opic wristbands. Skinny girlswith straight bangs wore Abercrombie jeans. Suburbanwhite boys rocked Vans with the price tags and stickers

still on them.And I ound my niche, my home, at Urban Outtters.I didnt become aware o the seedy underbelly o my

beloved Urb until starting college. I was browsing thestore on Pacic, drinking in the experience o beinga broke college student or one o the rst times. As Ipicked up a book lying on one o the tables, I noticed ascrap o paper that said something to the eect o Teowner o Urban Outtters donated thousands o doll arsto the Yes on Prop 8 campaign. Aer looking around, Isaw several more notes scattered throughout the store.

Te rst thing I did when I got back to my dorm room

was turn on my computer and start researching.Aer a little Googling and a bit o Wikipedia-skim-

ming, I learned that although Urban Outtters ownerDick Hayne has no public nancial ties to Proposition 8,he has donated money to ormer Republican Sen. Rick

Santorum, who has made comments linking homosexu-ality to incest, bestiality and pedophilia.

I had come out o the proverbial closet less than a year

earlier, but as I looked into my literal closet, I realizedthat at least hal my annels, jeans and V-necks support-ed bigotry and ignorance.

I elt angry, and conused, but more than anything, Ielt embarrassed. How could I have let this happen? Howcould I have been so stupid as to give my money, mytime, and most importantly, my loyalty to a major corpo-rate brand without rst doing a little homework?

And putting politics aside, wasnt it predictable o meto be spending $50 on a sweater that was made by under-paid workers to look like it might have cost one-tenth othat at a thri store?

I had been lured in with bright colors and witty -shirts as a young high school kid, but now that I knewbetter, I was never going to give the dealer o ake authen-ticity that was Urban Outtters another cent.

And then the weather got warmer. And a ew riends

wanted to stop in the store or a ew minutes aer seeinga movie next door. And they were having this sale oncolorul V-neck -shirts, and I caved.

Youre against pollution, but you eat meat, I remind-ed mysel. You dont believe in religion, but you closeyour eyes and bow your head respectully when relativessay grace. You cant be completely principled all o thetime, and besides, its not like 100 percent o the prots isgoing towards stopping same-sex marriage.

So I made a deal: I would still try my hardest to shopat other, more aordable and morally sound places which is how my thri and vintage store habit got started

but I wouldnt completely deny mysel i I sasweater or great rain boots on sale at Urban Ouevery once in a while.

And thats why I was glad to get a $25 gi castore, but equally glad the gi card wasnt wortwould get in, pick out a pair o pants, and get oully keeping my originality and belies intact.

So I dodged books about Polaroid cameras.

briey distracted by vinyl records rom bands Iheard o but had probably claimed to like at onmerely lingered over the multi-colored stripedInstead, I ound some jeans that t well and mway to the check-out.

Te guy working the cash register rang me uand then he sheepishly apologized or the bag about to give me. In the aer-holiday rush, therun out o regular bags, and so in desperation tstarted giving customers plastic garbage bags toverpriced merchandise in.

Sorry about that, he told me with genuineHope you dont mind.

I looked at the bag, and I couldnt help lauging away trash bags could have been a sales gimanother way to look cool. But instead, due to itpreparation, Urban Outtters had mistakenly s

into something that was actually pretty cool, inway. It might have been the stores rst authentment.

Seriously, dont worry about it, I told the cgrabbed the bag and le.

As I made my way to the Metro Center, I didgreat about my purchase. But I decided that it wworth beating mysel up about. Maybe I am juless slave to consumer culture, but Im at peaceidea that nobodys perect.

Everyone has a little garbage we have to carsometimes.

Dressing forYour LifeIts hard to be aconscientious consumerand still look good

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Editorial

Next Sunday, 125 million Yankees will congregateon couches rom sea to shining sea and consumeexcessive servings o beer, chicken wings, chips

and dip.Super Bowl Sunday is the epitome o an American

holiday perectly nondenominational, ood-orientedand capitalist.

It is our second most gluttonous day o the year aerTanksgiving, nishing slightly beore Christmas.

Yet something troubling separates the Super Bowl romour other two avorite holidays: We Americans dont think

about those in need while we stu our aces in February.As a nation, we need to remember that though we are

warm and uncomortably ull o bean dip and guacamoleduring Americas game, there are many Americans whohave neither a home nor an abundance o ood.

Tere should be the same ocus on charity duringSuper Bowl Sunday as there is during Christmas orTanksgiving. On our days o copious excess, we have theresponsibility to give ood or money to those in need.

Now, the rst response many will have to this state-ment is, Christmas and Tanksgiving are a little dierentthan the Superbowl.

And that is true unlike the Super Bowl, both holi-days have morality ables that work to inspire people tohelp or share with their ellow man.

But we should be better than that. We should not needstories to tell us how to treat people.

Americans will spend $55 million on ood on Feb. 6.

And yet, the holidays major ood drive, the Souper Bowlo Caring, raised only $4,484 last year, with only 15 orga-nizations participating. Less than $5,000? Tat amounts to0.001 percent o the money that we spend on snack oodgoing to charity.

Now, compare that amount to the money rChristmas. Te Salvation Army in Walworth Wisc. raised almost $330,000 during the holidaccording to a Jan. 6 story in the Walworth C

Te discrepancy between our desire to givber and in February is unacceptable. On bothand riends gather, celebrate in each others codevour huge meals and watch ootball.

Te only real dierence seems to be the mTough the Super Bowl is not inused with thmoral guilt or Americas imperial guilt, we mu

motivation to help the needy.We may be gluttons, but we still must look

ellow Americans.So, when youre buying Doritos next week

about the thousands o people in Santa Cruz have neither adequate ood nor shelter and githe homeless.

Instead o stockpiling 50 cans o black beanachos, start a canned ood drive at UCSC orneighborhood. When you are trying to decidespend your last dollars on, please take a momchoose compassion.

Tis the Season to Tackle HungCelebrate

Super BowlSunday with

generosity

We need to remember that though weare warm and uncomortably ull o bean

dip and guacamole during Americasgame, there are many Americans whohave neither a home nor an abundanceo ood.

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Tank you or your concerned and inormative article on single mothers at UCSC.Students with children work hard to provide or their amilies while attending school,and I am happy to see that we are getting some recognition rom our peers.

I would like to raise two points that were not addressed in your article, however. Terst is that not all single parents are single mothers. For example, I was a single dad atUCSC or two years. (I remarried last summer, to a single mom.) During that time, I

dealt with many o the same issues Ms. Perez and the other moms are dealing with now.In addition, however, I had to ace the problem that it is very dicult or a single atherto remain in the lives o his children, because society views single dads as deadbeats whoabuse and abandon the mothers o their children and then reuse to pay child support.O course most single dads arent like that, but the stereotype remains, and unortunatelyyour article seemed to reinorce this myth. How about interviewing some single dads?

My second point is that you ailed to mention the most important act o all aboutbeing a parent, namely that it is the most wonderul thing in the world. However manystruggles we go through to provide or our children while nishing school, we do thesethings with joy because the wonder we see in our the eyes o our children reminds usthat we are ourselves wonderul people in a wonderul world. You make it sound as i

its all horrible bus rides down to the welare oce. But you orgot to mentioride with a toddler, while certainly not easy, is also a chance to see a beautiuman being who loves you with all his heart watch and learn and babble and birds and puddles and rainbows. Surely Ms. Perez, aer exhaling deeply inlit apartment, told you that, eh?

Orville CanterPh.D student in philosophy

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Foreign-born Adopteees

Face Unfair ConsequencesU.S. residents unaware o their immigrant status should not be deported

hirty years aer she was adopted as an inantrom Korea and brought by her parents to theUnited States, a mother o three in Arizona is

acing deportation to Korea, a country she barely knows.Meanwhile, on an Internet message board, a 49-year-oldadopted woman is seeking help determining why, aermore than 30 years o voting, working and paying taxes inthe United States, her request or educational nancial aidhas been denied and she is being told she is not a citizen.

Tese two women are among the many who, as theState Department website puts it, are considered to beoreign-born, non-citizens and do not even know it.

I the problem o adopted U.S. residents being un-aware o their lack o citizenship is signicant enough orthe ederal government to reely admit that many havediculty nding jobs or even ace deportation, it is airto wonder why more is not being done to remedy thisproblem.

While it is true that the inormation is only a Googlesearch away, it is unair to expect otherwise unaware resi-dents to take these steps to x a problem they dont knowthey have. A simple publicity campaign, a press releaseor a ew commercials alerting the public to this issuemight have prevented what the Immigration and CustomsEnorcement calls a large number o deportations oadoptees who were unaware o their non-citizen status.

Legal residents can be returned to their native coun-tries i convicted o drug possession, prostitution or othersimilar crimes or i sentenced to serve more than a year

o jail time. Tis looming threat o deportation at eventhe slightest indiscretion has sparked serious debate over

the past ew years, especiallyas the Obama administrationhas increased the detention anddeportation o criminal aliens,a term that encompasses manylegal residents with low-leveldrug convictions.

Tose unaware o their immi-grant status make the decisionto smoke marijuana or shopliwith the expectation that, liketheir peers with legal citizenship,the consequences would at mostbe brie jail time. Instead, theyace deportation.

Te case o the Arizona womanacing deportation to Korea, aer beingconvicted o the, has received sig-nicant media coverage. While muchattention is paid to the act that she haschildren who will go to oster care, andthat her criminal acts only barely met theparameters or deportation, disturbinglylittle concern is given to the side note at theend o the article: Her situation is not unprec-edented.

She was not the rst, and will certainly not bethe last, oreign-born adopted U.S. resident to livemuch o her adult lie under the impression that

she was a citizen, because she had been given noreason to assume otherwise.

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