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Concerned About Expansion of UC Santa Cruz Campus?

by Fred Kolouch
This is a response to the latest protest on Earth Day at Tree 9 in UCSC.
A protest on earth day was held at Tree nine in the UC Santa Cruz campus. People were protesting against the supposed plans of the expansion of the UC campus. The plans for adding an additional two colleges was decided back in 1988. Today, UC Santa Cruz is still undecided whether the new colleges will be built in the upper campus.

It’s great that we’re trying to keep the forest in good, healthy condition, but at this point, protesting in the forest is futile. George Blumenthal, the acting chancellor of UCSC says that the expansion is still in the early planning process and it’s possible that the new colleges won’t be built. One of the locations they are planning to build is north of the Kresge college, over the trailer park. There were rumors that were going around saying that Tree 9 would be destroyed for the expansion of the campus, but from what I’ve heard from UCSC’s acting chancellor, there are no plans for the destruction of Tree 9 at the moment.

This for all UC students: if you have any concerns about the subject of the UCSC expansion, just email the chancellor for any questions. He will respond. Protesting at the base of Tree 9 will be much more difficult to get your voice heard and I recommend you to directly contact the head of UCSC or their Long Range Development Plan if you are concerned about the future of our natural forest environment at UC Santa Cruz.
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