Plant-A-Day, hosted by the Yosemite Leadership Program and Engineers for a Sustainable World, invited students to come and help fill our school’s garden boxes with new young plants and seedlings. Students were given a shovel, pair of gloves, and some seeds, then off they were to help create new life. As the event progressed, visitors talked with each other and planted …

In an effort to advance our campus here at UC Merced, the communications department has made this new and exciting video to show our campus in an interesting and intriguing way. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bS2Q_iSIhU] ~Emery Silberman

Opening on Friday, February 20, The Merced Multicultural Center in downtown presented a spectacular rendition of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. With a very tragic beginning to the play, beginning to the play, the actors displayed a mix of sorrow, frustration and stress as they represented the traits of their given characters. As the play transitioned from one detrimental scene to …

  Campus Activities Board (CAB) presented the third annual Battle of the DJs event in the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater. The event was open the current UC Merced undergraduate students and the Merced public for a minimum $5 charity donation to Love Faith & Hope Inc. Merced. As dusk slipped into night, the amphitheater became a supernova that exploded with fusions of …

  To culminate the celebration of African American history month, the Black Student Union hosted their first “Cultural Open Mic Night” on February 25 in which attending students showcased their great talents and cultural appreciation. The night opened with the hosts bantering back and forth with the feats of iconic champions of culture such as W.E. B. du Bois, Martin …

In February love is in the air, and in honor of Valentine’s Day, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) held an event in the Lantern just for the singles. On Wednesday February 11, CAB held a speed dating event in the Lantern for students to meet other students and maybe even find ‘that’ special someone. The event was advertised in a …

Students may have noticed a different atmosphere in the 2nd floor of the UC Merced Library. Over the winter holiday a new service desk that provides students with I.T. support was built next to the Library Services desk. The new I.T. Express desk is a collaborative effort between UC Merced Library administration and the UC Merced I.T. department who both …