Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz
The University of California: Santa Cruz
Site Information
College	University of California at Santa Cruz
Location	Santa Cruz, California
Dates	Session 1: July 2 - July 21 | Session 2: July 23 - August 11
Years of Operation	1998-present
Avg. Number of Students	200
Courses Offered
Humanities	Cognitive Psychology | Great Cases: American Legal History | Logic: Principles of Reasoning | Philosophy
Writing	Crafting the Essay | Fiction and Poetry | Writing and Imagination | Writing Your World
Math	Inductive and Deductive Reasoning | Mathematical Logic | Paradoxes and Infinities | The Mathematics of Money
Science	Introduction to Astronomy | Introduction to Robotics | Principles of Engineering Design | The Physics of Engineering
Links
Staff	Santa Cruz Staff
Memories	Santa Cruz Memories
Hall of Fame	Santa Cruz Hall of Fame
Hall of Shame	Santa Cruz Hall of Shame

Santa Cruz is a CAA site located at The University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.

Traditions

• Ninja
• Foursquare
• Volleyball

Places

• The Concrete Jungle
• The Dining Hall
• East Field
• Crown College
• Cowell College
• Tree 9
• Classroom Unit 2
• Merrill College

Activities

• Foursquare
• Braveheart/ Intergalactic Space Battle
• Running
• Volleyball
• Tennis Baseball
• Cloud Watching
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Basketball
• Soccer

Notable Occurrences

• 15.2:
  • Dances- The dances were all held in the Merrill Cultural Center. The lights were turned off but there was still light coming from outside.
    • 80s themed
    • International Cruise Ship
    • CTY Prom
  • Passionfruit
    • A large portion of the site went to Passionfruit this session.
  • Prank wars
    • RA Nick and RA Tom had a rivalry, starting with a cheating scandal at casino night by Nick's hall that went unnoticed. Tom's hall found out and initiated a surprise pillow attack later that night. This caused the boys of Nick's hall to respond by storming the fourth floor at 3:15 AM with large speakers blasting heavy metal music while banging on doors up and down the hallway. The next weekend, the boys from Nick's hall proceeded to remove the shower curtains from the fourth floor bathroom and tape them over Tom's door. They then stacked chairs in front of the door to barricade the RA into the room, and then dumbed out every trash can they could find onto the chairs and the floor in front. It took Tom 10 minutes to get out of his room in the morning.
  • CAAsino Night
    • Katie and Joelle were the first couple to marry; their marriage was announced.
  • Renaissance Art History Lecture by Alfred Potomac
    • Early in the second week of the session, flyers for a Renaissance Art History Lecture were posted in the halls of the dorms. All campers were furious with the decision to spend their Saturday afternoon listening to a three-and-a-half hour lecture on Renaissance art history. On that day, the site went to Crown and gathered on the Patio. Alfred Potomac, who was really the Academic Dean, came out wearing a rainbow wig. He began his lecture. He complained about his blood sugar being low and then ate a Starburst. Then he died. They RAs on the committee came out and told us our mission. Everyone who lived in the first, second and fifth floors of the dorms was to go to Classroom Unit 2 and watch Scooby-Doo and the Cyberchase (which was pirated from VodLocker.com) . Everyone who lived on the third and fourth floors of the dorms was to stay and figure out who killed Alfred Potomac. In the end, Renae, the academic counselor, killed the speaker.
  • Block Party
    • Tattoos
    • Watching a movie (Maleficent)
    • Karaoke
    • Watermelon eating
    • Volleyball
    • Foursquare
    • Tie-dye
  • On the last night during the slideshow after the dance, the power went out and so we were all trapped in the culture center without light.
  • We watched Wreck-It Ralph and then made and ate gingerbread houses afterwards.
  • We had the Amazing Race.
    • The First Floor Girls came in Third Place.

• 16.1
• The dances were held at Merrill Cultural Center except for the last dance, which was held at Crown College Courtyard (slideshow was played at the end).
• The dance themes were:
• Beach
• Pajama/I woke up like this/Dress flawless
• Prom

• • Weekend Activities:
    • First Saturday: The Hunger Games and CAAsino NIght
    • First Sunday: Block Party/Capture the Flag
    • Second Saturday: The Olympic Games Pt.1 and Talent Show
    • Second Sunday: The Olympic Games (Relays) Pt. 2

• Passionfruit
  • • Only nevermores and nomores were invited even though a few people broke the rules and went. Only about 20 people attended the event which began at 5:30 am.