By Eva Jason On the UC Santa Cruz campus, walking to class turns into a hike when navigating between enormous redwood trees clustered and scattered about. Coming from a big city like Los Angeles, I was excited to be in…
Reactions to Terror
Zachary Brenner Staff Writer After 2001, Americans recognized the immediate danger of terrorism because it impacted people close to them. Our nation as a whole was shaken. However, almost 15 years after the attack, it seems that citizens’ concerns have…
Science Doesn’t Exist
Amanda Botfeld and Kelsey Eiland Editor-in-Chief and Outreach Coordinator Illustrated by Rose Teplitz A Saudi cleric made headlines last month for claiming that, contrary to scientific fact, the sun rotates around the Earth. He explained his conclusion in a video in…
Shots Fired in Copenhagen
By Perry Fein On February 14th ,2015 a Danish café and cultural center called the Krudttønden hosted a lecture and discussion titled “Art, Blasphemy, and Freedom of Expression”. One of the speakers was Lars Vilks who had previously been targeted…
A Look at BDS with Gabriel Brahm
Josh Frank Staff Writer Illustrated by Natalie Friedman Gabriel Brahm, former UCSC professor and co-author of The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel, took the time to sit down with Leviathan. He talked BDS, campus climate, and “Israel fetishes”. He…
The Torah-ification of AEPi
By Jeremy Kahan Until recently, Santa Cruz’s AEPi had always gone to Shabbat at Chabad and Hillel once a quarter, but, unfortunately, that was about the extent of its Jewish activity. Not all of its brothers were Jewish and the…