Is that… rain??

Hey everybody, its raining!  You know what that means… somewhere there are a bunch of very jubilant UCSC students.
I guess it also means your power might go out (due to the wind advisory currently in affect for our county). So, here is our most popular blog post, ever… What to do when your power goes [...]

Happy Halloween, Santa Cruz County!

Well, here we are – only a few more days until that fabulous holiday of excess, Halloween. Jane Sullivan, a good friend of mine and Santa Cruz Film Festival Goddess, calls Halloween Santa Cruz’s “High Holiday” (referring, of course, to the loft at which Halloween is held in local esteem).  Even the grown ups [...]

Have a Facebook Account? Help the Red Cross with a click.

Do you have a facebook account? Vote for the American Red Cross on the Western Union “Our World Gives” page. The charity that receives the most votes will receive $50,000 from the Western Union Foundation.
You can access “Our World Gives” by clicking here: http://apps.facebook.com/ourworldgives/

Hello, my name is Lindsay, and I live in Earthquake Country.

Last year around this time, I was at the Santa Cruz Film Festival’s screening of “Nosferatu”. The Red Cross had partnered with the festival for the screening to promote blood donations (1 donation can help save up to 3 lives!). So, there I was at the Del Mar, minding my own business, enjoying the movie, when out of nowhere I got that strange feeling of, “Did a truck just hit the building?”

Iz u praktisin yer CPR?

I’ll be the first to admit it… I have a weakness for funny pictures of cats.  Luckily, this funny picture of cats is relevant to what’s happening here at the chapter, so I had an excellent excuse to share it with you all.
Our Health and Safety department is really starting to ramp up the number [...]