Like many UC campuses, Santa Cruz is being squeezed by state demands to accept thousands of additional students despite limited public funds, a shortage of beds and community protests against growth. But the plan to build housing in the meadow has triggered particularly deep passions at Santa Cruz, where the university’s reverence for nature has long guided building decisions to work in harmony with nearby open vistas, rugged knolls, deep ravines and redwood groves.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times