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*The Squiggle/Squiggle field | *The Squiggle/Squiggle field | ||
*The Fishbowl | *The Fishbowl | ||
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*Rachel Carson College | *Rachel Carson College | ||
*Porter College | *Porter College | ||
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*Oaks Trail | *Oaks Trail | ||
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==Student Life== | ==Student Life== | ||
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===Activities=== | ===Activities=== | ||
*[[Four Square]] | *[[Four Square]] | ||
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*Running | *Running | ||
| − | *Volleyball Circle | + | *Volleyball Circle (Keepy uppy) |
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*Ultimate Frisbee | *Ultimate Frisbee | ||
*Basketball | *Basketball | ||
*Soccer | *Soccer | ||
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*Arts and Crafts | *Arts and Crafts | ||
*Pet Rock Making | *Pet Rock Making | ||
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*Origami | *Origami | ||
*Dance Decorations | *Dance Decorations | ||
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*Pointless Debates | *Pointless Debates | ||
*Square Dancing | *Square Dancing | ||
| + | *Nature Walk | ||
| + | *Band Practice | ||
| + | *Bookstore walk | ||
| + | *Kareoke | ||
| + | *Drawing | ||
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| + | Discontinued: | ||
*Salsa. | *Salsa. | ||
*Critic (students go around and critique other activities performance) | *Critic (students go around and critique other activities performance) | ||
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*Reader's Digest | *Reader's Digest | ||
*Casino Practice | *Casino Practice | ||
| − | * | + | *Fuse Beads |
| − | * | + | *Bookmarking |
| + | *[[Mafia]] | ||
| + | *Tennis Baseball | ||
| + | *Cloud Watching (sometimes without clouds) | ||
| + | *Braveheart | ||
| + | *Intergalactic Space Battle | ||
===Traditions=== | ===Traditions=== | ||
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*[[Four Square]] | *[[Four Square]] | ||
*Volleyball Circles | *Volleyball Circles | ||
*[[Canon|Canon Songs]]. This includes American Pie, (which at the last dance includes instructors, TAs, and RAs, who make a circle inside of the lager student one) as well as several line dances. NOTE: In 24.1, RAs banned the Chant. Senior campers in Logic (Aaron, Graey) taught it to as many people as possible, and succeeded in doing it on the last dance. | *[[Canon|Canon Songs]]. This includes American Pie, (which at the last dance includes instructors, TAs, and RAs, who make a circle inside of the lager student one) as well as several line dances. NOTE: In 24.1, RAs banned the Chant. Senior campers in Logic (Aaron, Graey) taught it to as many people as possible, and succeeded in doing it on the last dance. | ||
*[[Passionfruit]] | *[[Passionfruit]] | ||
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*Silly gossip time, a quad/hall/early dance/pretty much any time specialty, especially in girl's halls. | *Silly gossip time, a quad/hall/early dance/pretty much any time specialty, especially in girl's halls. | ||
| − | *Casino Night | + | *Casino Night (now called Game Night) |
*[[Talent Show]] | *[[Talent Show]] | ||
*Singing "I Want it That Way" at all times constantly (23.2). | *Singing "I Want it That Way" at all times constantly (23.2). | ||
*Birthday celebrations in halls, often including singing happy birthday at the top of your lounges at some point during every meal of the day, whether or not there even is a birthday in the first place. In 23.2 one hall sang happy birthday thrice a day for nearly a week to one hall member. This student became notorious and receive birthday greetings every day for the rest of the session. | *Birthday celebrations in halls, often including singing happy birthday at the top of your lounges at some point during every meal of the day, whether or not there even is a birthday in the first place. In 23.2 one hall sang happy birthday thrice a day for nearly a week to one hall member. This student became notorious and receive birthday greetings every day for the rest of the session. | ||
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| + | Discontinued: | ||
| + | *Ninja | ||
| + | *Creating fan instagrams for instructors, RAs, and TAs. ([[Staff:SCZ#Caden|23.2 Caden5012 shenanigans]]) | ||
===Weekend Activities=== | ===Weekend Activities=== | ||
On the weekends halls spend the majority of their time sleeping in through optional breakfast, having sleepovers on all non-week nights, and chilling out in the halls. Laundry is also done on weekends primarily, although it varies depending on the hall. | On the weekends halls spend the majority of their time sleeping in through optional breakfast, having sleepovers on all non-week nights, and chilling out in the halls. Laundry is also done on weekends primarily, although it varies depending on the hall. | ||
| − | On Fridays, CTYers | + | On Fridays, CTYers don't have activities, and skip evening class for the dance, then on weekends the morning up until lunch is open, then there is typically both an afternoon and evening activity, which is evening class on Sundays. |
| − | Afternoon activities are traditionally Carnival first Saturday with Color Wars on Sunday, and CTY Olympics second Saturday, with some other activity like a movie or sports tournament on Sunday. Casino Night is on first Saturday evening, and the Talent Show is on second Saturday evening. | + | Afternoon activities are traditionally Carnival first Saturday with Color Wars on Sunday, and CTY Olympics(Field Day) second Saturday, with some other activity like a movie or sports tournament on Sunday. Casino Night(now called Game night) is on first Saturday evening, and the Talent Show is on second Saturday evening. |
===Additional Info=== | ===Additional Info=== | ||
| − | The Santa Cruz site is known for being very strict. CTYers must be escorted everywhere by a teacher or RA, including to the bathroom during class or meals. Lights out is enforced by RAs who walk outside the perimeter of the dorm buildings looking for lights on in the windows. Thankfully most of these restrictions were put in place by Big CTY, and most RAs and instructors are pretty chill compared to other sites. | + | The Santa Cruz site is known for being very strict. CTYers must be escorted everywhere by a teacher or RA, including to the bathroom during class or meals. Lights out is enforced by RAs who walk outside the perimeter of the dorm buildings looking for lights on in the windows. Thankfully most of these restrictions were put in place by Big CTY, and most RAs and instructors are pretty chill compared to other sites. OS and YS are combined on this site with YS being made up of around 30 students (much smaller than other sites). Santa Cruz in general does not see a lot of returners making traditions hard to keep and causing the spirit of cty to feel much weaker on campus compared to other sites. |
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| + | ===History=== | ||
| + | SCZ 25.2: | ||
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| + | Blammo is brought to Santa Cruz. This session saw a revival in tradition thanks to many staff members who had been students at cty at other sites. With "Royalty" members: RA Ace Isabella, RA King Henry, SRA Queen Ashley, and RA Jack Thomas, Blammo was run for the first time in cty Santa Cruz and for the first time by staff at any site. The first American Pie was shaky with students being on their phones. Color Wars, Game Night, and Carnival also faced the same problem. The beginning of the "Art of War" book was started with Santa Cruz's first ever Blammo winner Hannah May. | ||
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| + | Note: Isabella had run Blammo as the Holy Ghost at the Los Angeles site in 22.2 and Henry had played Blammo as a student on the Seattle location. Santa Cruz also saw returning RA Sean Henderson, RA Matthew Gormon, and RA/Health Assistant Christopher Lee (who had attended cty in 2013) which made the camp feel more related to other sites than it had in previous years. | ||
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| + | ===Blammo=== | ||
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| + | 25.2: | ||
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| + | *OS Blammo Slug: Hannah May | ||
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| + | *YS Blammo Slug: Ella Colliver | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:33, 13 August 2025
| 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 CTY, CAA, and YS site located at The University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.
Contents
Places
- Porter A&B (residence halls)
- Porter C Dinning Hall
- The Squiggle/Squiggle field
- The Fishbowl
- Rachel Carson College
- Porter College
- Oaks Trail
- Kresge
Student Life
Activities
- Four Square
- Running
- Volleyball Circle (Keepy uppy)
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Arts and Crafts
- Pet Rock Making
- Origami
- Dance Decorations
- Friendship Bracelets
- Pointless Debates
- Square Dancing
- Nature Walk
- Band Practice
- Bookstore walk
- Kareoke
- Drawing
Discontinued:
- Salsa.
- Critic (students go around and critique other activities performance)
- Pokémon Go
- Reader's Digest
- Casino Practice
- Fuse Beads
- Bookmarking
- Mafia
- Tennis Baseball
- Cloud Watching (sometimes without clouds)
- Braveheart
- Intergalactic Space Battle
Traditions
- Four Square
- Volleyball Circles
- Canon Songs. This includes American Pie, (which at the last dance includes instructors, TAs, and RAs, who make a circle inside of the lager student one) as well as several line dances. NOTE: In 24.1, RAs banned the Chant. Senior campers in Logic (Aaron, Graey) taught it to as many people as possible, and succeeded in doing it on the last dance.
- Passionfruit
- Silly gossip time, a quad/hall/early dance/pretty much any time specialty, especially in girl's halls.
- Casino Night (now called Game Night)
- Talent Show
- Singing "I Want it That Way" at all times constantly (23.2).
- Birthday celebrations in halls, often including singing happy birthday at the top of your lounges at some point during every meal of the day, whether or not there even is a birthday in the first place. In 23.2 one hall sang happy birthday thrice a day for nearly a week to one hall member. This student became notorious and receive birthday greetings every day for the rest of the session.
Discontinued:
- Ninja
- Creating fan instagrams for instructors, RAs, and TAs. (23.2 Caden5012 shenanigans)
Weekend Activities
On the weekends halls spend the majority of their time sleeping in through optional breakfast, having sleepovers on all non-week nights, and chilling out in the halls. Laundry is also done on weekends primarily, although it varies depending on the hall.
On Fridays, CTYers don't have activities, and skip evening class for the dance, then on weekends the morning up until lunch is open, then there is typically both an afternoon and evening activity, which is evening class on Sundays.
Afternoon activities are traditionally Carnival first Saturday with Color Wars on Sunday, and CTY Olympics(Field Day) second Saturday, with some other activity like a movie or sports tournament on Sunday. Casino Night(now called Game night) is on first Saturday evening, and the Talent Show is on second Saturday evening.
Additional Info
The Santa Cruz site is known for being very strict. CTYers must be escorted everywhere by a teacher or RA, including to the bathroom during class or meals. Lights out is enforced by RAs who walk outside the perimeter of the dorm buildings looking for lights on in the windows. Thankfully most of these restrictions were put in place by Big CTY, and most RAs and instructors are pretty chill compared to other sites. OS and YS are combined on this site with YS being made up of around 30 students (much smaller than other sites). Santa Cruz in general does not see a lot of returners making traditions hard to keep and causing the spirit of cty to feel much weaker on campus compared to other sites.
History
SCZ 25.2:
Blammo is brought to Santa Cruz. This session saw a revival in tradition thanks to many staff members who had been students at cty at other sites. With "Royalty" members: RA Ace Isabella, RA King Henry, SRA Queen Ashley, and RA Jack Thomas, Blammo was run for the first time in cty Santa Cruz and for the first time by staff at any site. The first American Pie was shaky with students being on their phones. Color Wars, Game Night, and Carnival also faced the same problem. The beginning of the "Art of War" book was started with Santa Cruz's first ever Blammo winner Hannah May.
Note: Isabella had run Blammo as the Holy Ghost at the Los Angeles site in 22.2 and Henry had played Blammo as a student on the Seattle location. Santa Cruz also saw returning RA Sean Henderson, RA Matthew Gormon, and RA/Health Assistant Christopher Lee (who had attended cty in 2013) which made the camp feel more related to other sites than it had in previous years.
Blammo
25.2:
- OS Blammo Slug: Hannah May
- YS Blammo Slug: Ella Colliver
