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Santa Cruz is a [[CAA]] site located at The University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.
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Santa Cruz is a [[CTY]], [[CAA]], and [[YS]] site located at The University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.
  
==Traditions==
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==Places==
*Ninja
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*Porter A&B (residence halls)
*Foursquare
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*Porter C Dinning Hall
*Volleyball
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*The Squiggle/Squiggle field
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*The Fishbowl
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*Oaks College
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*Oaks Field
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*Rachel Carson College
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*Porter College
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*Social Sciences I and II
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*Oaks Trail
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*Lower Quad
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*Upper Quad
  
==Places==
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==Student Life==
*The Concrete Jungle
 
*The Dining Hall
 
*East Field
 
*Crown College
 
*Cowell College
 
*Tree 9
 
*Classroom Unit 2
 
*Merrill College
 
  
==Activities==
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===Activities===
*Foursquare
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*[[Four Square]]
*Braveheart/ Intergalactic Space Battle
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*Braveheart
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*Intergalactic Space Battle
 
*Running
 
*Running
*Volleyball
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*Volleyball Circle
 
*Tennis Baseball
 
*Tennis Baseball
*Cloud Watching
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*Cloud Watching (sometimes without clouds)
 
*Ultimate Frisbee
 
*Ultimate Frisbee
 
*Basketball
 
*Basketball
 
*Soccer
 
*Soccer
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*[[Mafia]]
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*Arts and Crafts
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*Pet Rock Making
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*Fuse Beads
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*Bookmarking
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*Origami
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*Dance Decorations
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*Friendship Bracelets
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*Pointless Debates
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*Square Dancing
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*Salsa.
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*Critic (students go around and critique other activities performance)
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*Pokémon Go
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*Reader's Digest
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*Casino Practice
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*Nature Walk
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*Band Practice
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===Traditions===
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*Ninja
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*[[Four Square]]
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*Volleyball Circles
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*[[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.
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*[[Passionfruit]]
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*Creating fan instagrams for instructors, RAs, and TAs. ([[Staff:SCZ#Caden|23.2 Caden5012 shenanigans]])
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*Silly gossip time, a quad/hall/early dance/pretty much any time specialty, especially in girl's halls.
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*Casino Night
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*[[Talent Show]]
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*Singing "I Want it That Way" at all times constantly (23.2).
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*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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===Weekend Activities===
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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.
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On Fridays, CTYers only have one activity, 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.
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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.
  
==Notable Occurrences==
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===Additional Info===
*'''15.2:'''
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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.
**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. Toms hall found out and initiated a surprise pillow attack later that night. This cause the boys of Nicks 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 Nicks 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
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==External Links==
*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).  
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* [https://mycty.jhu.edu/mycty2/parent/Templates/SitePackets/2019/SCZ_SitePacket.pdf Site Information Packet]
*The dance themes were:
 
*Beach
 
*Pajama/I woke up like this/Dress flawless
 
*Prom
 
  
**Weekend Activities:
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{{The Essential CTY}}
***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
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[[Category:Sites]]
***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.
 

Latest revision as of 20:26, 18 August 2023

Santa Cruz
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The University of California: Santa Cruz
Site Information
CollegeUniversity of California at Santa Cruz
LocationSanta Cruz, California
DatesSession 1: July 2 - July 21 | Session 2: July 23 - August 11
Years of Operation1998-present
Avg. Number of Students200
Courses Offered
HumanitiesCognitive Psychology | Great Cases: American Legal History | Logic: Principles of Reasoning | Philosophy
WritingCrafting the Essay | Fiction and Poetry | Writing and Imagination | Writing Your World
MathInductive and Deductive Reasoning | Mathematical Logic | Paradoxes and Infinities | The Mathematics of Money
ScienceIntroduction to Astronomy | Introduction to Robotics | Principles of Engineering Design | The Physics of Engineering
Links
StaffSanta Cruz Staff
MemoriesSanta Cruz Memories
Hall of FameSanta Cruz Hall of Fame
Hall of ShameSanta Cruz Hall of Shame
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Santa Cruz is a CTY, CAA, and YS site located at The University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.

Places

  • Porter A&B (residence halls)
  • Porter C Dinning Hall
  • The Squiggle/Squiggle field
  • The Fishbowl
  • Oaks College
  • Oaks Field
  • Rachel Carson College
  • Porter College
  • Social Sciences I and II
  • Oaks Trail
  • Lower Quad
  • Upper Quad

Student Life

Activities

  • Four Square
  • Braveheart
  • Intergalactic Space Battle
  • Running
  • Volleyball Circle
  • Tennis Baseball
  • Cloud Watching (sometimes without clouds)
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Mafia
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Pet Rock Making
  • Fuse Beads
  • Bookmarking
  • Origami
  • Dance Decorations
  • Friendship Bracelets
  • Pointless Debates
  • Square Dancing
  • Salsa.
  • Critic (students go around and critique other activities performance)
  • Pokémon Go
  • Reader's Digest
  • Casino Practice
  • Nature Walk
  • Band Practice

Traditions

  • Ninja
  • 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.
  • Passionfruit
  • Creating fan instagrams for instructors, RAs, and TAs. (23.2 Caden5012 shenanigans)
  • Silly gossip time, a quad/hall/early dance/pretty much any time specialty, especially in girl's halls.
  • Casino 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.

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 only have one activity, 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.

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.

External Links