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Who was Dean McHenry?
This was the first chancellor of UCSC
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What is 1986?
The banana slug became the official mascot of UCSC in this year
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What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
FAFSA is an acronym for this
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Who is Candace?
Outside of work, this person developed a cooking website and blog
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Who is The Great Morgani?
This outlandishly dressed accordian player is a fixture in downtown Santa Cruz
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Who is Mary?
In the past, this registrar staff member might have issued a ticket for your illegally parked car
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What is first rain?
In this annual event, students run through campus naked, gathering participants as they go
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What is Campus Housing?
Students with questions about their housing assignments should NOT be referred to this office.
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Who is Joanne?
That turtle figurine collecting dust on your shelf? It would be a welcome addition to this person's collection
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What is "Take Back Santa Cruz"
This group of locals was formed to combat the issues of homeless people and drug use
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What is a tree?
This object located near the iconic UCSC entrance sign was not there when the sign was first erected.
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What is Kresge Town Hall?
This UCSC auditorium space is decorated with paintings of famous performers and speakers who have graced its stage
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What is, "Why can't I pay with a credit card?"
This is the question students most frequently ask at the Cashier's Office.
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Who is Eric?
This person stuck their finger in an electrical socket as a child and but also memorizes entire episodes of "Seinfeld."
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What is the "Welcome to River St Sign"?
After this landmark costing $83,000 was rejected by locals, the city of Santa Cruz attempted to sell it on eBay
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What is closed circuit TV?
A brochure about the campus future printed in the 1960's touted the use of this state of the art technology as a teaching aid
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What are the water tanks?
These upper campus landmarks are often painted and then re-painted with colorful and artistic graffiti
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What is Admissions
A mother of a new student once asked this department when she would have access to clean her son's dorm room
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What is her bicycle?
Jamie said this prized possession would be helpful in the case of a zombie apocalypse
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What is the Mystery Spot?
You may have seen a local car completely covered in bumper stickers from this popular Santa Cruz tourist attraction
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Who are Tchad and Kischka?
These two registrar staff members once square-danced their way down Pacific Avenue as part of a Pride Parade.
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What is the Upper Quarry?
Students were known to sunbathe nude during a psychology class in this campus location
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What is the Disability Resource Center?
Students drop by this office in Hahn for a free cup of coffee.
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What is AISpirin?
Margie has in her office a large bottle of this medicine which she received to help with the pains of moving to a new student information system
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What was The Guerilla Drive-In?
This pop-up outdoor movie theater was chased out of numerous public locations
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