Year: 2025
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Slugs in Fishnets
UCSC’s very own Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast: Slugs in Fishnets! We are a student-run organization that works to provide a safe space for students to explore identity, expression, and queer culture by making our unique, experimental, fun, and adaptable theatrical tradition. Instagram: @slugsinfishnets Email: slugsinfishnets@gmail.com
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Slug’ n Boots
Slug ‘n Boots is a weekly, beginner friendly line dance club. Bring your friends, and let’s cut footloose! Instagram: @slugnboots Email: mosnovik@ucsc.edu
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POPreka
We are a K-pop dance and social club! Open to all and non-audition based, we hold workshops every two weeks with social events in between. We have performance opportunities every quarter! Instagram: @poprekaucsc Email: poprekadance@gmail.com
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Mariachi Eterno
Mariachi Eterno de UCSC is focused on the practice and performance of Mariachi music. Our club frequently performs both on-campus and in the larger Santa Cruz community. Instagram: @mariachieterno Email: mariachieternosc@gmail.com
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JK Family Kazoku Kajok
JK Family is a safe community for people who enjoy American, Korean, and Japanese music to dance together. We are a UCSC based non-audition dance club open to anyone of all skill levels and styles. Instagram: @ucsc_jkfamdance Email: jkfamdance2@gmail.com
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Game Design & Art Collaborations (GDA)
The Game Design & Art Collaboration is a club at UCSC whose goal is to give students an opportunity to get game-making experience, learn game development disciplines, and find friends who also enjoy games. Email: gdaclub@ucsc.edu
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Comedy Joust
UCSC’s Longest Running Short Form Improv Comedy Troupe. We do fully-improvised comedy theater scenes with performances Friday nights. Instagram: @comedyjoust Email: aloehdew@ucsc.edu
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Acquire A Cappella
Established in 2007, we are UCSC’s most punniest a cappella group on campus! With pop mixes from Ariana Grande and Bruno Mars, and fun combos with Fetty Wap and Frank Sinatra, Acquire has it all! We accept all who love to sing, with no experience needed, and want to be part of our community! Instagram:…
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TWANAS (The Communities of People of Color Student Press)
TWANAS is one of the oldest student-run magazines at UC Santa Cruz. Dedicated to providing a mediaoutlet for students of color, TWANAS publishes approximately two issues per academic year and holds weekly staff meetings, with times and locations updated quarterly Instagram: @twanas_press Email: twanaspress@gmail.com
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Shutterslug
Shutterslug is UC Santa Cruz’s only photography organization. We offer a space for undergrad student photographers of all ability levels to showcase their work. Each year, we publish a professionally printed magazine, Lightleak, compiled of photo submissions from students across campus. Instagram: @shutterslugofficial Email: shutterslugphotgraphy@gmail.com
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Matchbox Magazine
We are a student-run magazine that publishes art, literature, music, and more. Our mission is to platform undergraduate underrepresented student voices across the UC system, particularly artists with a diversity of intersectional identities, experiences, and radical visions for expression. Instagram: @matchboxmagazine Email: matchboxmagazine@gmail.com
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Fruitcake Magazine
Fruitcake is an alternative art magazine that has been operating out of UC Santa Cruz since 2015. We are dedicated to creative expression through printable visual media, always striving to provide the most open platform possible for student artists to share their visions, thoughts, and stories. Email: fruitcakesc@gmail.com