by Jim Lapsley | Sep 22, 2020 | Crown History, Student Life |
By Jim Lapsley (Crown ‘71) Picking up a car and moving it was the kind of college prank associated with places like Chico State, not UCSC, but, as they say, “pictures don’t lie” (at least they didn’t before Photo Shop). It was a spur of the moment idea, made somewhat... 
by admin | Jul 15, 2020 | Crown History, Student Life |
By Glorianna Ferreira (Crown ’71) A few beautiful souls with unique skills and gifts meet and meld. Sometimes Life brings together different people who resonate. Ideas flow. Creations get born. The Crown College Essay of 1968 was the product of a flurry of... 
by admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Crown History, Faculty, Student Life |
Max Levin was Crown College’s first “Senior Preceptor,” which meant he was in a sort of no man’s land between being the college’s “dean of students” (a position that didn’t exist) and the adult father figure required before U.C. gave up the idea of “in loco... 
by admin | Jun 20, 2020 | Crown History, Personal History, Student Life |
by Robin Frederick (Crown ’71) The Bernard Baruch Memorial Jug Band (1967 – 1968) A college band is an ephemeral thing. Very few of them stay together for long. Sure, there’s the occasional exception, like, um, the Kinks (the only one I can think of and we... 
by admin | May 31, 2020 | Student Life |
By Marcella Laddon (Crown ’72) Growing up near the beach in southern California, I brought years of experience with water balloon fights. Typically I would arm myself by loading up my 1955 Chevy with buckets full of water balloons and a couple of fire... 
by admin | May 30, 2020 | Student Life |
By Jim Lapsley (Crown ’71) We became folkdancers through the process of elimination: At the City on the Hill in 1967-1968 there were no other reliable Friday night events or mass transit to the downtown. And we were pretty sure there would be women there. When...
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