A student stood below the tree and told people in and below the tree that the reason he was there was because he received an email from UCSC telling him to avoid the tree-sit.
Zach Schlesinger, a professor of physics at UCSC, is among the people that the university alleges engaged in a criminal act of food sharing over the holiday break.
This traditional community gathering has recently been repressed by the Santa Cruz police and deemed illegal thanks to the passage of a new city ordinance.
Hundreds marched in Santa Cruz on December 31st as part of the Last Night DIY Celebration while hundreds of spectators lined the sidewalks and cheered.