Slug Update
The Santa Cruz Sentinal is reporting that UCSC has decided to demote its mens and womens water polo teams to club status, rather than cut them outright as originally proposed. I guess that counts as a save, and leaves the door open for returning the team to NCAA Division III play in better economic times, but still think that beyond losing two great teams and some unique opportunities for the students of the Santa Cruz campus, this is a symptom of the bigger problems within the UC: a lack of will to continue being a great university. ‘Good enough’ is not what California deserves.
[...] here in the past about the UC’s drive toward mediocrity, particularly as shown by the axing of the Santa Cruz water polo program. Though I still think the UC can and should do better in protecting the system’s reputation [...]