Cheryl Sun

November 9, 2016

Over 1,000 UC Santa Barbara Students Protest After Trump Elected President

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Deepika Chandrashekar

Approximately 20 officers from the University Police Department were present at the protest, but no arrests were reported and the gathering remained peaceful for its entire duration.

November 9, 2016

Trump Claims Swing States for an Executive Seat

By Cheryl Sun, Megan Mineiro

A wave of red swept the electoral map Tuesday night as Donald J. Trump won in a stunning upset the 2016 Presidential election with a victory in 30 states.

September 17, 2015

Postdocs Petition For UC-Wide Improvements

By Cheryl Sun

Postdoctoral scholars across the University of California system hand-delivered over 3,000 signatures to executive vice chancellors at seven different UC campuses on Monday to demand a fair contract and improved working ...

September 17, 2015

Santa Barbara Ad Aims to Rebrand Isla Vista

By Cheryl Sun

The Isla Vista Safe Committee recently developed an ad campaign to be released this week in an effort to rebrand I.V. as safe and to notify the public of changes, including additional lighting, fences and police officers...

June 25, 2015

Rape Crisis Center Receives Grant From the Fund for Santa Barbara

By Cheryl Sun

The Fund for Santa Barbara awarded a multi-year grant to Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center (SBRCC) a few weeks ago, which will provide SBRCC with $10,000 per year for the next three years to expand services to prevent sex...

June 4, 2015

Local Politicians Plan New Legislation in Response to Spill

By Cheryl Sun

On Tuesday, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and Assemblymember Das Williams announced plans to propose new legislation to prevent future oil spills and improve reaction times to spills following the Gaviota Coast oil spill o...

May 28, 2015

Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts Continue

By Cheryl Sun

Volunteers can now undergo training to participate in cleanup efforts underway after the fractured oil transportation pipe owned by Plains All American Pipeline leaked crude oil onto Refugio State Beach last Tuesday.

May 22, 2015

Students, Environmental Groups Protest Fracking

By Cheryl Sun

Local grassroots climate justice organization, 350 Santa Barbara, hosted a demonstration and press conference at Santa Barbara County Courthouse Thursday to protest against hydraulic fracturing and other “extreme” fo...

May 20, 2015

Pipe Spills 21,000 Gallons of Oil

By Cheryl Sun

On Tuesday, ruptured pipelines operated by Plains All American Pipeline leaked approximately 21,000 gallons of crude oil onto the Santa Barbara County shoreline near Refugio State Beach.

May 19, 2015

Fathers Speak on Gun Safety, Control

By Cheryl Sun

Fathers of two victims of the events of May 23 last year spoke at an event titled “Turning Tragedy into Activism: Why We Got Involved in the Gun Safety Movement – A Conversation with Richard Martinez and Bob Weiss" a...

May 14, 2015

Napolitano, Attorney General Work to Improve Sexual Assault Policies

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

University of California President Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Kamala Harris developed a Model Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to ensure cooperation between higher education and law enforcement i...

May 13, 2015

A.S. To Fill Posts After Resignations

By Cheryl Sun

UCSB Associated Students (A.S.) is currently recruiting students to fill two vacant on-campus senator positions for the 2015-2016 school year.

May 13, 2015

Art Installation To Light Campus

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Juliet Bachtel

Media Arts Technology (MAT) Program professor Marcos Novak, Academic Senate Chair and sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Academic Senate Vice-Chair and physics professor Omer Blaes will host “Community Remembranc...

May 8, 2015

LAFCO Opposes AB 3, Calls For Amendments

By Beth Lebens, Cheryl Sun

The Santa Barbara County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) voted Thursday to oppose Assembly Bill 3, Assemblymember Das Williams’ initiative for Isla Vista self-governance through a Community Services District ...

May 7, 2015

Guerry Awards Honor Efforts of Community Police

By Cheryl Sun, Juliet Bachtel

For their responses to the events of May 23 last year, Santa Barbara Co. Sheriff’s Department (SBCSO) deputies and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) officers were commended at the 46th annual H. Thomas Guerry Awards Ceremo...

May 1, 2015

Artist to Speak on Activism, Expression

By Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

Visual artist Julio Salgado will give a talk titled “Queer, Undocumented & Unafraid” in the Theater and Dance building on Saturday to discuss his work as an activist, which will be followed by an art workshop in whic...