Victoria Gurrola

April 7, 2019

A.S. Senate Condemns Anti-Semitism in Response to Anti-Semitic Fliers

By Victoria Gurrola

According to the statement, fliers containing anti-Semitic hate speech were found around the homes on the 65 and 66 blocks of Del Playa Drive on early March 31.

May 6, 2018

UCSB Will Switch From U-mail to Gmail

By Victoria Gurrola

Students will see no significant change to their emails other than the fact that they will be logging into Gmail instead of Office 365.

April 26, 2018

Santa Barbara MTD Proposes Service Changes This Summer

By Victoria Gurrola

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is proposing service changes to the bus lines 27, 15x, 20, 21x, 7 and 10 that are expected to be implemented in August.

April 12, 2018

Historic El Centro Building Set To Reopen

By Victoria Gurrola

A year after students and alumni fought against the demolition of The El Centro Annex building, El Centro will be officially reopened on April 14.

March 16, 2018

GoFundMe Created for El Elotero, $490 Raised So Far

By Victoria Gurrola

Mujeres Unidas por Justicia, Educación y Revolución (M.U.J.E.R.) de UCSB has created a GoFundMe campaign to support and fund the return of Hijinio Camacho, better known as El Elotero, to campus.

March 1, 2018

A.S. Senate Affirms Support for Undocumented Students

By Victoria Gurrola

Associated Students Senate unanimously approved a resolution on Wednesday night to support the demands of UC Santa Barbara’s Improving Dreams, Equality Access and Success student organization.

February 10, 2018

A.S. Senators Hesitate to Support Phone App For Reporting Sexual Assault

By Victoria Gurrola

If the Senate passes the resolution, A.S. would establish a contract with Sprigeo for the service and “widely publicize” the app to incoming students as a way to report sexual assault on campus and in Isla Vista.

January 18, 2018

High Insurance Costs Prevent El Elotero from Selling on Campus

By Victoria Gurrola

Local street vendor Hijinio Camacho, El Elotero, will not be returning to the UC Santa Barbara campus to sell his famous elotes during Winter Quarter because he cannot afford the high insurance costs required of on campu...

November 2, 2017

Elotero Could Return to SRB Soon, Pending Permits

By Victoria Gurrola

UC Santa Barbara students can expect to see Hijinio Camacho, El Elotero, selling elotes, raspados and mango on campus again after weeks of his absence.

October 19, 2017

‘El Elotero’ Not Allowed to Sell Food on Campus Since Start of Quarter

By Victoria Gurrola

Due to Health and Safety policies, Hijinio Camacho is prohibited from selling on campus with the OSL and campus organizations until he obtains new off-campus vendor permits.

May 29, 2017

Career Services To Replace Gaucholink with New Jobs Database

By Victoria Gurrola

UCSB Career Services plans to replace in June its online jobs database, Gaucholink, with a new website called Handshake.

May 21, 2017

Elections Board, Students Discuss Election Safety, Sustainability, More

By Victoria Gurrola

The Associated Students Elections Board (ASEB) held a post-election town hall at Pardall Center Friday evening where around 15 students gathered to discuss the various issues that arose during this year’s election.

February 23, 2017

Rep. Monique Limón Proposes 21 New Bills for Calif. State Assembly

By Victoria Gurrola

Assemblywoman Monique Limón has proposed 21 new bills for the California State Assembly’s 2017-18 session.

February 23, 2017

From Environment to Education, Calif. Senate To Review New Bills

By Victoria Gurrola

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson has introduced 21 bills for the 2017-18 Senate session, following last Friday’s deadline to submit new bills to the Senate.

January 12, 2017

Position Vacancies the Focus of Wednesday’s Senate Meeting

By Maura Fox, Victoria Gurrola

A.S. Senate is aiming to create a more organized process for filling vacancies.

November 9, 2016

Dos Pueblos High School Students Join UCSB in Protests Against Trump

By Anjalie Tandon, Victoria Gurrola

After nearly 1,000 UC Santa Barbara students protested the election of Donald Trump early Wednesday morning, they were joined by Dos Pueblos High School students who walked out of class at noon.