Year: 2017

Student Gov

A.S. UCSB Senators Sworn In for 2017-18 Term

May 27, 2017 by Tamari Dzotsenidze

With heightened emotions, the 67th Associated Students Senate conducted their last meeting and the newly elected senators conducted their first meeting after being sworn in as the 68th.

News

Scam-Free Ticketing Platform Wins New Venture Competition

May 27, 2017 by Jack Hu

This year’s New Venture Competition’s first-place winner is CRYPTIX, a ticketing platform which uses blockchain technology to make the process safer by eliminating fraud and scalpers.

Opinion

Vignettes: 3 Perspectives of Grief, Change and Progress After May 23

May 26, 2017 by Jackson Kerr

On the night of May 23, once the majority of us had become aware something very bad had happened, I called my parents and told them I was safe. May 24 was a gloomy day, no sun in Santa Barbara’s typically blue sky, and a shaken community ...

News

UCSB Ranked 2nd Amongst ‘Top Colleges Doing the Most for the American Dream’

May 26, 2017 by Josh Ortiz

UC Santa Barbara ranks second-best in the nation amongst universities “committed to economic diversity,” according to a New York Times college ranking released Thursday.

News

ACLU Director Visits UCSB, Talks Immigration

May 26, 2017 by Jack Hu

The director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, Ahilan Arulanantham, spoke Thursday night at the MultiCultural Center about immigrant rights and the role the ACLU has in assuming immigration cases.