Alex Rudolph

April 9, 2022

Review of Associated Students 2021-22 Budget

By Alex Rudolph, Holly Rusch

The budget funds the functions of all Senate and executive offices and a variety of boards, committees, commissions and other entities that support student life on campus.

February 17, 2022

UCSB S.T.E.M. Departments Focus on Diversity and Inclusion in its Programs and Courses

By Stella Jia, Alex Rudolph

The number of Black students has gone from 503 students in 1997-98 to 967 students in 2021-22. The 2017-18 school year had 1,090 Black students the highest number since.

February 10, 2022

Students Frustrated by Modified Unit Cap for Class Registration

By Nisha Malley, Alex Rudolph

The policy also prevented all students from achieving full-time status — which requires a minimum enrollment of 12 units — until their second registration period.

January 13, 2022

Isla Vista, UCSB’s COVID-19 Cases Spike With Winter Surge

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph, Stella Jia

As of Jan. 12, UCSB is reporting 262 active cases, and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard is reporting 635 active cases in Isla Vista. 

November 7, 2021

On-Campus Bike Thefts Increase From Previous Years

By Stella Jia, Alex Rudolph

During the first month of fall quarter, there were 76 reported bike thefts on campus in the first 30 days after move-in weekend on Sept. 19.

October 29, 2021

PRA Reveals Grading Trends From UCSB Over the Last Six Years

By Alex Rudolph

Compared to grades given before Spring Quarter 2020, 409 courses changed the percentage of A’s, B’s or C’s given out by more than 30 percentage points.

October 25, 2021

California State Controller Publishes UC Employee Earnings

By Alex Rudolph

Five of the College of Engineering’s (CoE) six undergraduate academic departments made up the six departments at UCSB with the highest professor and lecturer average gross pay in 2020.

October 19, 2021

Mold, Insects and Pests at UCSB

By Alex Rudolph

The top three listed pests specified in the requests were ants, with 1,732 reports; roaches, with 276 reports; and bed bugs, with 239 reports since 2016.

October 14, 2021

Isla Vista’s COVID-19 Numbers Remain Low After Students Move Back for In-Person Instruction

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

UCSB has reported 57 positive COVID-19 cases since Sept. 19. Three of these cases have been from UCSB employees, two from graduate students and the remaining 52 cases were from undergraduates.

October 8, 2021

Annual UCPD Report Shows Increase in Burglaries, Motor Vehicle Threats in 2020

By Alex Rudolph

Burglary was the most common crime in 2020 with 36 cases, an increase of 18 cases from the previous year. Of the 18 additional cases, 17 occurred on campus but not in student housing.

October 6, 2021

Fall Quarter Course Sizes and Waitlists

By Alex Rudolph

As for the first day of class, Sept. 23, every single department except for writing & literature (College of Creative Studies) had at least one course with students on the waitlist.

September 24, 2021

Campus Map

By Alex Rudolph, John-Michael Kirchner

Interactive maps of the campus that highlight certain features and provide search bars for navigation.

September 23, 2021

UCSB Welcomes New Students to Campus Virtually

By Alex Rudolph

Chancellor Henry T. Yang welcomed the return back to campus and congratulated the incoming class for their admission into the university. 

September 23, 2021

Where Students Are From

By Alex Rudolph, Atmika Iyer

Of the 22,205 in-state students for the 2020-21 school year, the county with the highest number of students at UCSB is Los Angeles County with 5,670 students.

September 3, 2021

2020 Census Data Shows Demographic Shifts In I.V.

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

According to the Census, in the last 10 years, the population of I.V. and number of people living in UCSB-affiliated housing increased by 678 and 1,436, respectively.

August 25, 2021

IVCSD Budget Increases by 6% in New Fiscal Year

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

Though total spending is only proposed to increase by 6%, a few programs, such as operations, community programs and parking, have major allocation changes.