Asumi Shuda

Asumi Shuda (they/them) is the Lead News Editor for the 2023-24 school year. Previously, Shuda was the Deputy News Editor, Community Outreach News Editor for the 2022-23 school year and the 2021-22 school year and an Assistant News Editor during the 2020-21 school year. They can be reached at asumishuda@dailynexus.com or news@dailynexus.com.

May 13, 2022

UCSB Discontinues COVID-19 Screening Survey

By Asumi Shuda

The campus is providing an On Demand Screening Survey for departments that wish to continue utilizing the screening survey.

May 11, 2022

Student Organizers Demonstrate Die-in in Honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People Awareness Day

By Asumi Shuda

The die-in began with a circle of intention amongst the event organizers to speak on why they chose to be present during the demonstration.

May 11, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

May 5, 2022

UCSB Student Involved in Auto-Pedestrian Collision in Goleta

By Nisha Malley, Asumi Shuda

The collision occurred outside Santa Ynez Apartments — one of UCSB’s university apartments.

May 5, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

May 5, 2022

Term in Review: A.S. President Yuval Cohen

By Asumi Shuda

Yuval Cohen campaigned on a platform of addressing two main issues: basic needs and academic support.

April 29, 2022

RCSGD Celebrates Transgender Visibility and Joy at Resource Fair

By Asumi Shuda

The fair wrapped up the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD)’s annual Trans+ Week of Visibility.

April 29, 2022

A.S. Commission on Student Well-Being Distributes Free Menstrual Products

By Asumi Shuda

This six-month pilot program will make thin and regular pads, as well as tampons, available in nine restrooms in the building.

April 29, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

April 25, 2022

A.S. Elections Conclude With Historic Low Voter and Candidate Turnout; Seven Senate Seats Remain Unfilled

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer, Asumi Shuda, Sindhu Ananthavel, Nisha Malley

1,849 students did not finish filling out their ballots or did not click submit, rendering their votes void, A.S. Elections Board announced during the Zoom webinar where results were displayed.

April 22, 2022

Community, Reflection and a Shared Meal: UCSB’s Jewish Community on Celebrating Passover

By Asumi Shuda

Passover is a weeklong holiday beginning on April 15 and ending on April 23 that commemorates the exodus of Hebrews from slavery in Egypt in 13th century B.C.E.

April 21, 2022

El Congreso de UCSB Holds 29th Annual Latine College Day

By Asumi Shuda

El Congreso de UCSB is a student-led cultural, social and activist organization that works to provide an inclusive space for students of marginalized identities.

April 21, 2022

Lee Airton Lectures About Being Non-Binary in Gender-Binaric World

By Asumi Shuda

The event was co-hosted with the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD).

April 15, 2022

A.S. Trans & Queer Commission Hosts Tie-Dye Event for Pride Week

By Asumi Shuda

The event was a part of the commission’s “Queers Over the Years” series to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture throughout the last century in honor of Pride week.