Atmika Iyer

Atmika Iyer (she/her/hers) is the Daily Nexus editor in chief for the 2022-23 school year. Previously, Iyer was the County News and co-Lead News Editor for the 2021-22 school year. She's a lover of loud music, loud laughs and loud prints.

November 16, 2020

UCPD Identifies UCSB Employee Who Died at Campus Point

By Atmika Iyer

Geoff Jewel, 52, worked as a computer network technologist at UCSB since February 1996, dedicating almost 25 years to the university.

November 12, 2020

Victim in ‘Suspicious Death’ at Campus Point was a UCSB Community Member

By Katherine Swartz, Atmika Iyer

As of Saturday at 3:45 p.m., no one is in custody, according to Barbara Ross, executive assistant to Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley.

November 1, 2020

In the Driver’s Seat: Prop 22 May Have Consequences for I.V. Gig Workers

By Atmika Iyer, Skye Schoenhoeft

As the future of ridesharing apps is on the California ballot, students in I.V. working for rideshare and delivery companies spoke to the Nexus about how Proposition 22 would affect them.

October 24, 2020

Seeking District-Wide Improvements and New Learning Tools, Goleta Union School District Puts $80 Million Bond “Measure M” on Ballot

By Atmika Iyer

Currently, there is no organized opposition to the bond on the ballot.

September 30, 2020

Argument in the Office: Characters Are Only as Real as Their Flaws — And How They Choose To Address Them

By Emily Kocis, Atmika Iyer

Emily Kocis and Atmika Iyer discuss whether their favorite fictional characters' flaws are ultimately what make them lovably relatable or instead set a dangerous standard.

September 8, 2020

Roll Call Racism: The Power In Pronunciation

By Atmika Iyer

Atmika Iyer unpacks her own lifelong struggle to reconcile conflicting aspects of her identity in examining its inextricable link to something as fundamental as her name.