Carissa Quiambao

July 1, 2014

Gun Control Bill Moves Through State Senate

By Carissa Quiambao

Last week, the California Senate Public Safety Committee passed AB 1014, a gun violence restraining order bill allowing for the temporary removal of firearms from individuals considered at risk for committing acts of vio...

May 29, 2014

I.V. Community Gathers To Remember Lives Lost

By Aditya Tadanki, Carissa Quiambao

In response to the mass killings that claimed the lives of six victims this past weekend, numerous memorials and forums are being hosted this week to honor the lives of the deceased and to discuss the next course of acti...

May 28, 2014

Recent Tragedy Incites Gun Debate

By Carissa Quiambao

As Isla Vista community members begin to settle down and reflect on Friday’s tragic events, public figures and other gun control advocates and opponents have engaged in a national debate surrounding the right to own fi...

May 19, 2014

OPP Calls for Contreras’ Resignation from EVPLA

By Carissa Quiambao, Daniel Slovinsky

The Open People’s Party rescinded Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs-elect Beatrice Contreras’ party membership and requested her resignation last Friday in light of sexual assault allegatio...

May 15, 2014

Fossil Free UC Protests During Regents Meeting

By Daniel Slovinsky, Carissa Quiambao

The UC-wide fossil fuel divestment group Fossil Free UC, or FFUC, staged a protest at yesterday’s UC Regents meeting in Sacramento, demanding University officials create a task force addressing the UC’s business rela...

May 15, 2014

Regents Meet, Review Financial Plans, Student Issues

By Carissa Quiambao, Daniel Slovinsky

After a public forum session featuring protests from fossil fuel divestment advocates and other grievances from students and faculty, the UC Board of Regents discussed a plan to streamline the transfer process from Calif...

May 14, 2014

Students Gather in Memory of Tragic Death

By Carissa Quiambao

Students gathered at UCSB’s Coal Oil Sand Point Reserve last week in memory of Sierra Markee-Winkler, a second-year double major in philosophy and language, culture and society who was found dead on the beach below the...

May 1, 2014

Gender Discrepancy Among UCSB Employees

By Carissa Quiambao

A public report of UC employee pay data from 2012 reveals that the top 14 highest paid UCSB employees are all male, and that of the top 30 highest paid employees, only two are female.

April 11, 2014

Doreen Farr Discusses Deltopia

By Carissa Quiambao

The Daily Nexus sat with Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr to discuss the County’s reaction to last weekend’s Deltopia riots. During the interview Farr revealed that the surveillance cameras on...

April 9, 2014

Student Health Opens Clinic for Second Dose of Meningitis Vaccine

By Carissa Quiambao

The second dose of the meningitis B vaccine is currently being offered at the Recreation Center until this Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Thursday when vaccinations will be offered from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

April 3, 2014

TAs Strike in Response to Unfair Labor Practices

By Carissa Quiambao

The Union for Teaching Assistants, Tutors, and Readers at UCSB — or UAW Local 2865 at Santa Barbara — will strike today in front of Davidson Library in protest of alleged unfair labor practices, such as worker intimi...

April 3, 2014

Employee Union, UC Work Together for Contract Reform

By Carissa Quiambao

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — or AFSCME 3299 — voted to ratify a contract agreement with the University of California this past Friday, concluding a two-year dispute between AFSCM...

March 7, 2014

Academic Senate Approves Suspension of Admissions to CCS Literature Major

By Carissa Quiambao

The Undergraduate Council of the Academic Senate recently voted to temporarily suspend admissions to the College of Creative Studies Literature major, effective Fall 2014, following a request from Executive Vice Chancell...

February 20, 2014

T-Fresh Wins First Ever Battle Of DJs Competition

By Carissa Quiambao

Last night the four final winners of Associated Students Program Board’s first ever Battle of the DJs Competition faced off to reveal fourth-year communication major Tyler Fish a.k.a. T-Fresh as the winner of a spot on...

February 19, 2014

Final Battle of the DJs Competition Tonight

By Carissa Quiambao

Last night, eight student DJs faced off at the Hub in UCSB’s first ever Battle of the DJs, with finalists now competing to win a chance to perform on the main stage at Extravaganza 2014 — UCSB’s biggest annual conc...

February 12, 2014

Former UCSB Student Recently Released From Egyptian Custody

By Carissa Quiambao

After being released from an Egyptian jail last week — where he was held in the midst of a military-backed crackdown throughout the country — 26-year-old UCSB alum Jeremy Hodge has returned to the United States and i...